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: By becoming the most "open" BIM program of its time, it allowed smaller firms to compete with giants like SOM or NBBJ by using public standards to communicate across different software platforms.

: Introduced real-time OpenGL shadows in the modeling environment, aiding in sun studies and visual realism while designing. Surveyor’s Data Integration archicad 14

Improvements were made to the library part management, the renovation tool (which helped manage existing, demolished, and new construction), and the "Element Schedules" which became more flexible for quantity take-offs. Impact on the Industry : By becoming the most "open" BIM program