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Features of Archicad not in Revit?

4hotshoes — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 17:41:38 GMT

I have a friend that knows Revit somewhat and is look to make a change from Architectural Desktop with Sketchup. I am trying to promote Archicad. Those of you Archicad users who know Revit, what are some key features that Archicad has that Revit does not have? Otherwise there are many features that are very similar.

What makes Archicad stand out from Revit?

Re: Features of Archicad not in Revit?

Anonymous — Wed, 08 May 2019 08:33:38 GMT

You might want to check this blog. Hope it helps
http://cadonia.com.au/which-bim-software-is-better-archicad-or-revit/

Re: Features of Archicad not in Revit?

felcunha — Wed, 08 May 2019 13:52:59 GMT

Well,
- the learning curve of ArchiCAD is twice faster than Revit
- ArchiCAD interface is easier to understand
- ArchiCAD library is far more useful as it provides really useful elements
- It's easier to achieve graphically well-done 2D drawings with ArchiCAD
- Layouts are easier to make and to manage with ArchiCAD
- Some tools are really much more powerful like the magic wand and the dimension editing. Also, it's easier to work and edit the model in 3D with ArchiCAD than Revit
- Complex profiles in ArchiCAD are much more powerful than the equivalent (if any) in Revit
- Exporting and importing IFC are easier and more powerful in ArchiCAD
- ...
I surely forget some but there's a lot more functions in ArchiCAD that are better than Revit.

Cheers,

Re: Features of Archicad not in Revit?

Anonymous — Thu, 09 May 2019 11:52:24 GMT

Archicad can export PDF natively whereas in Revit you will need to purchase ‘Bluebeam CAD’ or ‘Adobe Acrobat Pro’ to print to PDF.

Plus PDF files from Archicad are smaller in file size and sharper than those from Revit as Revit will rasterise the whole PDF produced if there are any halftone fills or any images on the page (eg a jpeg logo in a title block)

Drawings from Archicad generally look better than those from Revit. Revit shows it’s engineering roots as typically drawings from Revit look like engineers drawings (a bit flat and overly constrained)

Regards
Scott

Re: Features of Archicad not in Revit?

Erwin Edel — Thu, 09 May 2019 11:56:22 GMT

here's some fun things

https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/knowledgebase/25577/

Re: Features of Archicad not in Revit?

Mats_Knutsson — Thu, 09 May 2019 11:57:40 GMT

Love.

ArchiCAD is fiddly in a nice free way.
Revit is fiddly in a hard boring way.
Arch vs Engineer tool.

imo

Re: Features of Archicad not in Revit?

felcunha — Fri, 10 May 2019 07:50:12 GMT

Erwin wrote:
here's some fun things

https://helpcenter.graphisoft.com/knowledgebase/25577/

There's another one, since AC22:
In the Curtain Wall Settings window, show the Scheme and right-click on the Preview Pattern frame (where you can see the pattern of your settings). Click on the "Surprise Me!" text...