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If anyone has used it, or Cigraph is listening in, I have a little script I use to convert the objects (rafters etc) generated from the roof wizard that takes the unusable lengths Ac spits out, and converts them to standard lumber ordering lengths... 2x10x10, rather than 2x10-x9'-3.33333". This is essential for a usable bill of materials. How many 2x10x12's to order, versus a poop load of 2x10x of many different inches that translate into 2x10x12's.
The only way I know to do floor framing is to manually place (multiply/drag copies) for all the joist. I key and quantify these by the ID's (2x10x10, 2x10x14 etc) I assume ArchiQuant will organize all the lumber by ID's? If I could get the info on the screen shot to look like it does in the spread sheet, without having to use the spread sheet, I would be a happy camper.
This is very exciting. The first thing available to generate a bill of materials other than the failed GS's ancient built-in version.
I am also assuming this means AC has committed to not doing any development along this line.
Krippahl wrote:
but a simple formula that lets me know, at any given time, how much the building I am currently designing will cost to build.
If you find that, please phone me directly, I'll come and rob you of it and sell it world-wide. Won't ever have to work again 
Also, I'm interested in the brain upgrade... I do have issues with Cigraph's manuals...
This little magic window on my workspace, this is what I am dreaming of:
KeesW
I started to work with Archiquant yesterday, and so far I am impressed. It is very malleable.
For instance, if you are a calculus freak, you can extract the quantities of bricks from a given wall (great for site planning, but then I would use VICO).
If, on the other hand, you are an architect that only need rough estimates, then you can assign a price to a composite wall, taking into account all the components of that wall in a single go.
The later one is really what I am interested in.
When I am designing a building, on an early stage, I have a pretty good idea how much it will cost, just by multiplying the area by a square meter cost.
After 20 years practice, it is fairly easy for me to know the price per square meter, with maybe a 10% error margin, of a given construction method, based on former projects.
My main problem is, clients don´t BELIEVE the price that comes out this way. They usually think I am BS them, and give me the go ahead even if they don´t have the money to build it.
This results, as we all know, in later "financial engineering", when, at the bidding stage, they find out I was right.
To late then.
So, I want a tool that gives me the same price but shows them a list of components with price attached.
This way, it will be much harder for them to ignore those early warnings, and also, it will be easier for me to show them what the consequences of each design choice are on those early stages.
So, I am very optimistic on Archiquant, because, unlike standard AC calculus is very flexible on the detail level.
Ill keep you posted on my progress
I started to work with Archiquant yesterday, and so far I am impressed. It is very malleable.
For instance, if you are a calculus freak, you can extract the quantities of bricks from a given wall (great for site planning, but then I would use VICO).
If, on the other hand, you are an architect that only need rough estimates, then you can assign a price to a composite wall, taking into account all the components of that wall in a single go.
The later one is really what I am interested in.
When I am designing a building, on an early stage, I have a pretty good idea how much it will cost, just by multiplying the area by a square meter cost.
After 20 years practice, it is fairly easy for me to know the price per square meter, with maybe a 10% error margin, of a given construction method, based on former projects.
My main problem is, clients don´t BELIEVE the price that comes out this way. They usually think I am BS them, and give me the go ahead even if they don´t have the money to build it.
This results, as we all know, in later "financial engineering", when, at the bidding stage, they find out I was right.
To late then.
So, I want a tool that gives me the same price but shows them a list of components with price attached.
This way, it will be much harder for them to ignore those early warnings, and also, it will be easier for me to show them what the consequences of each design choice are on those early stages.
So, I am very optimistic on Archiquant, because, unlike standard AC calculus is very flexible on the detail level.
Ill keep you posted on my progress
Rick
To tell you the truth, I tried to make ac work but my brain could not cope with it.
On the other hand, I learned ArchiQuant in under an hour.
It is a bit like using Artlantis instead of Lightworks in ac.
Which I do
To tell you the truth, I tried to make ac work but my brain could not cope with it.
On the other hand, I learned ArchiQuant in under an hour.
It is a bit like using Artlantis instead of Lightworks in ac.
Which I do
Still looking?
