Quick
Architect additional features
• Hipped, Gable,
Mono Pitch, False Hip, Flat, Apex and Dormer roofs
• Structural Grid layout
with automatic numbering and spacing.
• Automated
ceiling grid layouts
• Ability
to read and write AutoCAD DWG, DXF formats
•
The information stored within plans drawn using Quick Architect allow elevational
views to be created automatically . These elevational views are associative so
when changes occur within the plan they update automatically. The elevations display
the door and window styles as well as the the roof outline .
• Library of standard architectural symbols
• Hatch patterns for brick,
roof, floor, etc. and user drawn patterns
Quick Architect
Design Modules
(CLICK ON THE BUTTON IMAGES TO
DISPLAY THE DIALOG BOXES)
Structural Steel
Quick
Architect also incorporates a complete Structural steelwork design system. A comprehensive
library of design tools for steelwork construction and fabrication including:-
Columns, Foundations, Bolts, Gussets, Holes, Welds and Assemblies. Virtually all
of these symbols are parametric, giving high flexibility in the variation of symbol
sizes available.
Building Sections 
And
it's never been easier to generate Building Sections. Quick Architect has an extensive
library of 2D construction details, so you can finish detailing your designs with
minimal effort. The library contains parametric symbols for the Foundations, DPC,
Floor Structure, Walls, Sills, Headers, Doors, Windows, Roof Trusses and Fascias.
You can use these to build a single or multi-storey building section in stages
or you may select from a choice of standard pre-assembled modules.
Timber
framing/Flooring
Quick
Architect gives you parametric Timber stud panels in plan and elevation. You can
specify the key sizes and select from the following types: - Door opening, Window
opening, Door & Window opening and No-opening. The flooring routine Automatically
lays out floor joists.
Foundations/Perimeter & Space
Diagram Tools
The Perimeter tool is used for quickly designing
your building footprint and placing walls on it. Foundations can then be generated
automatically from the building perimeter. Space Diagram tool lays out a building
design room by room giving dimensions.
3D
Walkthrough
Now you can create stunning 3D walkthrough
models of your designs, straight from 2D plan drawings.
Example
Screen Shot
Quick Architect creates a 3D file in VRML
(Virtual Reality Modelling Language) format, which can be viewed within any Internet
browser that supports it, allowing you to fly around and walk through the building
with doors opening automatically.
You can specify materials,
textures or colours for each design element within your 2D drawing. This means
that you exercise complete control over the look and feel of the 3D walkthrough
generated. Even components of standard elements can be assigned an individual
material, texture or colour. For example, with doors, the door, frame, lintel
and threshold can all be given different materials, textures or colours.
Assign Textures
It is even possible
to specify the transparency of glass and to define a staircase as being either
concrete, wooden or open. Quick Architect includes a library of architectural
textures which can be scaled and rotated when rendering individual building elements.
The library of textures can be easily enhanced by adding your own specific requirements
as simple image files, thus making the range of finishes you can achieve limitless.
Texture
Library
Floors and ceilings are created within an intuitive
dialog box, and large multi- storey buildings are easily handled by identifying
the level number for each floor in a simple dialog box.
Floors/Ceilings & Levels
Complete
your designs by utilising Quick Architect's range of 3D furniture and fittings,
which include symbols for home and office furniture, kitchen, bedroom, bathroom,
electrical fittings and landscape. All you do is insert the required 2D symbol
into your plan, and Quick Architect takes care of the rest. Try out some example
VRML files.
3D Furniture & Fittings
Once
you have created the walkthrough file, it can be forwarded across the Internet,
or posted onto a Website. This allows anyone involved in a building project, with
or without CAD software on their PC and anywhere in the World, to immediately
and simultaneously view your design. The walkthrough file is also compatible with
a number of rendering programs such as Artlantis, allowing you to present a photo-realistic
image of a project to clients, interior designers and planners. To view/download
some example 3D images created from 2D plans click here.
Screen
Shot of example photo-realistic image (Rendered by Artlantis)
Full
suite of CAD tools
Quick Architect
contains masses of drawing and editing functions, including:-
Arcs:-
Anti-Clockwise & Clockwise, 3 Point, 2 Point, Radius, Blend Two Entities,
Blend Point to an Entity, Curve Fit
Array:- Circular,
Rectangular, Linear Distance, Linear Equispaced
Circle:-
Radius, Diameter, Centre & Point, 3 Point, 2 Point, 2 Points & Radius,
with Centre Lines
Dimensions:- Set Style, Horizontal,
Vertical, Aligned, Rotated, at Typed Angle, Circumfrencial Single, Angular, Diameter,
Radius, Horizontal Baseline, Vertical Baseline, Aligned Baseline, Chain Horizontal,
Chain Vertical, Chain Aligned, Circumfremcial Chain, Set Datum, Horizontal Datum,
Vertical Datum, Aligned Datum, Chain Horizontal Datum, Chain Vertical Datum, Chain
Aligned Datum, Arrow, Arrow with Balloon Text, Align Dimensions, Break Dimension
Leader Line, Split Dimension, Toggle Linear Dimension Leader
Ellipse:-
Major Major Minor, Centre Major Minor, Major Major Angle, Centre Major Angle
Hatch:-
with lines and with patterns
Lines:- Rubber-Band
Line, Single Line, Horizontal, Vertical, Active Angle, Normal Active Angle, Horizontal
Projection, Vertical Projection, Active Angle Projection, Normal Active Angle
Projection, Rectangle (2 Points), Rectangle (3 Points), Polygon using 2 Points
Measurements:- Horizontal, Vertical, Straight
Line Distance, Angle
Parallel/Tangent:- Offset
through a Point/Distance, Multiple Offset through a Point/Distance, Multiple Offset
Distance Both Sidesm, Multiple Offset Distance and Number, Offset Line Tangent
to an Arc, Offset Arc Tangent to an Entity
Line Perpendicular from Entity,
Line Tangent to 2 Arcs , Offset Boundary
Text:-
Normal & Fitted Text
Modify:- Symbol, Group,
Move Points, Expand All, Expand Ellipse, Expand Text, Match Properties, Copy,
Copy Rotate, Mirror, Move, Rotate, Scale, XY Scale, Scale to Fit, Stretch
Trim/Extend:-
To Entity, Quick Trim, Quick Hide, Break Entity, Break between Two Points, Two
Lines, Chamfer by 2 distances, Fillet, Set Entity Length, Set Line Angle
Construction
Lines & Circles
Parallel/Tangent Lines:- Offset
Through Point, Offset at a Distance, Point to Arc Tangent, Tangent to Two Arcs,
Tangent at Active Angle
Points:- Distance Between,
Fraction Between, Division Between, Fraction Around an Arc, Division Around an
Arc, Fraction of an Angle, Division of an Angle
Miscellaneous:-
Area Calculation, Section Line, Scaled View, Make Detail, URL Link, Launch Application,
Insert Bitmap Image, Symbol, Node