Model the terrain, place the roads, calculate cut and fill in the same file as the building. Nordic BIM Group is the exclusive Architerra partner across Finland, Norway and Sweden.
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The site and the building belong in one model
Site work often runs outside the BIM model. Surveyor data lands in one tool, the terrain in another, the cut-and-fill quantities in a spreadsheet. When the design moves, the site moves with it on screen but not in the numbers. Architerra pulls terrain, roads, and volumes into the same Archicad file as the building, so the site and the design stay in step.
DXF, XYZ, SOSI, and SHAPE files sit in a folder, not in the design. The team rebuilds the site by hand every time the surveyor sends an update.
What Architerra adds to Archicad
Terrain modelling
Generate the terrain model from real coordinates, then build on it. Contour lines, colour slope analysis, plateaus, roads, and ditches are all objects you establish on the model, and they live in the Archicad file.
Roads with gradient and profile
Generate roads from polylines, then add the gradient and length profile that Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish projects expect. The reference-line workflow keeps modifications to an existing road fast.
Cut and fill quantities
With plateaus, roads, and ditches established, Architerra calculates cut, fill, and mass balance from the terrain model. Contractors get the numbers without the spreadsheet handover.
GIS and CAD data import
SOSI, SHAPE, DXF, XYZ, and TXT come in as terrain, roads, plan data, or 3D objects, ready to use inside Archicad.
Built for architects on real sites
Architerra is for the team that owns the building and the site together. The work is rarely flat. Surveyor files, sloped plots, and earthwork quantities are part of the design, and they belong in the same model as the walls and the roof.
- Architects who need the building on the actual terrain, not on a flat reference plane.
- BIM coordinators who turn SOSI, DXF, and surveyor files into a coordinated terrain model.
- House builders documenting the site, the foundation, and the home in one file.
- Multi-discipline practices where the architect, the BIM lead, and the project manager work from the same model.
Architerra lives inside Archicad
Architerra is an Archicad add-on. The terrain, the roads, and the mass calculations stay in the same Archicad file as the building. Surveyor and GIS data comes in through SOSI, SHAPE, DXF, XYZ, or TXT. The coordinated model goes out through IFC and BIMx.
Nordic BIM Group is the exclusive Archicad partner and the exclusive Architerra partner across Finland, Norway, and Sweden, which is why both licenses, the implementation, and the support sit on one local team and one local invoice.
What you get from Nordic BIM Group
Implementation against your standards
We set Architerra up against your terrain data sources, your file conventions, and the way your team hands the site over to contractors.
eLearning course and in-language onboarding
A three-hour eLearning Architerra course gives the team a structured start.
Local team, your language
When something blocks you, a local Nordic BIM Group support team picks up. Finnish, Norwegian, or Swedish, same timezone as the project.
Architerra in real Nordic practice
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More inspiration
Architects across the Nordics are bringing terrain, roads, and earthwork into the BIM model. The roster is growing.