GRAPHISOFT Ships ARCHICAD 20

Words: Bronzella Cleveland

GRAPHISOFT, a leader in Building Information Modeling (BIM) solutions for architects, announced that ARCHICAD 20’s global rollout process has begun.

Shipping started in early July with the International, US, UK/Ireland, German, and Austrian versions, followed by the French version on July 4—the first six of 28 local versions. The rest of the localized language versions will be released on a continual basis. BIMcloud also will be released in parallel with the localized versions of ARCHICAD 20.

For specific shipping dates in the various markets, please contact your local ARCHICAD reseller.

For more information about ARCHICAD 20, please visit www.archicad.com.

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