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About a year ago GS rebranded its ArchiCAD, its logo turning from a somewhat curvy A to an arch with a point. I’d rather be known as an expert in a toolset that requires an additional clarification of ‘you know, used to be called ArchiCAD’ then just … ‘you know, ArchiCAD’. I badgered them about the ArchiCAD name, even then.
My dear, beloved, ArchiCAD and Graphisoft. But you should care about the future of your own product as its development, marketing and generally placing on the market is seriously getting off the track, even in ‘safe’ countries like your (and my) ‘own Hungary. Please wake up! Promoting a stair as the central innovation for this year, really?
encouraging software tribalism) – here is a challenge: I’ll show you mine (Archicad marquee), you show me yours (spatial filtering device); I use the marquee a lot – to examine parts of the building I am interested in. That tells you a lot about my life I guess. Still, before you call me a hypocrite (i.e.
Okay, I know they are trying… “they” being major “BIM” vendors such as Autodesk/Revit…and a far second Graphisoft/Archicad. But, are these folks a significant part of the reason why BIM isn’t taking hold? Why BIM is so misunderstood? “Without a doubt, BIM has disrupted the the design profession.”
Yesterday Nemetschek (makers of Vetorworks) announced plans to aquire Graphicsoft (makers of ArchiCAD). I guess I could say more than I think Archiworks sounds better than VectorCAD. They are both strong programs with good followings and I believe getting together now is a smart move for both.
See, once upon a time, some decade or so ago – BIM (or VC) and Graphisoft (with ArchiCAD) were doing very well in Australia (and New Zealand)! FKA was not the only cutting edge BIM company that pushed the boundaries of BIM using ArchiCAD in Australia in the early 2000s – Rice Dabney, Woods Bagot and others did too. Making progress.
Archicad at its best). I know Max can do anything, Cartia and Rhino are magic tools, even good ol’ 3D AutoCAD could reproduce the same, but following these two operations via Archicad my slab stays a slab and the wall is still a wall, even though the slab has a wobbly bottom and the wall looks like a lace curtain. ► 2011.
The latest revision of the popular BIM design software Archicad includes improved rendering options and expanded asset libraries for designers and architects.
When it comes to the popularity of my posts. And you know what one comes second? The one on the Revit Conference. Considering how much I wanted to stick to software neutrality when I embarked on this little venture, I’m not doing that great.
Graphisoft continued its strategy of driving software development and product releases through its public roadmap with the launch of several new versions of its popular BIM software, including Archicad, earlier this month.
Unfortunately, there still is very little interest in demystifying AEC information, not even on the lowest of, day-to-day levels of project communication so we’ll still experience quite a bit of the flawed approach: 2D draw everything as vague as possible with lots of fills/hatches and useless text on it; Then reduce A0 sheets to A3s and make numerous (..)
Rather than having the earth cut (and filled) vertically 90 degrees as shown on picture 1 (done in Revit), different soils require those cuts (and fills) to be performed at an angle (that often depends on the type of soil) like shown on picture 2 (done in ArchiCAD); They went away, they researched, they said: NO.
Plus, ArchiCAD paired with Solibri's Model Checker and Viewpoint added Prophix' corporate performance management software to its Strategic Partner program.
When I started with ArchiCAD some 27 years ago, I did not think we’d grow old together. I learned to use the blimming thing and added to the knowledge over and over, wore the badge of the weirdo ArchiCAD user with pride. Where is the Archicad equivalent of their time? picture of an old Archicad project) Yet we had.
This little-battle is between Archicad and me – I repeatedly ignore the creators’ hints to use the product in-a-certain-way and force it ‘kicking and screaming’ to perform tasks I dream-up.
I should start with a disclaimer: I model in Archicad 13; That is whenever I need to assess something quickly and am not constrained by other project-needs nor the limitations of the software itself. So, what I am about to write may no longer be an issue in Archicad 14, nor the other modelling packages people use.
Something that first occurred to me more than a dozen years ago when I still drove AutoCAD as a pro too: Archicad was made for the thinkers and doers, the hands-on solution makers. Still, when I put on the hat of the ‘virtual design manager/construction coordinator’, I go for Archicad. Biased and proud of it.
3D visualization tools, such as Revit, Archicad, Bentley, etc. Uncategorized active archicad bas Bentley Systems BIM building Built Environment CAFM capital reinvestment CMMS considerations cPMS digital technology. 3D visualization tools efficient project delivery methods Facility functional impacts.
Autodesk products are conveniently bundled together – not so ArchiCAD and Vectorworks (owned by the same company: Nemetschek). However the high number using ArchiCAD reflects the strong hold this company holds over the architect and architectural designer market (81% of respondents). Then, look at the chart itself!
In Archicad. Today, at the end of a long working day, I’m too droopy to do all of these steps and pull the form into Archicad. The form came as a jpeg. Typically I’d print it off, hand-write the data, scan it back to the sender. I walk from my desk to the other, a couple of times. And worse of all: I have to handwrite the document!
