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| VisualARQ 1.0 | 2009, October 27[5] | |
| VisualARQ 1.1 | 2010, November 9 |
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| VisualARQ 1.2 | 2011, January 17 | - Beam object
- IFC 2x3 export
- Context help
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| VisualARQ 1.3 | 2011, March 30 | - Stair slab
- Multi-core Hidden Line Removal engine
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| VisualARQ 1.4 | 2011, July 25 | - Gable/hip roofs
- Jog sections
- Realtime sections
- Glass muntins
- Awning/hooper/hung windows
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| VisualARQ 1.5 | 2012, February 9 | - Rhinoceros 5.0 (32 and 64-bit) support
- Real-time plan views
- New display mode 'Hidden'.
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| VisualARQ 1.6 | 2012, July 24 | - Hatched section views
- Real-time plan views in page layout details
- Customizable wall joints.
- Wall components wrapping.
- Tables with length, area and volume of VisualARQ objects.
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| VisualARQ 1.7 | 2013, January 21 | - New railing object.
- Multi-threaded regeneration of VisualARQ geometry (Rhino 5 only)
- Extrusion objects are used instead of breps when possible (Rhino 5 only).
- Faster display of VisualARQ objects.
- Identical columns and beams share the same instance definition.
- Smaller and better IFC output files.
- Doors and windows can be created from profile curves directly in the model.
- Added volume property to space object.
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| VisualARQ 1.8 | 2014, June 5 | - New parametric Curtain wall object.
- Section attributes on VisualARQ and Rhino objects.
- New Level Manager to show and hide levels easily.
- Texture mappings now works on VisualARQ objects.
- New release of VisualARQ Grasshopper Components WIP 3.
- Improved IFC exporter.
- Full AISC and European standard beam styles added to VisualARQ templates.
- New Tag object: displays VisualARQ objects information in 2D labels.
- Plan View automatic update.
- Help also available in Spanish, German, Italian and French.
- Zoo support: shares VisualARQ licenses among users on the same network workgroup.
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| VisualARQ 1.9 | 2015, May 8 | - IFC Import.
- IFC tag.
- Multilayer slabs
- Columns can be created from blocks for the 2D/3D representation
- Option to insert openings in Curtain walls
- Curtain walls with curved panels
- Added a control point to lean curtain walls
- Tag orientation
- Plan view depth of field
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| VisualARQ 2.0 | 2017, September 29 | - Grasshopper styles: option to create dynamic blocks with VisualARQ objects from grasshopper definitions.
- New Element, Furniture and Annotation objects
- New commands to do boolean unions and differences between Rhino solids and VisualARQ objects
- 2D Vector output for printing the 3D model for a real time 2D drawings
- Custom parameters to add information to Rhino and VisualARQ objects.
- Custom parameters are exported as IFC properties.
- Quantity takeoffs for Rhino geometry
- New Section Manager to create sections and align viewports to sections
- New symbols for the Section object arrow, and Tag object shapes
- Beam end cuts and joints calculation
- Custom profiles with holes
- Multilayer Roof styles.
- Roof intersection calculations
- New toolbar and commands to select VisualARQ objects of the same type
- New commands to add and remove elements for space calculations
- New Grasshopper components added for creating Texts, Hatches and Blocks
- Added new "Conceptual" and "Realistic" display modes
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| VisualARQ 2.1 | 2018, April 19 | - Support on Rhino 6
- Help available in Japanese
- New vaFlip command
- New "IFC Type" and "IFC Tag" components for Grasshopper
- New "New Parameter" and "Get Object Properties" components for Grasshopper
- Curtain walls are detected as spatial elements when inserting spaces.
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| VisualARQ 2.2 | 2018, June 13 | - New vaSplit and vaFillet command
- New "Update Property" component for Grasshopper
- Element and Furniture objects created from Grasshopper styles can be rotated in 3D.
- Added new toolbars for the Railing, Curtain wall, and Stair objects
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| VisualARQ 2.3 | 2019, September 26 | - Added support for HiDPI displays
- New "Section" component for Grasshopper
- New components Building and Level to reference buildings and levels.
- Added new toolbars for the Railing, Curtain wall, and Stair objects
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| VisualARQ 2.4 | 2019, January 30 | - VisualARQ Script API available
- New components to create Section views from Grasshopper
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| VisualARQ 2.5 | 2019, July 18 | - Faster and improved Hidden Line vector drawings
- VisualARQ Object Pipeline component in Grasshopper
- Added a new component in Grasshopper to create Block definitions.
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| VisualARQ 2.6 | 2019, November 4 | - Extend Curtain walls vertically
- Support to render the model in section
- Wall height by layer
- Wall thickness by object
- Beam extension arrow
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| VisualARQ 2.7 | 2020, February 13 | - Plan View component in Grasshopper
- Curtain Wall Extend component in Grasshopper
- Section attributes for blocks
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| VisualARQ 2.8 | 2020, May 13 | - Floating licenses through Cloud zoo
- Overhead attributes
- Plan cut elevation to show objects above or below cut plane.
- Bottom control arrow to extend walls and curtain walls
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| VisualARQ 2.9 | 2020, October 22 | - Rhino 7 support
- Translation to Russian
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| VisualARQ 2.10 | 2021, February 11 | - Wall from SubD
- VisualARQ Zoo plug-in for Rhino 7
- Added control points for spaces created from curves
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| VisualARQ 2.11 | 2021, June 16 | - Wall layer offsets in Grasshopper
- IFC import and export dialogs, with the option to import and export IFC files with no parametric featuress
- Show custom parameters in space labels and tags
- Option to view only the sectioned geometry in section views and in plan views.
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| VisualARQ 2.12 | 2021, December 22 | - Section attributes and VisualARQ objects plan representations in worksessions
- Override attributes per plan/section view style
- Support for Grasshopper Player
- Translation to Portuguese
- Save changes on VisualARQ display modes
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| VisualARQ 2.13 | 2023, April 4 | - Component to get the start and end cut planes of beams in Grasshopper
- Reference VisualARQ objects with the Grasshopper Player
- VisualARQ Labs plug-in
- Translation to Chinese Traditional
- Support to VRay Interactive Render
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