ArchaeoCAD 2005

ArchaeoCAD is an AutoCAD application for use in the fields of archaeological excavation and research. ArcTron Ltd. has been continually developing and improving the application since 1992.

The system is now used across europe, amongst others by the state heritage authorities in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria, Westfalia and as far away Luxembourg. It is also employed in many university archaeology departments. There are over 100 licence holders for the ArchaeoCAD program in Germany alone, and it has become the standard software solution for digital archaeological excavation documentation.

The program package has been intensively employed on settlement sites, cemeteries, and urban excavations during the last 10 years. Between 1995 and 1997, ArchaeoCAD was used for the evaluation of a multi-phase, large-area settlement excavation which was promoted by the 'Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft' (German research society).

Thanks to this thorough and consistent field-testing we can offer you a tried and tested system which considerably accelerates and simplifies the graphical documentation of layers, plana and sections.

ArchaeoCAD directly processes appropriately coded data from electronic surveying equipment (total stations, digital pantographs, etc.). The three dimensional data is processed and automatically converted into print-ready and scientifically prestructured plans. Using this method, the amount of time required to document an excavation can be cut by up to 50%.

ArchaeoCAD contains numerous auxiliary modules (such as the photogrammetry interface) which enable the structured editing of plans up to the print-ready stage. The program naturally also contains diverse functions for digitising and processing existing inventory records (e.g. plans excecuted on graph paper). Various 3D modules enable the user to create isometric feature reconstructions, amongst other things. This is especially useful when reconstructing buildings, ditches, ramparts, walls, pallisades etc.

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