Archie is the cheap version of Archicad, customised for Contractors. Archie’s workspace is partitioned into 4 panels, each colour coded for easy navigation: Modelling and Coordination: the panel is white with the original-orange coloured grid of ArchiCAD (note spell!) where contractors model their buildings. Unfortunate but true.
Ten years ago I amazed the local Archicad supplier by a colourful CV fully prepared on Plotmaker. quite a clumsy plotting tool related-to but not part of Archicad) These days I choose my tools according to what they can do. A quarter of a century later, I now know better. Actually, I broke up with the practice some time ago.
The software is compatible with the leading 3d design packages like Revit®, Archicad®, Microstation®, Tekla® and Google Sketchup® as well as all standard 2D drawings. CostX® is the most recognized BIM estimating solution to look at and takeoff from 3D/BIM models (including IFC).
This fact brought home the realisation, that it is exactly 20 years since I bought my first ArchiCAD licence. Main, modelling tool must be ArchiCAD; Revit is a dog, and if you are not going for Revit for political reasons, might as well go with the best tool still on the market. Again, you must use ArchiCAD.
Over the next couple of weeks, we will be exploring model navigational tools offered by Revizto, Navisworks and Archicad (BIMx). Get their finger on the pulse of the project and become deeply engaged in their project data.
ArchiCAD is my tool of choice and I really enjoy how it handles PDF’s within its BIM models. ArchiCAD imports PDF’s as Drawings (as opposed to images) 2. ArchiCAD allows one to use the Trace&Reference with PDF’s the same way as with any other drawing element. creating nods and curving edges and offsetting and whatnot) 4.
Someone got to do it, might as well be me. 2/ Software developers that claim to have ‘invented BIM’ are leading the field and are actively setting the standards, should not be allowed to shy away from the responsibility that these claims carry.
I’ve been known for criticizing Autodesk for many years and people tend to brush it off as ‘sour grapes’ – me being jealous that they’ve beaten Graphisoft’s ArchiCAD into ground – the current software of my choice.
In the past, I have written about ArchiCAD’s (Graphisoft) excellent ability to handle PDF’s, both in quantity and quality – the second applying to the quality of work offered to the users. These can be placed in plans/elevations/sections making them an excellent base for either 2D or 3D based work.
Anyone that knows something about BIM and the fierce lobbying that is going on in it must agree with me on the following point though: It is slightly bizarre, if not outright stupid to promote an ‘Autodesk flavoured event’ with images of buildings created in ArchiCAD!
I used Archicad for this particular exercise; I believe that most other ‘main stream’ AEC modelling packages work in a very similar way; Of course that would not quite work for the drawing outputs (as beams have to look differently on plans than say walls.) I am not too concerned about the drawings. Bring on the BIM gizmos!
I found it in Archicad’s Object Depository while searching for something else. The object was obviously designed to be used within Archicad and supposedly by professional kitchen designers, yet the ‘output stamp’ was so highly pre-created that anyone with access to the software could make use of it.
What about Archicad? Autodesk has been ruling the roost for 3 decades. Hang on! - A major player since the eighties. Microstation? Vectorworks, Allplan, Spirit etc?
Mentioned Autodesk yesterday, Archicad, Microstation, Vectorworks, etc. I will come back to the battles that these products fought (and keep fighting) with each other in the building design/documenting landscape, later.
Export your Revit (or Archicad, or Microstation or AnyCAD file) into one of the numerous file-types DE will read. For numerous reason. and anyway, I said I’d be positive, not unrealistically self critical! Here is a plug: Right Hemisphere – look up www.righthemisphere.com Download the trial version of Deep Exploration. Play with it!
And there is more: I’ve had numerous run-ins with Archicad and GS over the years too. Being so bitter about Autodesk is to do a bit with my abstract being rejected by the Australian Revit Users’ Conference. I never quite got the point of existence of Vectorworks and have largely stayed away from Microstation.
Archicad did it for an entire decade through the nineties; Presently, both packages and many more are all plodding along route 2. AutoCAD pursued strategy no1 in the eighties and early nineties.
Revit, Archicad, Microstation); Include: · Intelligent , branded North-Point and a level marker · Min 10 wall types typically used by the type of construction you are most active in; · Intelligent keys and legend stamps of those walls; Also, Have their 2D representation clean and tidy; Printing without hitches on most printers/plotters.
If you bought ArchiCAD you (supposedly) worked more in 3D, were extremely slow in cadding and had no programming skills. The purchase came with numerous uncalled-for labels – if you went for AutoCAD you preferred America over Europe, black (screen) over white and PC’s above Macs.
Something that would easily differentiate a Revit follower from a Vectorworks user, an Archicad fan from a GT enthusiast or Bentley buff. It is surprising that in a field so highly contested by a number of strong, international (global) players there is a lack of external branding for the disciples. A colour, a piece of clothing, a haircut?
Cadimage, the NZ Archicad-tool-developer is wisely catering for all tastes in their Doorbuilder. and indicate the opening of the door. The ‘opposition’ claims this to be misleading and wrong. The lines should connect the hinges with the door handle. Logical, of course! see picture).
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