About model and data exchange with 3rd party solutions: Revit, Solibri, dRofus, Bluebeam, structural analysis solutions, and IFC, BCF and DXF/DWG-based exchange, etc.
For all you students who have been asking (and patiently waiting), Encina has released an update to OBJECTiVE (v2.05) which will work with ArchiCAD in educational mode without asking for registration details, i.e. free, as announced at ArchiCAD University.
Existing commercial users will also benefit from this update, which includes some minor bug fixes http://www.encina.co.uk/sw-download.html
Regards,
Ralph.
Ralph Wessel BArch Software Engineer Speckle Systems