The copyright for papers in this publication belongs to authors of the papers. Legal deposits of the publication have been supplied to the National Library of South Africa, Library of Parliament, and other places of Legal Deposit. Proceedings of the West Africa Built Environment Research (WABER) Conference 2015 Volume 1 10th - 12th August 2015 in Accra, Ghana Editors Samuel Laryea, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa Roine Leiringer, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong First published in 2015 978-7-5(print) 978-8-2(e-book) The ISBN for this publication was provided by the National Library of South Africa. The resultant postulations should inspire further studies and refinements for improving the case product (Arch Module). Deductions were made from the comparative analysis of a conservative number of selected proprietary like-products – the combination of exemplars – from which hypotheses were developed towards the resolution of the research aim. The study employed normative case study methodology, in qualitative research design, to deduce qualities of BIM software that are deemed to be desirable. This study sought to forecast the quality of this promise given the current direction of its development. It is free (gratis), and its source is available under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). The Arch Module in FreeCAD aims to be a plausible BIM tool for architects. In recent years, increasing numbers of architects prefer design tools that can integrate seamlessly into a Building Information Modeling (BIM) process to traditional CAD applications. Architects in emerging economies may be able to circumvent these restrictions by using open-source alternatives that implement open industry standards. Young firms in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) business have had to contend with stringent licensing policies and challenging financial commitments when acquiring software tools.
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