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!Restored: ArchiCAD viewer for the iphone

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:58:06 GMT

The app store just published an app for the iphone (or ipod touch).
Apparently it allows you to view any ArchiCAD generated model through your Iphone. Ill try to post a review later.

Re: ArchiCAD vewer for the iphone

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:01:15 GMT

The app works great, it makes use of the build in accelerometer to allow you to navigate through the model tilting the iphone.
You can also query the model as to each building element, by clicking on, for instance, a wall.
It is not very fast, but a great app to have on construction and when you are with your client.
A must.
Something that is well worth the 100$ asked at the app store.

Re: ArchiCAD vewer for the iphone

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:38:15 GMT

!!!!!!!!

Re: ArchiCAD viewer for the iphone

Thomas Holm — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:38:47 GMT

Thanks for the heads-up, Krippahl!
As long as I've been using Archicad, since the beginning of the nineties, there has been requests for an Archicad viewer program, for example to let clients explore the model on their own. It's been denied every time. So now it's a reality on the iPhone?

Why not for Mac and Windows?

Does it require any modification of the Archicad model file, or is it the ordinary .pln (plp?) file?

Do you export it to the phone, or is it accessed over the network?

And does the price include the right to distribute it to clients? How many?

Edited: Or is it really this (Please note the date).
It's not in the app store available here.

Re: ArchiCAD viewer for the iphone

giza — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:32:00 GMT

how did you get this app in your iphone?? through AppStore or installed it manually??

looks nice, what other possibilities does it have?

thanks for info

Re: ArchiCAD viewer for the iphone

Chazz — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:19:54 GMT

This does not show up in my copy of iTunes 8, accessing the US app store. At least not using the search term ArchiCAD

Is this a regional thing? Portuguese only? Hard to believe for just a viewer app. Also, there are few/no web references to a product of this kind or by this name and none that I can find by a publisher.

I have to say that if it was posted by a less credible source than Miguel I would consider it specious. Has the smell of a hoax. But there is the picture of him with it. Can anyone else confirm this?

Re: ArchiCAD viewer for the iphone

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:39:25 GMT

Chazz wrote:
I have to say that if it was posted by a less credible source than Miguel I would consider it specious. Has the smell of a hoax. But there is the picture of him with it. Can anyone else confirm this?

Well now...
There might be a small exaggeration on the post.
I mean, where I wrote "the app store just published an app..." I should have said "the app store did not publish an app...", or, better still, "I wish the app store had published an app..."
My intend was to let the hoax build momentum, in a way that would eventually shame GS into building an app like that, but Chazz just put me to shame...
Still, it would have been a great app.

Re: ArchiCAD viewer for the iphone

Chazz — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:51:44 GMT

Krippahl wrote:
it would have been a great app.

So much for credible sourses.....

But how did you get the title of the application in the photo you provided? The actual shot of the app could just be done with a screen capture of ArchiCAD transfured to the photo viewing app but I don't see how you got the actual name of the app (ArchiCAD Viewer, very original BTW) in the application bar?

If you are a cad (in the other, more pajoritive sence of the word) at least you are a clever one.

Re: ArchiCAD viewer for the iphone

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:55:09 GMT

Chazz wrote:
But how did you get the title of the application in the photo you provided?

That was easy. I just made a screen capture, put it on the iphone viewer, and strategically positioned my finger to hide the fact (named the jpg "Archicad viewer".
I was on my way to make a small walktrough video, put it on the iphone and simulate the accelerometer, and then posting the thing on the youtube, but ran out of steam..

Re: ArchiCAD viewer for the iphone

Chazz — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:06:02 GMT

I think the killer feature here is for client presentations. When the snooty owner balks at the program or facade you just shake the phone and all the elements explode and then reassemble into a new, more rational, cogent and proportioned arrangement.

Clearly Mr. Krippahl your talents are wasted here. I think you need to be creating the next wave of design and presentation tools --not using them.

Re: ArchiCAD viewer for the iphone

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:30:32 GMT

Chazz wrote:
When the snooty owner balks at the program or facade you just shake the phone and all the elements explode and then reassemble into a new, more rational, cogent and proportioned arrangement.

Shake 'n bake. I like that.

Re: ArchiCAD viewer for the iphone

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:49:26 GMT

At least you can put (for real!) a lot (all) plans of your project as PDFs on the iPhone with some App-Store-Programs (DataCase, Air Sharing or FileMagnet) and view them on your phone.

(Apple think, we mail the PDFs to our self to view them on the iPhone...)

Re: ArchiCAD viewer for the iphone

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:33:28 GMT

gerstenlaub wrote:
...we mail the PDFs to our self to view them on the iPhone...

I use FileMagnet (payed) and AirSharing (unpaid) for that. These are real apps that allow you to transfer files from pc/mac to iphone and vice versa through Wifi.

Still, you have to be careful with the size of the pdf, otherwise the iphone viewer boggs down.

Re: ArchiCAD viewer for the iphone

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:41:20 GMT

I just came across this interesting little app for the iPhone and although it's not ArchiCAD it is impressive to see that it is possible to achieve.

http://www.solidsmack.com/3d-cad-multi-touch-itracer-for-iphone/2008-09-22/

Re: ArchiCAD viewer for the iphone

Thomas Holm — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:03:48 GMT

Krippahl wrote:
The app store just published an app for the iphone (or ipod touch).
Apparently it allows you to view any ArchiCAD generated model through your Iphone. Ill try to post a review later.

Seems this wasn't so far off as I thought. Now, even better, there is the possibility to work in Archicad using the iPhone! This "thin client" program for the iPhone could make that happen... or not?
Check out
http://www.macworld.com/article/136845/2008/11/citrix.html?lsrc=rss_main

Re: !Restored: ArchiCAD viewer for the iphone

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:43:46 GMT

And while we wait for the Iphone Archicad viewer app, here comes one for Revit:
http://www.ice-edge.com/iceVision.php#
Which is kind of sad, considering Revit only runs on Windows and ArchiCad also runs on Mac.

Oh well...

Re: ArchiCAD viewer for the iphone

owen — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:08:47 GMT

Krippahl wrote:
gerstenlaub wrote:
...we mail the PDFs to our self to view them on the iPhone...
I use FileMagnet (payed) and AirSharing (unpaid) for that. These are real apps that allow you to transfer files from pc/mac to iphone and vice versa through Wifi.

DataCase (paid) is another good one.

I tried AirSharing a while back but think it had some problems, might have to give it another look.

Krippahl wrote:
Which is kind of sad, considering Revit only runs on Windows and ArchiCad also runs on Mac.

Sad indeed. There has to be a point Apples market share makes it worthwhile for Autodesk to develop Mac-native apps, but what is it. Business is still extremely Windows-centric but small business/home growth for Apple is incredibly strong at the moment and at some point that is going to begin to have an effect on business.

Re: ArchiCAD viewer for the iphone

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:00:05 GMT

owen wrote:
I use FileMagnet (payed) and AirSharing (unpaid) for that.

Me too. But those only allow you to view certain type of files. This app proposes to be a 3d navigator.