ArchiLogs extends Archicad with log wall modelling, automatic log wall drawings, and CNC machining code. One BIM model from design through to production. Local Nordic BIM Group team behind every license.
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The friction industrial log house manufacturers know
Most log house manufacturers run multiple systems. Design lives in CAD. Production runs on manually drafted 2D plans, spreadsheets, and CNC data entered by hand. Marketing rebuilds the catalogue renders in a separate visualisation tool.
Every system holds its own truth, and every handoff is a place where someone redoes the work. The result is disconnected production, more error, and a brochure that does not match the model on the production floor.
The design model answers the architect's questions. The CNC needs a different file, generated by hand from drawings. Every change to the design means redrawing or reconfiguring the production files.
From design to CNC in three steps
1.
Model the log walls in Archicad
Draw the log walls inside Archicad. ArchiLogs places log objects against the walls automatically, with the right profile, the right corner notch, and the right end machining. 2D plan and 3D model stay in sync as the design changes.
2.
Log wall drawings and machining generate automatically
ArchiLogs generates the log wall drawings from the wall projections. Dimensions, notch markings, opening grooves, and machining definitions land on every log. Drillholes for bolts and electrical cables show up on the same drawing. Inspect each log on its own in 3D. No manual redrawing, with or without a CNC process on the production floor.
3.
CNC code runs the production
Export CNC machining code from the same file. ArchiLogs can be tailored for your CNC machines, including proprietary notch types, drawing presentations, and patented machining methods. From the design model to the cutting head, one source of truth.
Built for log house design and production
Log wall modelling
Log objects snap to Archicad walls. Each wall builds with the right profile, end machining, and corner notches. Model in 2D, inspect each log in 3D.
Automatic log wall drawings
ArchiLogs generates an individual log wall drawing for every wall, built from the wall projection. Dimensions and notch markings land on each log. Print-ready, no manual redrawing.
CNC machining code
Generate CNC code for any machine in your production line. Machining definitions live inside the ArchiLogs library and can be tailored to your setup, ready to drive the cutting head.
Customer-specific customisation
ArchiLogs has been adapted for proprietary corner notches, custom log profiles, and patented machining methods. Nordic BIM Group scopes and delivers the customisation against your workflow.
Who ArchiLogs is for
ArchiLogs is built for the design and production teams inside industrial log house manufacturers. Design offices, production engineers and BIM coordinators, and marketing teams work from the same BIM model. Smaller log house design studios and architects who need Archicad-native log modelling but do not run CNC use the ArchiLogs Designer edition. One file from design through production through brochure render.
- Industrial log house manufacturers
- Production engineers
- Log house design studios (ArchiLogs Designer)
- Marketing teams inside log house manufacturers
Inside Archicad
ArchiLogs lives inside Archicad. Log walls, log wall drawings, and machining code stay in the same BIM file as the rest of the building. For projects that mix log construction with frame, CLT, or modular timber, ArchiFrame adds those elements to the same model.
The combined toolkit covers most hybrid Nordic timber projects. The file shares out via IFC and BIMx. Nordic BIM Group sells Archicad, ArchiLogs, and ArchiFrame on one local invoice.
What you get from Nordic BIM Group
Implementation against your notch types and CNC
Nordic BIM Group sets ArchiLogs up against your corner notches, log profiles, and CNC machinery. Customer-specific customisation is a project we scope with you. We have done it before for industrial log house manufacturers in the Nordics and beyond.
In-language training for design and production teams
Local-language training for designers and production engineers. ArchiLogs sits inside Archicad, and we train on the combination. In-person and via Teams. We cover the design side, the log wall drawings, the machining setup, and the production handoff. Connected ERP systems included.
Local team, your language
A local team in Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Phone, email, or Teams. The same people handle licensing, implementation, training, and support across Archicad with ArchiLogs. One invoice in your language.
See the software in action.
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Archicad
Built for industrial log house production
Nordic log house manufacturers have run their design-to-production pipelines on Archicad with ArchiLogs for more than 15 years.