Archicad
Prepare Archicad workstations and collaboration for your Swiss practice: compatibility, BIMcloud, permissions and backups within an agreed Sunitech scope.
Suitable tools. Local support. A team close to you.
Geneva
Lausanne
Fribourg
Neuchâtel
Valais
An Archicad project depends on workstations, libraries, files and exchanges between people working on the model. For a practice in French-speaking Switzerland, IT should be prepared around these uses. Sunitech can support computers, networking, access and backups within an agreed scope. Modelling conventions, BIM coordination and deliverable approval remain defined with your business owners and specialist advisers.
Assess Archicad workstations against model sizes and the way your practice works, then compare the selected version's requirements with proposed configurations before replacing hardware used for design, coordination or project review.
Inventory Archicad versions, libraries and extensions used by your projects, then prepare their availability on the relevant computers to reduce differences when people open shared models or take over another person's work.
Clarify Archicad collaboration requirements, participating people and the projects involved, then check the prerequisites of the chosen environment before organising access and deciding who will be responsible for its ongoing management.
Prepare a BIMcloud Basic server with a compatible Archicad version, appropriate resources and defined operational responsibilities, taking account of its limitations and the backup work needed to recover the collaborative environment.
Test files exchanged from Archicad with your partners and the deliverables they expect, retaining representative models so that results can be checked again after an application update or a change to the environment.
Define the models, libraries and Archicad environment components needed after an incident, then test a consistent recovery with the people who will resume design work and confirm that the project is usable.
From initial scoping to ongoing support, the agreed work and each party’s responsibilities are defined with you before implementation.
A review of your current environment, usage, risks and costs.
Effective use of Microsoft 365 and business solutions.
Project prioritisation and investment planning.
Consideration of regulatory requirements.
Roles, processes and monitoring indicators.
Regular reviews and adjustments as your business develops.
We start with your teams’ needs, business applications and organisational constraints.
Share client files between colleagues, with appropriate access and documents that are easy to find.
Connect the office and the workshop, secure equipment and prepare for recovery after an incident.
Find plans and files on site while keeping control of access for everyone involved.
Organise access for employees, elected representatives and volunteers, and make handovers easier when teams change.
Tools alone are not enough. Ongoing management, access and documentation need to remain clear over time.
Roles, permissions and protections suited to the agreed scope.
Identified dependencies, with backup and recovery arrangements to prepare.
Documented joiners, leavers and changes in responsibility.
Accessible configuration, licence and upcoming renewal records.
Uses, limitations and frequently asked questions: the points to clarify when preparing your project.
Hardware requirements depend on factors including the Archicad version and project size. We examine memory, graphics capability, storage and extensions before proposing a configuration. For Teamwork, the exact BIMcloud environment must be identified. BIMcloud Basic has specific limits, including the Archicad versions supported simultaneously. An IT audit clarifies these dependencies before workstation replacement or hosting changes.
Preparation covers accounts, permissions, libraries and paths in use. We verify project opening, necessary exchanges and behaviour on the connections actually used. Tests should include the team's extensions and peripherals. IT support can cover agreed environmental aspects, with an escalation procedure when a question concerns Archicad functionality or the practice's production methods.
Collaboration does not remove the need to prepare restoration. Backups should cover the elements required to recover projects and their environment. Version changes are scheduled with teams to avoid incompatibilities during assignments. Our backup and disaster recovery approach helps define copies, recovery access and tests. An on-site BIMcloud server also requires monitoring of its operating system, storage and updates.
Is a file server enough to use Teamwork? The collaboration model must be checked against the required Graphisoft components. A shared folder does not automatically replace that environment.
Can just one workstation be updated in a shared project? Version, extension and server compatibility must be confirmed before changing it. We prepare a migration sequence with responsible staff to maintain a consistent environment throughout the transition.
The Graphisoft requirements help check configurations by product. The BIMcloud Basic setup guide describes prerequisites and limitations. They inform testing rather than establish assumed performance for your models.
Review of your needs, comparison of options and clearly explained priorities.
Preparation, configuration, testing and coordination with the relevant providers.
Agreed support scope, documentation, licences and next steps.
A project? A question?
An initial conversation to understand your situation and decide on the next steps together.
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