Model terrain, surfaces and planting in the same file as the building. Nordic BIM Group is the exclusive LAND4 partner across Norway, Sweden and Finland.
SKiB campus
ArchicadArchitecture
One model for the whole site
Landscape work often runs on its own track. The 3D model lives in one tool, the 2D plans in another, the volumes in a spreadsheet. The building and the landscape barely share a file. When the terrain changes, every other view gets out of step. LAND4 collapses that into one BIM model inside Archicad, with the landscape and the building side by side.
Landscape designers often keep a 2D plan and a 3D model in separate tools, then reconcile them by hand. Every revision multiplies the work.
A three-step landscape workflow inside Archicad
1.
Bring terrain in from real data
Import surveyor data as Spot Levels. LAND4 supports LandXML, CSV, TXT, XYZ and SOSI. Generate a LANDSurface in a few clicks and start designing from real coordinates.
2.
Model the surface, calculate the volumes
Shape the LANDSurface with Contour Lines, Ridge Lines and Spot Levels. Assign LAND4 Composites to drive volume schedules. Run Volumetrics for gross, fill and cut.
3.
Drape buildings, columns and objects
Connect Archicad objects, columns, polylines and spot levels to the LANDSurface. Heights follow the terrain. Move the surface and the building and vegetation elements follow.
Built for landscape practice
Dynamic terrain modelling
Spot Levels, Ridge Lines, Contour Lines and LANDSurface work as dynamic objects. Edit one, the rest update automatically.
Composites with auto-updating volumes
Assign building-material composites to a surface. Volume schedules update when the surface or the composite changes.
Volumetric calculations (gross, fill, cut)
Compare two LANDSurfaces in seconds. A Volumetrics Stamp drops the numbers on the drawing. Section views show CUT and FILL directly.
Drape buildings to terrain
Connect Archicad objects to the LANDSurface and let height follow. Undrape and offset functions add control when you need it.
Built for the people who design outdoor space
LAND4 is for landscape architects, landscape designers and architects who handle outdoor design as part of broader projects. It fits practices already in Archicad and practices weighing BIM for landscape work for the first time. The audience runs from dedicated landscape studios to multi-discipline firms and public-sector design teams.
LAND4 lives inside Archicad
LAND4 is built on top of Archicad as a landscape extension. Landscape designers stay in the BIM model where the building lives. Surveyor data comes in via LandXML, CSV, TXT, XYZ, or SOSI. The model shares out via LandXML, IFC and BIMx.
Nordic BIM Group is the exclusive Archicad partner and the exclusive LAND4 partner across Norway, Sweden and Finland, so both licenses sit on one local team and one local invoice. Land Software A/S develops LAND4. We deliver it where you work.
What you get from Nordic BIM Group
Implementation against your standards
We set LAND4 up against your terrain data sources, your project standards and the way your team already works in Archicad. The start of a working landscape practice, not a license drop.
Onboarding in your language
Local-language onboarding on LAND4 inside Archicad. Land Software A/S also runs a free online course in English; we layer Norwegian, Swedish, or Finnish guidance on top for teams that want a structured rollout.
Local team, your language
A support team you can call in Norwegian, Swedish, or Finnish, with 20 Archicad experts. The same people who answer the Archicad questions answer the LAND4 questions.
Customer projects
Flakstad Primary and Secondary School
ArchicadArchitecture
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