topic Re: Archicad v.11 poll in Modeling

Archicad v.11 poll

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:51:37 GMT

Just recently discovered that v11 is out. I was wondering if I get could get some opinions on how people are liking it. On the Graphisoft site saw what looked like some cool new features, for one the trace paper.

I am currently on v9 with Imac G5 OS 10.3.9

Thanks to everyone in advance.

Re: Archicad v.11 poll

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:16:16 GMT

I think the "Trace & Reference" feature is going to surprise a lot of people by how useful it is. I've been using it for a while now and like it very much. Just be careful what you reference. Referencing a complex elevation with 3D hatching, shadows, and auto update turned on can slow things down quite a bit.

Re: Archicad v.11 poll

TomWaltz — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 09:18:26 GMT

Trace is a lot more useful than I expected.

I like the interior elevation tool, though it has a few glitches I hope get fixed in the first service pack.

Re: Archicad v.11 poll

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:18:39 GMT

In your case I suggest to have first AC10.
There are not so many differences between AC10 and AC11.
Big diferrences between 9 and 10.

At last AC12 would be great.

Re: Archicad v.11 poll

Rakela Raul — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:04:34 GMT

for one the trace paper.

I scanned a survey from the engineer/ imported/ created a view of the imported survey and made it trace_reference.....I liked that new tool very much...and the few sub-tools are perfect: the handles, the show fill or not (right on), transparency, they fit in perfectly

Re: Archicad v.11 poll

Rick Thompson — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:24:46 GMT

I like being able to open a placed drawing with the sheet as a reference. It makes aligning titles much easier.. it's nice.

Re: Archicad v.11 poll

TomWaltz — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:29:56 GMT

Rick wrote:
I like being able to open a placed drawing with the sheet as a reference. It makes aligning titles much easier.. it's nice.

I love that. My only complaint about that is that it only works on projects with the Layouts in the same file as the model. A lot of our projects have 4 or 5 PLNs plus another with the Layouts, so we cannot use it that much,

Re: Archicad v.11 poll

Rafal SLEK — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 13:50:32 GMT

Beside Trace function (really great improvement) there are some other "gems" that are not announced such as Transparency in OpenGL shading.

Re: Archicad v.11 poll

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:16:23 GMT

Transparency in OpenGL shading.

Is it any better from what we already had? Would you mind posting a screen shot?

Re: Archicad v.11 poll

Laura Yanoviak — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:54:51 GMT

We didn't have transparency in OpenGL before, so "yes" it's better.

If you're only on AC9, I would definitely upgrade -- you'll benefit greatly from the AC10 improvements alone. AC11 improvements seem minimal at first, but become very habit forming (the aforementioned Virtual Trace, Interior Elevation Tool, and the ability to link any view with any other view (no more dummy markers!).

Re: Archicad v.11 poll

Dwight — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:17:39 GMT

transparency, not invisibility.

Re: Archicad v.11 poll

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:22:29 GMT

Ok, so I propably mix two different things together
Transparent windows (or any other material set above certain transmitance value) in OpenGL is something very different from this new OpenGL transparency, isn't it?
Again screenshot would be appreciated.

Re: Archicad v.11 poll

Anonymous — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 15:26:17 GMT

Dwight, you are faster than thunderbolt.
Now I see what is the fuss about, thanks.

Re: Archicad v.11 poll

Rafal SLEK — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:04:19 GMT

Would you mind posting a screen shot?

No problem.
Now there is only lack of shadows in OpenGL.

Re: Archicad v.11 poll

Rafal SLEK — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 18:07:39 GMT

Transparency depends from values set in Material editor.