The Designers 3D CAD Shootout 1999
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The Designers 3D CAD Shootout 1999 |
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The Architectural CADD Cup
The Architectural CADD Cup is a trophy that stands as a symbol of excellence for the winning Team and particularly for the architectural CADD software they are using. The silver, crystal, and ebony trophy is inscribed each year with the names of the winners, and is displayed at numerous AIA conferences, AEC Systems Expositions, Build Boston and other events. The Cup has a permanent web site, where designers world wide can get information about the winners and the CADD software competitors.
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1998 Winner The ARRIS Team Charlie White, AIA -- Blaine Bershad -- Issam Chahine using ARRIS 7 by Sigma Design, Inc. |
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Past Winners and Trustees of the Architectural CADD Cup :
1996 Winner - The ARRIS Team
Charlie White, AIA - Blaine Bershad - Issam Chahine
using ARRIS 7 by Sigma Design, Inc.
1997 Winner - The MiniCAD Team
Robert Anderson, AIA - Phillip Buterbaugh - Jim Larson
using MiniCAD 7 by Diehl Graphsoft, Inc.
1998 Winner - The ARRIS Team
Charlie White, AIA - Blaine Bershad - Issam Chahine
using ARRIS 7 by Sigma Design, Inc.
The Deed of Gift for the Architectural CADD Cup
If it is called a "Cup" how come it doesn't look like a Cup ?
In the sailing community virtually every trophy that one can compete for is called a Cup. Very few of these trophies would be able to hold any water or look anything like a cup. Many of the ideas for the competition, as well as how the Cup passes from one winning Team to another, were adapted from the sailing world. Even the design of the Architectural CADD Cup itself, meant to evoke the suggested image of the letters "A-C-C" when viewed in perspective and also reminiscent of a building under construction, consists of three crystal "sails". The main part of the design is crystal, and when viewed in the right light from the right angle becomes virtually invisible again evoking the image of "virtual" or "virtual reality" which the competition is all about.
The analogies to the civility, class, organization, and professionalism of sailing competition evoked by the term "Cup" are thus just part of it. Another more practical reason the term "Cup" is used is alliterative, because the "k" sound fits better with the word CADD better than, say, "trophy". The terms "prize" and "award" also usually refer to things the winner keeps, as opposed to a perpetual cup trophy that is passed from winner to winner.
CAD, CADD, and Architectural CADD
In addition to CAD (computer aided design), and CADD (computer aided design and drafting), there also used to be CAAD (computer aided architectural design) as well as others pronounced the same way. Over time, the term CADD has evolved to refer to software used for drawing and modeling in engineering, architecture, and other design professions. The term CADD serves to differentiate such software from the many other types of design software the CAD term encompasses, such as CAE (computer aided engineering), CASE (computer aided software engineering (i.e. program writing)), CAD/CAM (mechanical engineering, manufacturing and prototyping), CAMM (laser cut model making), CAID (interior design), CAFM (facilities management). Many other professions, from musicians and Webmasters to theatrical choreographers, now all use computer aided design, hence, "CAD" software to do their jobs. Thus, "CAD" has evolved into the general overall category, whereas CADD refers to the type of software that results in drawings, models, and virtual reality environments. The sub-category of CADD that refers to design in the construction industry tried for a while to use the confusing terms CAAD and even CADIA (in Architecture), but Prof. Langdon introduced and promoted the far more descriptive term "Architectural CADD" in 1983. Now "Architectural CADD" is the preferred most prominent term for referring to the areas of architectural and interior design of virtual environments.
