TEAMWORK
	Coordinate and Connect
	ArchiCAD for TeamWork offers a maximum of flexibility to define workgroups for all types of project teams and conditions, from simple file sharing to complicated collaborative work.
	On small projects or during the early phases of large projects, ArchiCAD for TeamWork provides team members the freedom to select project areas to work on.
	During the late stages of a project, ArchiCAD for TeamWork permits a Team Leader and Administrator to establish a more centralized and hierarchical division of labor with multiple levels of security.
	Project team members can use ArchiCAD for TeamWork to simultaneously access data in a central master file from an unlimited number of ArchiCAD workstations. ArchiCAD for TeamWork uses high level file sharing and is both network neutral and network independent so network speed and capacity have almost no effect on productivity.
New projects can be started by a single architect. When the project is ready to be shared, a Team Leader simply selects "Share a Project" from a pull-down menu and creates an administration file containing access rights and user privileges. These settings can be modified or withdrawn any time during the life of the project.
Once a file is shared, other Team Members sign in to a "Workspace" and begin to work on different areas of the project. After signing in, no physical connection to the network is required to maintain access privileges. Team Members can even continue working off-line, at a jobsite or at home, without losing their access rights or compromising the update safeguards of the project.
Collaborate/Communicate
The entire project is visible for all Team Members, including the names and workspaces of all other signed in Team Members. Team Members have full control over their Workspaces, but can see on command any changes sent by their colleagues to the master file.
Based on the access rights defined in the administration file, Team Members sign in to a shared project and create their Workspaces using layers, stories, a polygon marquee tool, or any combination of these three.
While signed in, Team Members can see the entire project and select any element for individual viewing or to use that element's properties for a new element. Team Members can only modify the project within their own workspaces. Changes are sent to the master file at any time by selecting "Send Changes" from a pull-down menu, and the work of other TeamMembers can be seen by selecting "Get Changes" from the same menu. If Team Members work off-line, their work can be merged back to the shared master file when they reconnect to the network.
For TeamWork features an open system that allows the team to exchange data with other ArchiCAD users, even across a mixed Windows/Macintosh network, with subcontractors, consultants and authorities using other CAD packages.
If other team members and consultants work with different CAD solutions, ArchiCAD for TeamWork supports enhanced DXF and DWG translation, compatible with AutoCAD R13, including the import and re-export of xRef (reference file) structures.
ArchiCAD for TeamWork can save standard ArchiCAD files and translate single user files into the TeamWork environment.
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