topic Re: SAF, general questions in Collaboration with other software

SAF, general questions

Ahmed_K — Fri, 26 May 2023 13:07:05 GMT

Hello,
Can someone explain what is The new saf format and analytic model, presented in archicad 24 ?
The benefits of the tool. Why it's cinsidered a revolution in archicad?
Who uses it, who prepares the analitic model, for what,
When i have a new project, when it comes to the scene, etc
I think It's a little bit dark side in archicad that should be explored and explained well.
Is there any case studies ?
Thanks !

Re: SAF, general questions

Laszlo Nagy — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:35:09 GMT

Here is the playlist from the Archicad YouTube Channel, which talks about the new features in Archicad 24.
Clips 4 to 7 talk about the Structural Analytical Model features. I think it gives a basic understanding of what it is about, what is its significance, how it works, and how it enables collaboration with Structural Analysis applications:

Re: SAF, general questions

Ahmed_K — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 08:29:07 GMT

Thanks LaszloNagy !
this video serie introduces the concept, without some deep demonstrations, how does it work in a real project, with other softwares, real action

Re: SAF, general questions

Laszlo Nagy — Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:55:46 GMT

One of the videos shows an example of how such a structural analytical model exchange would happen between Archicad and SCIA (a Structural Analytical software within the Nemetschek Group):

I think it gives you a general idea of how it works and how you can use the data received from the Structural Engineer to modify/update your architectural model.
Besides that, I have not found a longer video on the net that would show the workflow in more detail.