Digital Vision Automation

Remaining at the forefront of virtual design, ArchiCAD with MaxonForm is the world's first solution combination that seamlessly integrates organic modeling into the architectural design process through the Virtual BuildingTM.

MaxonForm allows ArchiCAD to seamlessly deliver on one of the most visible trends of contemporary architecture - organic building design. Now everyone can aspire to deliver non-rectangular, fluid models that push the limits of conventional design. Any architect with a passion to move beyond traditional angular forms should now expect their design tool to support integrated free-form modeling, and allow them to deliver total flexibility to their surface material designs without compromising on the documentation.

Architects: Auralab + Thomas Billard and Raed Skhiri, Royal Theater of Copenhagen

"This is the shape of things to come - total flexibility of shape design, but delivered within an ArchiCAD environment rather than produced in isolation. The sculpted surfaces and features therefore evolve with the overall design - the way an architect expects to work," explains Bence Kovacs, Vice President of Product Management at Graphisoft. "We have integrated free-form modeling into the entire design process."

A communication add-on has been developed by Graphisoft with MAXON Computers GmbH, the maker of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions. Its award-winning products have been used extensively in the film, television, science, architecture, engineering and other industries. MaxonForm is essentially MAXON's CINEMA 4D, the powerful, mature and highly popular design and animation solution which has been 'customized' for architecture. The add-on allows MaxonForm to function as a graphical GDL modeler and editor tightly integrated with ArchiCAD, allowing a streamlined "roundtrip" ArchiCAD-MaxonForm-ArchiCAD workflow on both the Macintosh™ and Windows™ platforms.

The architect can switch with confidence between ArchiCAD and MaxonForm with the click of a mouse at any time as design develops, using the combined benefits of both solutions rather than forming shapes in isolation. All twists, distortions and other organic manipulation of your model shapes are always achieved within the building context itself.

MaxonForm, seamlessly integrated into ArchiCAD, is the first solution that allows the architect to push the boundaries of conventional design and deliver the benefits of the Virtual Building.