Remove ArchiCAD Remove Drawings Remove Software
article thumbnail

BIM for Seniors

DebunkTheBIM

After all, most construction contracts are still based on drawings and there is a belief that ‘we build off drawings’. Yet it is undisputable, that a large percentage of those drawings are created in a model-based software. And the majority of the stakeholders can only access this data via PDFs or printed off drawings.

BIM 62
article thumbnail

Happy 40th Graphisoft!

DebunkTheBIM

When I started with ArchiCAD some 27 years ago, I did not think we’d grow old together. At the time, paid the price of half a new Audi car for the software/hardware package – come to think of it, it was about half of my annual salary. Where is the Archicad equivalent of their time? picture of an old Archicad project)

professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

DebunkTheBIM: Now, these are nice! (Archicad at its best)

DebunkTheBIM

Archicad at its best). You are either too young and take every modelling feature offered by whatever software as a given, or too old and don’t really care about the challenges people trying to smartly model construction elements still face. Reconstructing drawing-sets and the case of the 'G. Archicad at its best).

article thumbnail

Please don’t clean up my wall intersections.

DebunkTheBIM

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.

article thumbnail

CostX® 3.50 version is useful for BIM users

Construction Cost Estimating

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. 3d construction estimating 3D BIM models 5D BIM estimating 2d drawing 3D takeoff BIM estimating'

BIM 59
article thumbnail

PDFs and BIM: A trilogy of posts investigating what the PDF format’s role may be in strategies transitioning the industry to BIM? First part: PDFs within current AEC – Important yet neglected?

DebunkTheBIM

This approach is somewhat surprising considering that in most contemporary construction contracts PDF’s as the digital representations of drawings have often higher standing than model files or even DWGs. Why are there no more efforts made to guide PDF users through thousands of drawings by the originators?

BIM 59
article thumbnail

Another example why it is better to stay out of BIM surveys…

DebunkTheBIM

….Unless of course you have software to sell. 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).

BIM 54