As an integral part of interoperability and Building Information Modeling (BIM), Trelligence Affinity™ connects the requirements of a building program with the elements of the spatial design, giving you the ability to identify which constraints are being met and which ones are not. In a BIM Update published by the AIA, Diane Davis explains that BIM is about information use, reuse and exchange, a process that by definition should start when the concepts of a project are being defined. For architectural projects, this starts in the programming phase when the building is planned, exactly where Affinity comes into play.
Downstream in the process, after the program is defined and early designs are created, Affinity again plays an important role in integrating critical information. Most programmers and estimators spend numerous hours physically measuring designs and calculating requirements, all functions Affinity does automatically as you change the plan seeking the most effective solutions. Affinity enhances the design process, automating the tedious work so the design team can focus on their design knowledge and creativity.
Program
Affinity software starts with tools for architectural programming. You can collect program information in a central place and share it with your project constituents. Instead of managing forms or keeping track of lists, use Affinity project programming as the consistent source to integrate all the information you need to track about your building projects.
Visualize
Affinity’s schematic design tools help you visualize your space program and share ideas with your clients. Visualize the site plan and each story of your building, and lay out the spaces and rooms with Affinity’s easy-to-use graphical tools for space planning. Conduct multiple what-if scenarios together with the owner and design team. Affinity also allows you visualize the building in 3D block diagrams.
Analyze
Affinity software automatically analyzes the schematic design as it relates to the program requirements so you can easily identify violations and try various design options. Affinity tracks the history of requirement changes and reports on the program and project plan as it changes during collaboration.
Integrate
The work you do in Affinity architectural software is never wasted. Import the Affinity program and schematic design into your CAD software, estimation tools or other architectural software. If you use BIM tools such as ArchiCAD from Graphisoft or Revit from Autodesk you can open Affinity files in the BIM environment, continue to design the project and Affinity features are still available to analyze the changing design against your program requirements.
Customize
Affinity is built to model your architectural processes. Overlaying each project in Affinity is a highly customizable template that allows you to map your specific process as well as the building type on which you are working. You can customize the project programming questionnaires and forms so the information you track is specific to your type of projects. Whether you build hospitals or factories, Affinity can track the details of your program and doesn’t require you to sift through information you don’t need. In the schematic design tools, you can organize the spaces, name them and change them to meet your design needs. Affinity is flexible software that makes your work relevant and accurate.
4. Use Affinity for ArchiCAD plug-in for full CAD integration
Customize Affinity Templates to Model Your Firm’s Processes
1. Purchase a specialized building type template built by Trelligence
2. Work with your reseller to create a template unique to your firm
3. Use the Affinity Toolkit to create a template yourself
4. Dynamically add design items such as room types, openings or objects to the schematic design toolset
What’s new in Affinity Release Update 5.6.2
REVIT INTEGRATION
Auto-generation of Affinity Objects from Revit Families
Synchronization of Multiple Li nked Revit Files
Automatiaclly generate Afflnlty Template room objects fromexisting Revit Familles. Users can select Which
Revit Familiesto generate during synchronization, ensuring Affinity objectlibraries fully match, without Maual intervention.
New Affinity Perferences permit greater control over
synchronization ofmultiple linked Revit files with a single
Affinity project file.
FEPORTING
Complex Reports & Tables
Lncorporate multiple report items and various formasts into a singleAffinity report.
Complex Tables - Multiple report items canbe added to Individual table cells, enabling users to create arbitrarily complex Tables- i.e. picture grids and tables within tables.
Headers & Footers – Expanded content options are available for Headers and Footers including company logos and page numbers.
Iterative Loop Item
Algorithmic report items (e.g. loops and branches) enable even morecomplex report structures.
Increased efficiency – Add just one Iterative Loop item to the Report to gather information on
multiple project program items.
Expanded Usability – Reports with Iterative Loop items can be applied to multiple project files and can also be completed prior to finalization of the project program.
Greater Consistency, Flexibility, and Control
Report Editor Improvements
Affinity’s improved standards-basedreport rendered results in greaterconsistency,flexibility, and control over printing and formatting. Print settings are now independent of the user ‘s browsers print settings, bringing greater consistency and user control over formatting.
Quickly enter report content In the Report Editor by using shortcuts (i.e.#pagenumber#) instead of the longer html code strings.
Improved navigation and editing controls in the Report Editor speed up the report buildingprocess.
GOOGLE SKETCHUP INTEGRATION
2-Way Integration with Sketch Up
Bi-directional integration between Sketch Up Pro and Affinity allows for easy manipulation and improved
presentation of the 3-Dimensional building view.
Quick 3D Manipulation – Use SketchUp to manipulate the 3D building footprint and envelope.
Quality Presentation– Develop presentation-quality rendering and graphics while keeping all design data fully op-to-date.
3D Design + Analysis – Combines the 3D rendering and manipulation capabilities of SketchUp with the data-driven programming and reporting power of Affinity.
SCHEMATIC DESIGN
Additional Color
ForBackgroundimages
Additional control over the color depth in background images. DPI options range from 75 to 300 for batter quality and fast system performance.
Improved Formatting of Room Labels
Wrapping & Centering- Room labels will automatically center and wrap/unwrap to fit the size of the space in the Schematic Design view, and in print views
Scaling – Define the scale using the new Label Scale property I the View Settings dialog. Scale percentages are set as integers, e.g. a scale value of 2 will double the label size; a value of.5 will decrease it by 50%
PERFORMANCE & USABILITY
Project – Level Settings
Improved Performance
Affinity view settings, wall settings, and calculation of area (centerline/surface) are now set at the project level, enabling automatic sharing ofcustom project-specific settings amongst all project team
members.
Affinity 5.6.2 is faster and requires less memory, resulting in decreased load times and improvements in
overall performance.
PROGRAMMING
Improved Usability, Flexibility, ad Control
Affinity Architectural Programming includes several usability enhancements that increase user productivity
during the programming process.
New configurability tools – allow the user to create fully custom programming views to focus on the task at hand.
Additional data editing tools – speed up the entry and editing of programmatic data for greater efficiencies.
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