topic Re: BIM'ing with FormZ ! in Collaboration with other software

BIM'ing with FormZ !

TMA_80 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:16:03 GMT

This will be probably the next step for Autodessys

"Bonzaist,

... The BIM version will come after version 7.0, and will be one of the first "specialized" branches of formZ. Regarding content, let us just say that we are quite aware now design restrictive both Revit and Archicad are, and we are trying hard to avoid the same pitfalls."

http://www.formz.com/forum2/messages/35952/36569.html?1248629848

Re: BIM'ing with FormZ !

Bricklyne Clarence — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:53:28 GMT

TMA_80 wrote:
.......... Regarding content, let us just say that we are quite aware now design restrictive both Revit and Archicad are, and we are trying hard to avoid the same pitfalls."

http://www.formz.com/forum2/messages/35952/36569.html?1248629848

.......those are rather big words coming from the developers of FormZ - the same FormZ with the godawful UI and bewilderingly convoluted workflow.
While FormZ is indeed a rather powerful modeler, especially when it comes to freeform geometry, the whole nested/double-nested/triple-supernested menus and functions approach that makes FormZ such a headache to use, doesn't necessarily lend itself to making an application any less "design-restrictive" as they imagine ArchiCAD or even Revit to be.

And Bonzai, which was meant to be a head-to-head competitor to Sketchup, is not really that much better - especially in comparison.

I wish them all the best with their transition to BIM, but given just how much it seems they just don't 'get' what makes sense in an intuitive UI and efficient workflow, in other programs, I fail to see just how they're going to bridge that particular glaring gap in their current flagship program.

Re: BIM'ing with FormZ !

Djordje — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:33:15 GMT

Yeah, BIM is about the pure modeling, right ...

Why do we use BIM around here? Heck, we do VB!

Re: BIM'ing with FormZ !

Thomas Holm — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:20:53 GMT

Djordje wrote:
Yeah, BIM is about the pure modeling, right ... Why do we use BIM around here? Heck, we do VB!

Djordje, learn how to meet the powers that be:

Re: BIM'ing with FormZ !

Djordje — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:45:02 GMT

Thomas wrote:
Djordje wrote:
Yeah, BIM is about the pure modeling, right ... Why do we use BIM around here? Heck, we do VB!
Djordje, learn how to meet the powers that be:

Thomas,

If I ever did, I would not be using ArchiCAD ...

Re: BIM'ing with FormZ !

Thomas Holm — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:50:19 GMT

Djordje wrote:
If I ever did, I would not be using ArchiCAD ...

I guess that's something we have in common

Re: BIM'ing with FormZ !

Aaron Bourgoin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:00:50 GMT

Ha!

banzai didn't work. the war was lost anyway.

or is it bonsai. the littler version of something big.

very skeptical. amaze me. fill me with a childlike sense of wonder.