Question 1

Is Calq free?

Accepted Answer

Calq Build, the whole modeller, is free with a free account: sign in on calq.live and draw, with no card. The account has cloud save (its limits are on calq.live/pricing), imports IFC, DWG and DXF and exports IFC, DXF, COBie, gbXML, BCF, IDS, PDF sheet sets and video. Calq AI is not part of Free: it comes with the paid plans, Professional and Studio (prices on calq.live/pricing).

Question 2

Do I need to install anything?

Accepted Answer

No. Calq runs in a current browser with WebGL 2, on Windows, macOS, Linux and ChromeOS. Phones and tablets work too, one view at a time.

Question 3

Can I get IFC out of Calq?

Accepted Answer

Yes, on every plan, Free included: IFC4 Reference View by default, IFC 4.3 on request, and IFC2X3 Coordination View 2.0. The writer is checked against the official EXPRESS schema before every release. COBie 2.4, gbXML 0.37, BCF, IDS and DXF plans are on the same export menu. A free account imports IFC as well.

Question 4

Does Calq work with Revit?

Accepted Answer

Through IFC and DXF, exported on every plan, Free included: a Calq model opens in Revit as IFC, and an IFC, DWG or DXF file from Revit comes into Calq as elements you can edit (Beta). Calq does not read or write RVT files.

Question 5

What is Calq AI?

Accepted Answer

The AI inside Calq. You ask in words, or attach a brief, a sketch, a plan or a spreadsheet, and it sets the project up, draws massing options for you to choose from, then builds and edits the BIM model with you through the same tools a person uses, every change undoable. It comes with Professional and Studio, not with Free, with AI credits every month (calq.live/pricing says how many).

Question 6

Can several people work on one model?

Accepted Answer

Yes. On Professional you invite people to each of your models; on Studio every member opens every member's models (how many people each plan holds is on calq.live/pricing). You edit together live, see each other's cursors and selections, and comment and @mention each other on the model. The people you invite never pay to join, even on Free.

Question 7

Is Calq in French and Arabic?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The interface speaks English, French, Arabic (right to left) and Brazilian Portuguese, and each model has a project language for what it prints and exports: sheets, title blocks, schedules and reports. A model in French writes its scales as 1/100.

Question 8

Is my model used to train AI?

Accepted Answer

No. Your projects are not training data.