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66-515: Development of Archicad started in 1982 for the Apple Lisa , the predecessor of the original Apple Macintosh. Following its launch in 1987, with Graphisoft 's "Virtual Building" concept, Archicad became regarded by some as the first implementation of BIM . However, Archicad founder Gábor Bojár has acknowledged to Jonathan Ingram in an open letter that Sonata "was more advanced in 1986 than Archicad at that time", adding that it "surpassed already

132-456: A graphical user interface (GUI) to be sold commercially. It uses a Motorola 68000 CPU clocked at 5 MHz and has 1 MB of RAM. It can be upgraded to 2 MB and later shipped with as little as 512 kilobytes. The CPU speed and model were not changed from the release of the Lisa 1 to the repackaging of the hardware as Macintosh XL. The real-time clock uses a 4-bit integer and the base year

198-623: A 12-inch (30 cm) screen. Lisa's printer support includes Apple's Dot Matrix , Daisy Wheel , and ImageWriter dot matrix printers, and Canon 's new color inkjet technology. The original Lisa, later called the Lisa 1, has two FileWare 5.25-inch double-sided variable-speed floppy disk drives, more commonly known by Apple's codename "Twiggy". They have what was then a very high capacity of approximately 871 kB each, but are unreliable and use proprietary diskettes. Competing systems with high diskette data storage have much larger 8" floppy disks, seen as cumbersome and old-fashioned for

264-615: A Lisa from the estate of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen was sold for $ 882,000. Graphisoft Graphisoft SE is a European multinational corporation that designs software, and is headquartered in Budapest, Hungary . As a subsidiary of Nemetschek , Graphisoft develops Building Information Modeling software products for architects, interior designers and planners. Graphisoft has subsidiaries in Germany , France , Switzerland , United States , United Kingdom , Spain , Japan and

330-472: A Service (SaaS) for the price of an Archicad subscription. “The included software, services, and cloud technology in Archicad Collaborate offer a compelling advantage over rival BIM solutions in the market where such items are often separated into additional to-purchase options.” BIMx , formerly marketed as Virtual Building Explorer is an interactive BIM model presentation tool, which allows

396-469: A consumer system. Lisa 1's innovations include block sparing, to reserve blocks in case of bad blocks, even on floppy disks. Critical operating system information has redundant storage, for recovery in case of corruption. The first hardware revision, the Lisa 2, was released in January 1984 and was priced between $ 3,495 and $ 5,495 . It was much less expensive than the original model, and dropped

462-580: A de facto standard in data exchange between BIM applications. Graphisoft built a campus north of Budapest, Graphisoft Park. The construction of the technology park began in 1998. Today, it includes the company‘s global headquarters and hosts several technology companies such as Microsoft , SAP and Canon . Graphisoft was introduced to the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 1998 and the Budapest Stock Exchange in 2000, and

528-403: A document-oriented workflow. The hardware is more advanced overall than the following Macintosh, including hard disk drive support, up to 2  megabytes (MB) of random-access memory (RAM), expansion slots, and a larger, higher-resolution display. Lisa's CPU and the storage system were strained by the complexity of the operating system and applications, especially its office suite , and by

594-562: A five-megabyte hard drive . It was affected by its high price, insufficient software, unreliable FileWare ( codename Twiggy) floppy disks , and the imminent release of the cheaper and faster Macintosh . Only 60,000 Lisa units were sold in two years. Lisa was considered a commercial failure but with technical acclaim, introducing several advanced features that reappeared on the Macintosh and eventually IBM PC compatibles . These include an operating system with memory protection and

660-486: A marketing consultancy firm to find names to replace "Lisa" and "Macintosh" (at the time considered by Jef Raskin to be merely internal project codenames) and then rejected all of the suggestions. Privately, Hertzfeld and the other software developers used "Lisa: Invented Stupid Acronym", a recursive backronym , and computer industry pundits coined the term "Let's Invent Some Acronym" to fit Lisa's name. Decades later, Jobs told his biographer Walter Isaacson : "Obviously it

726-521: A partnership with Epic Games to launch next-generation real-time rendering solution for its customers. Daniel Csillag was named CEO of Graphisoft in February 2024, succeeding Huw Roberts. Archicad is a complex architectural design tool offering 2D and 3D drafting, visualization and documentation functions for architects and planners to create three-dimensional designs and detailed technical documentation, thus enabling architects to use Archicad from

