https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/The-LinkedIn-poll/m-p/216555#M117641 Another useless poll!<BR /> If his company...Elevations Bim do the things they say and in the industries they support then Bentley is their only choice....<BR /> <BR /> Check out the stupid response from Eric O.... <BLOCKQUOTE><I></I><S><I><I></I></I></S>Staying in scope of the question, If I had to choose 1 of the 5 offered, I would say Revit. Solidworks (while I;m not an expert on the software) in my understanding is designed as a manufacturing solution. (alhough they are developing an AEC solution, I hear). Sketchup is nice for pretty pictures, and small budgets, but Its not BIM. I know Archicad has a following, but does it have an MEP contingent? You ARE interested in Powering up your project? Heating / cooling it? Frankly if you aren't concerning yourself with Structural. / MEP, can you really say you are doing a BIM project?<BR /> <BR /> That leaves two, Bentley and Revit. Revit simply has a bigger user base, and therefore has more trained users, and more resources for learning / support. <E></E></BLOCKQUOTE> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:46:19 GMT Anonymous 2012-01-18T00:46:19Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/The-LinkedIn-poll/m-p/216550#M117636 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><R>Again, the sheer numbers ...<BR /> <BR /> <A href="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/In-your-opinion-what-do-1517537.S.86128820?view=&amp;srchtype=discussedNews&amp;gid=1517537&amp;item=86128820&amp;type=member&amp;trk=eml-anet_dig-b_pd-ttl-cn&amp;ut=1TiVuHFvIWll41" target="_blank"><LINK_TEXT text="http://www.linkedin.com/groups/In-your- ... uHFvIWll41">http://www.linkedin.com/groups/In-your-opinion-what-do-1517537.S.86128820?view=&amp;srchtype=discussedNews&amp;gid=1517537&amp;item=86128820&amp;type=member&amp;trk=eml-anet_dig-b_pd-ttl-cn&amp;ut=1TiVuHFvIWll41</LINK_TEXT></A></R></DIV> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:31:47 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/The-LinkedIn-poll/m-p/216550#M117636 Djordje 2012-01-13T09:31:47Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/The-LinkedIn-poll/m-p/216551#M117637 this is reserved for people that know all 5 software with the same level of expertise !! Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:30:59 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/The-LinkedIn-poll/m-p/216551#M117637 Rakela Raul 2012-01-13T14:30:59Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/The-LinkedIn-poll/m-p/216552#M117638 Do you know any, excluding SketchUp that is not really BIM anyway? Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:44:46 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/The-LinkedIn-poll/m-p/216552#M117638 Djordje 2012-01-15T04:44:46Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/The-LinkedIn-poll/m-p/216553#M117639 only Bentley, Archicad and Revit Mon, 16 Jan 2012 03:18:32 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/The-LinkedIn-poll/m-p/216553#M117639 Rakela Raul 2012-01-16T03:18:32Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/The-LinkedIn-poll/m-p/216554#M117640 <BLOCKQUOTE>Rakela wrote:<BR />this is reserved for people that know all 5 software with the same level of expertise !!</BLOCKQUOTE> Is there any such person in existence? <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_smile.gif" style="display : inline;" /><BR /> (Besides all the billions who know nothing about any of them - same level of expertise on all <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_wink.gif" style="display : inline;" /> ) Tue, 17 Jan 2012 23:17:22 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/The-LinkedIn-poll/m-p/216554#M117640 Laszlo Nagy 2012-01-17T23:17:22Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/The-LinkedIn-poll/m-p/216555#M117641 Another useless poll!<BR /> If his company...Elevations Bim do the things they say and in the industries they support then Bentley is their only choice....<BR /> <BR /> Check out the stupid response from Eric O.... <BLOCKQUOTE><I></I><S><I><I></I></I></S>Staying in scope of the question, If I had to choose 1 of the 5 offered, I would say Revit. Solidworks (while I;m not an expert on the software) in my understanding is designed as a manufacturing solution. (alhough they are developing an AEC solution, I hear). Sketchup is nice for pretty pictures, and small budgets, but Its not BIM. I know Archicad has a following, but does it have an MEP contingent? You ARE interested in Powering up your project? Heating / cooling it? Frankly if you aren't concerning yourself with Structural. / MEP, can you really say you are doing a BIM project?<BR /> <BR /> That leaves two, Bentley and Revit. Revit simply has a bigger user base, and therefore has more trained users, and more resources for learning / support. <E></E></BLOCKQUOTE> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:46:19 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/The-LinkedIn-poll/m-p/216555#M117641 Anonymous 2012-01-18T00:46:19Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/The-LinkedIn-poll/m-p/216556#M117642 <BLOCKQUOTE>laszlonagy wrote:<BR /><BLOCKQUOTE>Rakela wrote:<BR />this is reserved for people that know all 5 software with the same level of expertise !!</BLOCKQUOTE> Is there any such person in existence? <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_smile.gif" style="display : inline;" /><BR /> (Besides all the billions who know nothing about any of them - same level of expertise on all <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_wink.gif" style="display : inline;" /> )</BLOCKQUOTE> Where is the LIKE button? <IMG src="https://community.graphisoft.com/legacyfs/online/emojis/icon_biggrin.gif" style="display : inline;" /> Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:48:33 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Modeling/The-LinkedIn-poll/m-p/216556#M117642 Djordje 2012-01-21T11:48:33Z