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New ACCA Systems for Architects and Engineers
United Kingdom Architecture News - Feb 13, 2014 - 20:27 5580 views
Highly professional Architectural BIM design and Bills of Quantities software to use for free? Free UPP is here. A new way to distribute professional software for the Engineering and Architectural industries.
Free UPP (Free Use Pay Print) is a revolutionary way to distribute professional Architectural, Engineering and Bill of Quantities/Estimating software. With Free UPP software, use, program updates, training and support are completely free. The customer pays only when needing to print (a very convenient cost for each A4 sheet), and with no expiry date. The first 500 prints are free. http://www.accasoftware.com/en/id6/free-upp.html
The customer has a free license to use the full-featured version of the software for architectural BIM design and Bills of Quantities/Estimating. Programs with very advanced 2D/3D design features to produce floor plans, cross sections, elevation views, isometric views, perspective views, renderings, photo match simulations, bills of quantities, etc... Free UPP software solutions are complete and professional and can easily be compared to other software such as Revit, All Plan, ArchiCAD or VectorWorks.
Edificius is our Architectural BIM design software. Edificius guarantees advanced design tools that are comparable to other top of the market BIM software. With great quality and effectiveness, you can obtain: floor plan views, section views, elevation views, construction details, tables, schedules, reports, isometric views, perspective views, renderings, photo inserts, animations. Edificius, with a unique 2D and/or 3D input of specific customizable objects, (walls, windows, slabs, etc.) creates the model of your building to automatically generate all of the necessary construction documents useful for completing your project.
Designed to be easier than other existing software, Edificius has an exclusive modelling environment that speeds up learning and everyday use. Any changes made to your model cause all the relating construction documents to be updated automatically (floor plan views, section views, elevation views, isometric views…), even drawing models that were already laid out and ready for printing. The advanced Edificius BIM technology guarantees a complete project management highly reducing mistakes and increasing productivity.
Edificius greatly increases the BIM potential by dynamically integrating the features of other software: PriMus for Bills of Quantities, SketchUp for solid modelling, Edificius-CAD* for DWG CAD Drawings (i.e. construction details)
Edificius: http://www.accasoftware.com/en/id4/edificius/index.html
PriMus garantees integrated management of Price Books, Bills of Quantities and Rate Analysis.
The program has specific features to address any kind of Estimating or Quantity surveying issue and is easier and more effective than any other generic spreadsheet software.
With PriMus you can import Price Lists from Excel or Word, open Price Lists and Price Books even from the internet, insert simple measurements or formulas, acquire measurements directly from your drawings, insert images and graphical notes for each measurement row, structure your Bill of Quantities and Price List document in Categories, print as you prefer, export in standard formats, have your Bill of Quantities, Price Lists, Rate Analysis... all updated simultaneously.
PriMus: http://www.accasoftware.com/en/id3/primus/index.html
With Free UPP software you can collaborate with anyone, because everyone can use the same software for free.You can also install the software on as many computers as you like free of charge.
Free UPP is proposed by ACCA software, a company with over 200,000 program users and is one of the most important international manufacturers in the industry.
Free UPP is a new way of thinking of professional software for the Engineering and Architectural industries combining convenience, simplicity and professionalism in a revolutionary way.
About ACCA software S.p.A.:
ACCA software S.p.A. was founded in 1989 as the evolution of an engineering practice. The first ACCA software solutions were designed to make the internal activities faster and more efficient. The simplicity and high end technology of ACCA's programs have revolutionized the building industry by supplying higher productivity in the everyday activities of engineers, architects, surveyors, builders and installers, technical departments of public administrations and businesses, schools and universities.
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