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792-629: A representative office in Singapore . The company's flagship product is Archicad — an architectural design software developed since 1984 for Windows and Mac platforms. In 1982, Graphisoft was established by Gábor Bojár . The Hungarian software developer created terrain modeling software on microcomputers while he was head of a mathematical department at the Geophysical Institute in Budapest. The communist history of Hungary

858-458: A text-based appliance computer. Jobs redefined Macintosh as a cheaper and more usable form of Lisa's concepts, and led the skunkworks project with substantial motivation to compete in parallel with the Lisa team. In September 1981, below the announcement of the IBM PC , InfoWorld reported on Lisa, "McIntosh", and another Apple computer secretly under development "to be ready for release within

924-458: A year". It described Lisa as having a 68000 processor and 128KB RAM, and "designed to compete with the new Xerox Star at a considerably lower price". In May 1982, the magazine reported that "Apple's yet-to-be-announced Lisa 68000 network work station is also widely rumored to have a mouse ." Apple Confidential said, "Finally, and perhaps most damaging, even before the Lisa began shipping in June,

990-567: Is a desktop computer developed by Apple , produced from January 19, 1983 to August 1, 1986, and succeeded by Macintosh . It is generally considered the first mass-market personal computer operable through a graphical user interface (GUI). In 1983, a machine like the Lisa was still so expensive that it was primarily marketed to individual and small and medium-sized businesses as a groundbreaking new alternative to much bigger and more expensive mainframes or minicomputers such as from IBM , that either require additional, expensive consultancy from

1056-546: Is an Archicad extension for architects to incorporate duct work and piping into the architectural design. MEP Modeler allows architects to create, edit or import 3D MEP networks and coordinate them with the Building Information Model, facilitating the BIM workflow between engineers and architects. Graphisoft EcoDesigner helps architects to use virtual building information to evaluate energy performance, thus

1122-541: Is an active member of BuildingSMART (formerly the International Alliance for Interoperability, IAI), an industry organization that publishes standards for file and data interoperability for built environment software. Graphisoft was one of the founders of the Open BIM concept, which supports 3D BIM data exchange between the different design disciplines on open-source platforms. Archicad can also export

1188-566: Is available in a number of localized versions. In addition to a translated user interface and documentation, these versions have a set of parametric objects (object libraries) developed considering the specific requirements of the regional market, and different default values for object properties, menu arrangements, etc. Various free and commercial add-on products and extensions add extra functionality to Archicad or provide further data exchange possibilities with other software applications. Some of these extensions are developed by Graphisoft , such as

1254-492: Is available under an Apple Academic License Agreement. In April 1984, following the Macintosh launch, Apple introduced MacWorks, a software emulation environment enabling Lisa to run Macintosh System software and applications. MacWorks improved Lisa's market appeal. After the early Macintosh operating system first gained hard disk support, MacWorks also gained access to Lisa's hard disk in September. In January 1985, MacWorks

1320-485: Is defined as 1980; the software won't accept any value below 1981, so the only valid range is 1981–1995. The real-time clock depends on a 4   ×   AA-cell NiCd pack of batteries that only lasts for a few hours when main power is not present. Prone to failure over time, the battery packs could leak corrosive alkaline electrolyte and ruin the circuit boards. The integrated monochrome black-on-white monitor has 720   ×   364 rectangular pixels on

1386-462: The Apple II division upon taking Raskin's project. Newer Lisa models addressed its shortcomings but, even with a major price reduction, the platform failed to achieve sales volumes comparable to the much less expensive Mac. The Lisa 2/10 is the final model, then rebranded as the high-end Macintosh XL . Though the original documentation only refers to it as "The Lisa", Apple officially stated that

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1452-535: The Apple III SOS operating system released three years earlier, Lisa's disk operating system also organizes its files in hierarchical directories. File system directories correspond to GUI folders, as with previous Xerox PARC computers from which Lisa borrowed heavily. Lisa was designed around a hard drive, unlike the first Macintosh. Lisa has two main user modes: the Lisa Office System and

1518-479: The Apple III of 1980. Apple sold a total of approximately 10,000 Lisa machines at US$ 9,995 (equivalent to about $ 30,600 in 2023) each, generating total sales of $ 100 million against a development cost of more than $ 150 million . The largest Lisa customer was NASA , which used LisaProject for project management. The Lisa 2 and its Mac ROM -enabled Macintosh XL version are the final two releases in

