Welcome

[Karl Ottenstein]

I may not be the proper person to say "welcome", but I'm here first! 😉

I very much appreciate that GS has created this private forum to discuss API wishes with respect to future product design specifications. Thank you Akos and all concerned.

I am assuming that anything posted to this forum is intended to be Graphisoft Confidential unless someone from HQ advises us otherwise. Any standard wishes and comments on the API should IMHO still go to the public Developer Forum. Akos or someone else will perhaps lay out more specific ground rules. I of course have no authority and am just a guest here! 😉

I have only vague thoughts at the moment as the Nautilus requirements and specifications are only now being firmed up and what was once a clear vision there has become a bit cloudy for me.

There are so many new features planned for Nautilus, that I thought we might have a discussion here of the priority of usefulness of certain data items and automation items to API developers since symmetric access to all features is unlikely given that we don't have such access today to the features and data of 9.

My thought is that we might help prioritize those things planned for 10 that would be of most use to API developers ... and of course include in that ordered list things from 9 as well that we would like access to. This list may not match with that of GS themselves, since they use the API to develop many standard add-ons, but the feedback might be useful to them.

I'm reluctant to begin mentioning specific features since I'm not sure if all of us are covered under a Graphisoft NDA. I'll wait for someone from GSHQ to say if we can talk freely.

Best regards to all, and thanks again to Akos and others for giving us the opportunity to provide input.

Karl

[Akos Pfemeter]

Dear All,

Naturally also GS wants Fabrizio and Oleg to stay. Oleg will be sent an NDA in the coming days, which he will need to sign and send back. Otherwise I don't want to invite too many developers here. They can express their wishes on the public forum, which then this closed group can discuss having more insight about the topic. By the way in proper time we will provide you with sufficient information on the next main version of ArchiCAD.
Thanks for all of you for your time and commitment.

[Fabrizio Diodati]

Thanks Akos,

once again the final answer (or at least an answer!) comes from you...
Let me say you are very precious for us: when you are involved on a matter for sure all the communication (and solution) speed up!

Friendly
Fabrizio

[Karl Ottenstein]

I quite agree, Fabrizio: Akos is our master of making things happen. 😉

Djordje's and Akos' comments are my understanding, too: we are waiting for the NDA thing to be resolved and then will start talking! 😉

I'm traveling until next Thursday and happen to be in a hotel with internet at the moment, but will be off-line after tonight. Look forward to being able to talk about things when I get back if the NDA is in place then.

Sorry for any confusion! I am nevertheless very impressed and grateful at how quickly Akos and company set up this infrastructure for us to talk!! 🙂

Karl

[Oleg]

Akos wrote:
Dear All,
Naturally also GS wants Fabrizio and Oleg to stay. Oleg will be sent an NDA in the coming days, which he will need to sign and send back.

I think there is an easy solution. As others already have signed NDA, just remove me from this discussion for while, so you can to start. When (or if) I will sign the NDA I can to read threads.

[Fabrizio Diodati]

Oleg,

I really think, and suggest, that we can wait for you!
Don't worry, starting without a valuable member like you should be a pity!

Friendly,
Fabrizio

[Djordje]

So?

The silence is deafening!

[Karl Ottenstein]

Djordje wrote:
The silence is deafening!

Yes, I thought this NDA thing would be resolved while I was traveling. But, I suppose we all have lots of real work, so can wait for our friends at GSHQ to resolve the legal issues. 😉

Karl