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While many users find them indispensable for professional production, there are ongoing discussions in the Graphisoft Community regarding their long-term necessity: Native Features

Tasks that usually take hours—like re-keying a window schedule or adjusting cabinet heights—can be done in seconds.

Placing electrical components and tracking circuits manually often leads to coordination errors. This tool brings automation to your electrical plans.

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Designing kitchens, bathrooms, and custom joinery requires granular detail. The Cabinets tool simplifies cabinetry layout and detailing.

The stair tool is designed to solve the complexity of staircase design and documentation.

Developed by a team of architects and BIM managers based in New Zealand (with a focus on global construction standards), Cadimage solves the "last mile" problem of BIM—taking a model from 80% complete to 100% construction-ready. While many users find them indispensable for professional

If you use Archicad for residential, commercial, or interior fit-out work, Cadimage Tools is less of a "nice to have" and more of a "why doesn't Archicad do this natively?" solution. It bridges frustrating gaps in native BIM authoring, particularly for stairs, joinery, and annotations.

Quickly place switches, outlets, lights, and panels.

Access a vast library of switches, outlets, data ports, and light fixtures. Developed by a team of architects and BIM

Archicad is a powerful Building Information Modeling (BIM) software, but architectural workflows often demand specialized local formatting, intricate detailing, and rapid modeling capabilities that out-of-the-box tools cannot fully satisfy. This is where Cadimage Tools come into play. Originally developed by Central Innovation, these plugins have become the gold standard for Archicad users worldwide, bridging the gap between standard software functionality and real-world architectural practice.

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