1584-589: The Macintosh Plus was introduced in 1986. The Lisa operating system features protected memory , enabled by a crude hardware circuit compared to the Sun-1 workstation (c. 1982), which features a full memory management unit. Motorola did not have an MMU (memory-management unit) for the 68000 ready in time, so third parties developed their own. Apple's is also the result of a cost-cutting compromise, with sluggish performance. Based, in part, on elements from

1650-558: The desktop metaphor . Steve Jobs visited PARC in 1979 and was absorbed and excited by the revolutionary mouse-driven GUI of the Alto . By late 1979, Jobs successfully negotiated a sale of Apple stock to Xerox, in exchange for his Lisa team receiving two demonstrations of ongoing research projects at PARC. When the Apple team saw the demonstration of the Alto computer, they were able to see in action

1716-578: The 3D model and its corresponding 2D drawings to BIMx format which can be viewed on a number of desktop and mobile platforms with native BIMx viewers. Commercial, educational and fully functional 30-day trial versions can be installed with the same installer. As long as no hardware protection is present or the software is not activated with a trial or an educational serial number, Archicad can be launched in demo mode. The installer files can not be downloaded without registration. The educational or trial serial numbers can be obtained after registration. Archicad

1782-475: The Archicad model can be exported to BIM-based cost estimation and scheduling. Archicad is also directly linked via API to Solibri's Model checking and quality assurance tools. In addition, Graphisoft provides a direct link to Grasshopper 3D enabling a visual programming environment for parametric modelling and design. Archicad can import and export DWG , DXF , IFC and BCF files among others. Graphisoft

1848-420: The Lisa and wrote in February 1983 that it was "the most important development in computers in the last five years, easily outpacing [the IBM PC ]". It acknowledged that the $ 9,995 price was high, and concluded "Apple ... is not unaware that most people would be incredibly interested in a similar but less expensive machine. We'll see what happens". The Lisa was a commercial failure, the company's largest since

1914-430: The Lisa had been hard work. He said the system's hard disk and RAM was a requirement and not a luxury, but that the system remains slow. He noted that, by 1989, Lisa's level of integration between applications had not yet been repeated by Apple. Original "Twiggy" based Lisa 1 systems command high prices at auction due to the scarcity of surviving examples. The auction record for a Lisa 1 was set on September 10, 2024, when

1980-617: The Lisa line, which was discontinued in April 1985. The Macintosh XL is a hardware and software conversion kit to effectively reboot Lisa into Macintosh mode. In 1986, Apple offered all Lisa and XL owners the opportunity to return their computer and pay $ 1,498 , in exchange for a Macintosh Plus and Hard Disk 20 . Reportedly, 2,700 working but unsold Lisa computers were buried in a landfill. The Macintosh project, led by Steve Jobs, borrowed heavily from Lisa's GUI paradigm and directly took many of its staff, to create Apple's flagship platform of

2046-465: The Lisa only had the original seven applications that Apple had deemed enough to "do everything". UniPress Software released UNIX System III for $ 495 (equivalent to $ 1,500 in 2023). Santa Cruz Operation (SCO) published Microsoft Xenix (version 3), a Unix-like command-line operating system for the Lisa 2, and Microsoft's Multiplan 2.1 spreadsheet for Xenix. Other Lisa Xenix apps include Quadratron's Q-Office suite. BYTE previewed

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2112-495: The Lisa, as compared to the earlier Apple II ‍ — ‍ AST offered a 1.5  MB memory board which, when combined with the standard Apple 512  KB memory board, expanded the Lisa to a total of 2 MB of memory, the maximum amount that the MMU can address. Late in the product life of the Lisa, there were third-party hard disk drives, SCSI controllers , and double-sided 3.5-inch floppy-disk upgrades. Unlike

2178-474: The Twiggy floppy drives in favor of a single 400K Sony microfloppy . The Lisa 2 has as little as 512 KB of RAM. The Lisa 2/5 consists of a Lisa 2 bundled with an external 5- or 10-megabyte hard drive. In 1984, at the same time the Macintosh was officially announced, Apple offered free upgrades to the Lisa 2/5 to all Lisa 1 owners, by replacing the pair of Twiggy drives with a single 3.5-inch drive, and updating

