Software

School of Architecture Software Guidebook for Modeling, Drawing and Rendering can be found at https://arizona.box.com/v/softwareguidebook
This guidebook offers a series of tutorials on basic software tools and methods as well as introductory guidelines and methods for many of our digital fabrication tools.

CAPLA Software in Labs

• Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Indesign, Photoshop, Acrobat)
• ArcGIS Pro and ArcGIS Desktop
• Autodesk AutoCAD
• Autodesk 3ds Max
• Autodesk Civil3D
• Autodesk Fusion
• Autodesk Revit
• Circuitscape
• Climate Consultant
• Firefox
• Google Chrome
• Google Earth
• Lumion
• MeshCam (for CNC)
• Microsoft Office
• Monolith
• Processing (Java Program)
• Rhinoceros 3D
  
  • RhinoCAM
  • Grasshopper, Honeybee, Ladybug, Opaque, Climate Studio, Daysim, Daylight Visualizer, Eddy & BlueCFD, Karamba3D, OpenStudio (Radiance & EnergyPlus) UrbanOpt and many more plugins

  Technology Resources Provided by UITS

  • Network
    • Wired - Fastest method, but requires plugging in ethernet cable and MAC address registration at http://dhcp.arizona.edu
    • Wireless
      • UAPublic - Slower public WiFi network
      • UAWiFi - Faster secured WiFi network that requires NetID authentication to use
      • Email and Calendaring
        • https://it.arizona.edu/service/catmail-student-email - Catmail powered by Google