The 4th

Designers 3D CAD Shootout

for Architectural CADD Systems

1999


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Competition

for the

Architectural CADD Cup



 
 
 
 
 
 

at


 

Los Angeles

 

Wednesday

May 26, 1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brought to you by

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Architectural CADD Consultants

 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

in cooperation with



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

A/E/C SYSTEMS


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 


 
 
 

 


 

The Boston Society of Architects



 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 


 
 
 
 

and the Trustees of the

Architectural CADD Cup

 


 

Charlie White, AIA

 

Geoffrey Moore Langdon, AIA

 

Robert Anderson, AIA

 

 

 

along with our sponsors :

 

 

Cadence Magazine

Architecture Magazine

Silicon Graphics

 


 

AEC Info

 


 

AEC store

 

HP

Hewlette Packard

 

CheapTricks Newsletter

 

Architectural CADD Resource Guide


 
 

 

 


 
 

The Challenge :

To Design a Building From Scratch

Producing All Plans, Sections,

Elevations, 2D and 3D Details

Color Perspectives, Photo-Renderings,

Walk- Through Animations

Virtual Reality Web Simulations,

and more, all in 3 Hours

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

With Three Architects on

Two Networked CADD Systems,

and

Required Design Changes

Every 30 Minutes

as Vignette Mini-Problems



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

With Only 1 Team

of Architects

for

Each Major

Architectural CADD

Design Software

 
 
 
 
 

 

 

The Principal Objectives :

To See a

Side by Side Comparison

of How Architects Can Design

With Different Software

and

To Advance the State-of-the-Art of

3D Architectural Design Software

 



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Teams

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The DataCAD Team
 
  using DataCAD 8.5 and DataCAD Spirit


  by DataCAD LLC and Softech

 

 Mark Madura - DataCAD LLC

Richard C. Morse - DataCAD LLC - Coordinator

James Horecka, AIA - Team Captain

 

 

 

 

 

The ArchiTECH.PC / SoftCAD 3D Team

 using ArchiTECH.PC 3.0, and SoftCAD 3D

 by SoftCAD International

 

 Guy Moore, Architect - Pechara Studio

 Tomasz Biernaki - Pechara Studio

 Mike Risso - SoftCAD International - Coordinator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The ArchiCAD Team

 using ArchiCAD 6.0

by Graphisoft

 

 Angi Sams - Design Integration

 Dan Hruby - Red Mellon

 Richard Crowe - Gilcrist Crowe Architects

 Tamas Hajas, Exec.Vice-President Graphisoft R&D - Coordinator

 

 

 

 

 

 The AllPlan Team

 using AllPlan FT 15

 by Nemetschek Systems, Inc.

 

Ivan Bereznicki, AIA - Ivan Bereznicki Associates

Toby Gilk - Peckham & Wright Architects

 Matt Koons - Shattered Image

Gary Georges - Larry Brisley, Architects - Understudy

Richard Talbott - Nemetschek Systems, Inc. - Coordinator

 


 
 
 

 


 

the 1997

Winner of the

Architectural CADD Cup

The MiniCAD Team


 
 

 

 


 
 

 
   The VectorWorks Team

 using VectorWorks

 by Diehl Graphsoft, Inc.

 

 Robert Anderson, AIA - Diehl Graphsoft, Inc. - Coordinator

Francis Levy

Jeffery Ouellette

 

 


 
 

 

 


 
 

the 1996 and 1998

Winner and Holder of the

Architectural CADD Cup

The ARRIS Team

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The ARRIS Team

 using ARRIS 2001

 by Sigma Design International

 

  Charles White, AIA - Brittian and White Architects - Coordinator

Jim Bennett, AIA - Brittian and White Architects

Issam Chahine - Brittian and White Architects

 

 


 
 

 

1999 Jury Graders :

 


Peter Anders

Architect, Writer - MindSpace.net

Greg Barriere, AIA

Architect - Barriere Design Associates

Jerry A. Laiserin, AIA

Architect, Consultant - The Laiserin Group

Geoffrey Moore Langdon, AIA

Architect / Consultant on Architectural CADD / Professor / Author - Architectural CADD

Matthew Lohden

Consultant on Architectural CADD - Lohden Steele Consulting

 

 

 

 

 

Kevin Matthews, AIA

Architect, President - Artifice Inc.

Sandro Sozzi

Architect - Italy

Michael Tardif

AIA Professional Interest Group Coordinator - CAP - Computer Aided Practice

Arnie Williams

Editor in Chief - Cadence Magazine

H. Edward Goldberg R.A.

HEGRA Architects - Registered Architect / Industrial Designer / Writer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

and Introducing

our Producer and Host


 

 
 

Geoffrey Moore Langdon, AIA