2244-707: The Workshop. The Lisa Office System is the GUI environment for end users. The Workshop is a program development environment and is almost entirely text-based, though it uses a GUI text editor. The Lisa Office System was eventually renamed 7/7 which refers to the seven supplied application programs: LisaWrite, LisaCalc, LisaDraw, LisaGraph, LisaProject , LisaList, and LisaTerminal. Apple's warranty said that this software works precisely as stated, and Apple refunded an unspecified number of users, in full, for their systems. These operating system frailties, and costly recalls, combined with

2310-484: The ad hoc protected memory implementation, due to the lack of a Motorola memory management unit . Cost-cutting measures that target the consumer market, and the delayed availability of the 68000 processor and its impact on the design process, made the user experience sluggish. The workstation -tier high price and lack of a technical software application library made it a difficult sale for all markets. The IBM PC's popularity and Apple's decision to compete with itself through

2376-440: The basic elements of what constituted a workable GUI. The Lisa team put a great deal of work into making the graphical interface a mainstream commercial product. The Lisa was a major project at Apple, which reportedly spent more than $ 50 million on its development. More than 90 people participated in the design, plus more in the sales and marketing effort, to launch the machine. BYTE magazine credited Wayne Rosing with being

2442-461: The boot ROM and I/O ROM. In addition, the Lisa 2's new front faceplate accommodates the reconfigured floppy disk drive, and it includes the new inlaid Apple logo and the first Snow White design language elements. The Lisa 2/10 has a 10 MB internal hard drive, no parallel port, and a standard configuration of 1 MB of RAM. Developing early Macintosh software required a Lisa   2. There were relatively few third-party hardware offerings for

2508-1027: The central storage, this solution allows remote access to the same project over the Internet, thus allowing worldwide project collaboration and coordination. In 2014, with the introduction of the BIMcloud, better integration is provided with standard IT solutions: browser-based management, LDAP connection, and HTTP/HTTPS based communication. Also, new scalability options are available, by allowing multi-server layouts to be created, with optional caching servers. Third-party vendors and some manufacturers of architectural products have compiled libraries of architectural components for use in Archicad. The program includes Geometric Description Language ( GDL ) used to create new components. Also, API (Application Programming Interface) and ODBC database connections are supported for third party Add-On developers. Via direct API links to 4D and 5D software such as Vico Office Suite or Tocoman iLink,

2574-455: The design needs of an architectural office: Archicad allows the user to work with data-enhanced parametric objects, often called "smart objects" by users. This differs from the operational style of other CAD programs created in the 1980s. The product allows the user to create a "virtual building" with virtual structural elements like walls, slabs, roofs, doors, windows and furniture. A large variety of pre-designed, customizable objects come with

2640-642: The earliest design phases to the technical detail drawings. As of 2023 Archicad is in its 26th generation. Graphisoft's second generation collaboration system lets more architects work on the same building simultaneously with Archicad by allowing them to access and manage the building information model database over the internet. Graphisoft BIM Server is shipped with Archicad from version 13. Available in both private and public cloud configurations on standard hardware. BIMcloud SaaS allows fast, efficient, and secure access to shared projects in real time Graphisoft MEP Modeler (Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing) Modeler

2706-465: The firm that eventually became IDEO. Bruce Daniels was in charge of applications development, and Larry Tesler was in charge of system software. The user interface was designed in six months, after which the hardware, operating system, and applications were all created in parallel. In 1982, Steve Jobs was forced out of the Lisa project, and he appropriated Jef Raskin 's existing Macintosh project. Raskin had conceived and led Macintosh since 1979 as

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2772-434: The freely available Trimble SketchUp , Google Earth or Maxon's Cinema 4D import/export add-ons or other extensions sold separately such as Graphisoft MEP Modeler , Graphisoft EcoDesigner or Graphisoft Virtual Building Explorer ; while there are a number of add-ons provided by third-party vendors, such as Cigraph or Cadimage. For a detailed version history see the help center article . Apple Lisa Lisa

2838-472: The help of Sun Remarketing, Apple disposed of approximately 2,700 unsold Lisa units in a guarded landfill in Logan, Utah , to receive a tax write-off on the unsold inventory. Some leftover Lisa computers and spare parts were available until Cherokee Data (which purchased Sun Remarketing) went out of business. The Lisa was first introduced on January 19, 1983. It is one of the first personal computer systems with

