Revit

[Anonymous]

This forum seems to have become very quiet lately compared to how it was a couple of years ago, co-incidentally as the agui forum for Revit has become very active.

Are the number of ArchiCAD users increasing, decreasing or staying static along with the rise of Revit?

I used ArchiCAD for 5 years at university and now work for an "AutoCAD company" which is frustrating to say the least. I am trying to interest them in Revit (they would never buy ArchiCAD as Revit would be cheaper).

ArchiCAD has always been better than ADT, but is comparable to Revit (some might say Revit is superior in many ways). Does ArchCAD stand a chance in the future?

[__archiben]

Andydob wrote:
This forum seems to have become very quiet lately compared to how it was a couple of years ago, co-incidentally as the agui forum for Revit has become very active.

maybe their users need to know more workarounds . . .

~/archiben

[Ben Odonnell]

If you ask me, ArchiCAD is the future. I don't think it has gotten quiet around here at all, in fact I think there has been a noticeable increase in activity around here.

Mat be you should check out thisthread

Cheers.
Ben

[Scott Davis]

~/archiben wrote:
maybe their users need to know more workarounds . . .

~/archiben

maybe there are substantially more users.....

[TomWaltz]

Scott

what is the Revit user base like now? Is there any kind of stats on how many AutoCAD firms have made the switch?

I just read the Implemenation in Practice WP by Khemlani. Pretty good reading, but a little light on supporting data (since only a few firms were involved in the survey).

[Scott Davis]

Autodesk has been very quiet about releasing any numbers on any of their software. I can't even guess on the number of users. I do know some very large firms are making the switch.

[Djordje]

Andydob wrote:
I used ArchiCAD for 5 years at university and now work for an "AutoCAD company" which is frustrating to say the least. I am trying to interest them in Revit (they would never buy ArchiCAD as Revit would be cheaper).

Did you speak to the reseller about a crossgrade? Can't be cheaper than that ... or maybe it can, if they are giving it away free to boost the numbers, as they did with ADT that almost nobody used as ADT.

[stefan]

Scott wrote:
Autodesk has been very quiet about releasing any numbers on any of their software. I can't even guess on the number of users. I do know some very large firms are making the switch.

I heard it increased with 150% but no mention of actual user count. If it was high, they would tell it 😉

But Revit is gaining momentum. Our local Autodesk-dealer targetting architects is finally doing courses and providing libraries targeted to Revit. They are (were?) more ADT-oriented but began to support Revit.