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{{Infobox Softwaresoftware

| name = Graphisoft BIM server

| author = [[Graphisoft]]

| developer = [[Graphisoft]]

| ownerreleased = {{Start = [[Graphisoft]]date|2009|09}}

| latest release version = 2 (Windows) / 2 (Mac OS X)

| released = {{Start date|2009|sep}}

| latest release version = 2 (Windows) / 2 (Mac OS X)

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2010|05|01}}

| operating system = [[Windows XP]]{{-}}, [[Windows Vista]]{{-}}, [[Windows 7]]{{-}}, [[Mac OS X Leopard]]{{-}}, [[Mac OS X Snow Leopard]]<ref name="sysreq">{{cite web| url=http://www.graphisoft.com/support/archicad/system_requirements/| title=ArchiCAD Hardware and software requirements| publisher=Graphisoft| date=June 15, 2010| accessdate=2010-09-07| archive-date=2011-04-20| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420153854/http://www.graphisoft.com/support/archicad/system_requirements/| url-status=dead}}</ref>

| genre = [[3D computer graphics]], [[Computer-aided design|CAD]], [[Building Information Modeling]]

| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] [[commercial software]]

| website = [http://www.{{URL|graphisoft.com/productsbim_server/archicad/teamwork.html graphisoft.com]}}

}}

'''Graphisoft BIM Server''' is a software solution for [[Building Information Modeling|building information model]] based team collaboration developed for architects, interior designers and planners by [[Graphisoft]]. Graphisoft BIM Server acts as a central file storage, document and version management tool and a framework for facilitating interaction and collaboration between architects working with multiple [[ArchiCAD]] instances on the same project file from remote locations over the Internet. The necessary client-side software is a built in component of [[ArchiCAD]] versions starting with version 13.

== Features ==

Graphisoft's BIM Server is based on a patented technology.<ref>{{cite web|last=Balla|title=Active building information modeling apparatus and method|url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US20110010134|display-authors=etal}}</ref>

Graphisoft's latest collaboration solution —unlike the former TeamWork feature which was a file-based technology without a server-side component— is a database driven technology, therefore every time a change is sent to the centrally administered project, not the whole project, but only the changed elements are sent between clients and the server. This drastically decreased the volume of the necessary network traffic compared to the previous technology, facilitating a practically real-time collaborative environment between remote users with ordinary internet connection.

Graphisoft's latest collaboration solutionservice —unlike the former TeamWork feature which was a file-based technology without a server-side component— is a database driven technology, therefore every time a change is sent to the centrally administered project, not the whole project, but only the changed elements are sent between clients and the server. This drastically decreased the volume of the necessary network traffic compared to the previous technology, facilitating a practically real-time collaborative environment between remote users with ordinary internet connection.

Graphisoft BIM server allows to set up different users and roles for the shared projects, where architects and draftsmen can easily reserve certain parts of the project to further elaborate. In the meantime other members can easily identify who is currently working on a specific building element. Having finished the actual tasks, a user can release the previously reserved elements or other group members can request the release with the built-in communication functions such as intant messages within ArchiCAD between team members.

Graphisoft BIM server allows to set up different users and roles for the shared projects, where architects and draftsmen can easily reserve certain parts of the project to further elaborate. In the meantime other members can easily identify who is currently working on a specific building element. Having finished the actual tasks, a user can release the previously reserved elements or other group members can request the release with the built-in communication functions such as intantinstant messages within ArchiCAD between team members.<ref>{{cite book|last=Eastman|first=Chuck|title=Bim handbook a guide to building information modeling for owners, managers, designers, engineers and contractors|date=2013|publisher=Wiley|___location=Hoboken, N.J.|isbn=978-1118021699|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aCi7Ozwkoj0C&q=bim+server&pg=PT139|edition=Unabridged.|author2=Liston, Kathleen |author3=Teicholz, Paul |author4= Sacks, Rafael |accessdate=26 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Gudnason|first=editors Gudni|title=Ework and ebusiness in architecture, engineering and construction proceedings of the European Conference on Product and Process Modelling 2012, Reykjavik, Iceland, 25-27 July 2012|date=2012|publisher=CRC Press|___location=Boca Raton|isbn=978-0203077962|author2=Scherer, Raimar}}</ref>

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==

[http://www.graphisoft.com/products/archicad/teamwork.html Graphisoft BIM Server home page]

[[Category:Computer-aided design]]

[[Category:Building information modeling]]

[[Category:BIM software]]