2904-603: The lower-priced Macintosh also hindered Lisa's acceptance. In 1982, after Steve Jobs was forced out of the Lisa project by Apple's board of directors, he appropriated the Macintosh project from Jef Raskin , who had conceived it as a sub- $ 1,000 (equivalent to $ 4,200 in 2023) text-based appliance computer in 1979. Jobs immediately redefined Macintosh to be graphical, but as a less expensive and more focused alternative to Lisa. Macintosh's launch in January 1984 quickly surpassed Lisa's underwhelming sales. Jobs began assimilating increasing numbers of Lisa staff, as he had done with

2970-623: The matured definition of 'BIM' specified only about one and a half decade later". Archicad has been recognized as the first CAD product on a personal computer able to create both 2D and 3D geometry, as well as the first commercial BIM product for personal computers and considered "revolutionary" for the ability to store large amounts of information within the 3D model. Archicad is a complete design suite with 2D and 3D drafting, visualization and other building information modeling functions for architects, designers and planners. A wide range of software applications are integrated in Archicad to cover most of

3036-401: The model, with 2D detail added in. Archicad released its first file exchange based Teamwork solution in its version 5.1 in 1997, which allowed more architects to work on the same building model simultaneously. A completely rewritten Teamwork "2.0" solution with a new database approach came out in version 13 in 2009 named Graphisoft BIM Server. Since only the changes and differences are sent to

3102-543: The most important person in the development of the computer's hardware until the machine went into production, at which point he became the technical lead for the entire Lisa project. The hardware development team was headed by Robert Paratore. The industrial design, product design, and mechanical packaging were headed by Bill Dresselhaus, the Principal Product Designer of Lisa, with his team of internal product designers and contract product designers from

3168-536: The much less expensive Mac. The Macintosh project assimilated a lot more Lisa staff. The final revision, the Lisa 2/10, was modified and sold as the Macintosh XL . The high cost and the delays in its release date contributed to the Lisa's discontinuation although it was repackaged and sold at $ 4,995 , as the Lisa 2. In 1986, the entire Lisa platform was discontinued. In 1987, Sun Remarketing purchased about 5,000 Macintosh XLs and upgraded them. In 1989, with

3234-441: The name was an acronym for "Local Integrated Software Architecture". Because Steve Jobs's first daughter was named Lisa (born in 1978), it was sometimes inferred that the name also had a personal association, and perhaps that the acronym was a backronym contrived later to fit the name. Andy Hertzfeld said that the acronym was reverse-engineered from the name "Lisa" in late 1982 by the Apple marketing team after they had hired

3300-477: The next several decades. The column-based interface , for instance, utilized by Mac OS X, had originally been developed for Lisa. It had been discarded in favor of the icon view. Apple's culture of object-oriented programming on Lisa contributed to the 1988 conception of Pink , the first attempt to re-architect the operating system of Macintosh. In 1989, after Wayne Rosing had moved to Sun Microsystems , he reflected on his time at Apple, recalling that building

3366-429: The original Macintosh, the Lisa has expansion slots. The Lisa 2 motherboard has a very basic backplane with virtually no electronic components, but plenty of edge connector sockets and slots. There are two RAM slots, one CPU upgrade slot, and one I/O slot, all in parallel. At the other end are three Lisa slots in parallel. In January 1985, following the Macintosh, the Lisa 2/10 (with integrated 10 MB hard drive)

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3432-576: The park's total area to 75,000sqm. The new buildings are rented to companies under lease. In addition, Graphisoft Park developed an advanced learning center, the Aquincum Institute of Technology (AIT-Budapest). In April 2019, Graphisoft's CEO Viktor Várkonyi started to manage the Planning and Design Division at Graphisoft's mother company Nemetschek . Huw Roberts was appointed the new CEO of Graphisoft. In June 2019, Graphisoft entered

3498-448: The press was full of intentionally-leaked rumors about a fall release of a 'baby Lisa' that would work in much the same way, only faster and cheaper. Its name: Macintosh." Lisa was launched on January 19, 1983. Its low sales were quickly surpassed by the January 1984 launch of the Macintosh. Newer versions of the Lisa were introduced that addressed its faults and lowered its price considerably, but it failed to achieve sales comparable to

3564-400: The program. Archicad software offers the flexibility to work with a 2D or 3D representation on the screen. Although the program's database stores data in three dimensions, 2D drawings can be exported at any time. Plans, elevations, and sections are generated from the 3D virtual building model and can be constantly updated by rebuilding the view. Detail drawings are based on enlarged portions of

3630-401: The project evolved into the " window-and-mouse-driven " form of its eventual release. Trip Hawkins and Jef Raskin contributed to this change in design. Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs was involved in the concept. At Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), research had already been underway for several years to create a new humanized way to organize the computer screen, which became known as

3696-540: The speed of the internet connection. Available in both private and public cloud configurations on standard hardware. Graphisoft merged with sister company DDScad in 2021 to add full MEP capabilities to Archicad. DDScad solutions support users with intelligent Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing (MEP) design tools, integrated calculations, and comprehensive documentation of all building systems. Graphisoft announced Archicad Collaborate on March 21, 2023. The subscription-based offering combines Archicad with BIMcloud Software as

3762-452: The supplier, hiring specially trained personnel, or at least, a much steeper learning curve to maintain and operate. Earlier GUI-controlled personal computers were not mass-marketed; for example, Xerox PARC manufactured its Alto workstation only for Xerox and select partners from the early to mid-1970s. Development of project "LISA" began in 1978. It underwent many changes and shipped at US$ 9,995 (equivalent to $ 30,600 in 2023) with

3828-402: The sustainability of the building from the very first concept design. EcoDesigner allows architects to analyze their design for energy efficiency, providing feedback on the building's estimated energy performance. BIMcloud offers secure, real-time multi-disciplinary collaboration between all project team members regardless of the size or complexity of the project, the location of the offices, or

3894-427: The team provided such software to architects. Since 1984, Graphisoft has been supported by Apple . Steve Jobs was impressed by Graphisoft's capability and the development of the architectural CAD from Bojár in the 2D/3D technology. Therefore, he sent them an Apple computer. This made it possible to create Archicad, the first desktop BIM system and Graphisoft's flagship product. Graphisoft's flagship product, Archicad

3960-715: The very high price point, led to the failure of the Lisa in the marketplace. NASA purchased Lisa machines, mainly to use the LisaProject program. In 2018, the Computer History Museum announced it would be releasing the source code for Lisa OS, following a check by Apple to ensure this would not impact other intellectual property. For copyright reasons, this release does not include the American Heritage dictionary. For its 40th anniversary on January 19, 2023, Lisa OS Software version 3.1's source code

4026-402: Was an important factor in the success of Graphisoft. When private companies had been allowed, Bojár promptly left his job and launched Graphisoft with a competent team. They were all experts in three-dimensional mathematical modeling but had no access to the most modern and efficient computers. This limitation led to the development of 3D modeling software that could be used on low-cost PCs. Then

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4092-612: Was introduced in 1987 as the Virtual Building concept, later (2003) regarded as building information modeling (BIM), and allowing architects to draw walls, windows, doors, slabs and roofs — a common feature now of every BIM-based architectural design software. Subsequent Archicad releases introduced other BIM features such as Teamwork, which enabled more architects to work on the same building in parallel, edit functions in three-dimensional model views, and interoperability add-ons to communicate with other applications using IFC — now

4158-538: Was named for my daughter." The project began in 1978 as an effort to create a more modern version of the then-conventional design epitomized by the Apple II . A ten-person team occupied its first dedicated office at 20863 Stevens Creek Boulevard next to the Good Earth restaurant, and nicknamed "the Good Earth building". Initial team leader Ken Rothmuller was soon replaced by John Couch , under whose direction

4224-556: Was purchased by Nemetschek AG (Germany) in 2007. In 2013, Graphisoft signed a contract with Nikken Sekkei , to create the BIM Competence & Research Center in order to advance BIM in Japan and Southeast Asia . In 2016, Graphisoft partnered with the company Atlas Cloud to provide a cloud-based access to Archicad. In September 2018, Graphisoft Park expanded by 20,000 square-meters in the cause of its 20th anniversary, lifting

4290-435: Was re-branded MacWorks XL as the primary system application, to convert the Lisa into the Macintosh XL . The launch version of Lisa Office System can not be used for programming, requiring the separate development OS called Lisa Workshop to be toggled and booted. Lisa Workshop was also used to develop Macintosh software for its first few years, until a Macintosh-native development system was released. For most of its lifetime,

4356-497: Was rebranded as Macintosh XL. It was given a hardware and software kit, enabling it to reboot into Macintosh mode and positioning it as the high-end Macintosh. The price was lowered yet again, to $ 4,000, and sales tripled, but CEO John Sculley said that Apple would have lost money increasing production to meet the new demand. Apple discontinued the Macintosh XL, leaving an eight-month void in Apple's high-end product line until

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