Speckle and Open BIM

[Ahmed_K]

Hi there ! 

Archicad has been introduced as a locomotive for Open BIM and IFC workflow, i can see now a very fast raise of Speckle, for data and geometry exchange between softwares, without loss, it try to converts elements to native geometries for each software, this platform integrates almost all the popular softwares in the market, 

Revit, Sketchup and Rhino have the most focus on development, it's strange to not to see ArchiCAD in the front of the development,

Speckle may be the future for collaboration and exchange, regarding the progress they did in theese few years, who knows, 

This thread is for you to exchange, discuss about this platform and the experience of anyone used it as experimental or in a real work ! 

[jsdbroughton]

No sweat @torben_wadlinger I didn’t take it as criticism as such. we know we need to serve the needs of our ArchiCAD friends better and as is insinuated above this is a path we furrow alone. 

My invitation to all AC users to try what we have, test it, break it and ultimately let us know what needs fixing first was 100% genuine. We build better together. 

😎

[Martin Jules]

I receive this error message anytime: 

[thesleepofreason]

Imagine if they moved the whole BIMx team to interoperability 🤔 For me BIMx is not only an obvious case of putting the cart before the horse but also a dead end as it can't compete with apps specialised in visualisation or information (jack of all trades and all that...).

For anyone doubting that resources would be better spent on interoperability than a proprietary viewer  - try send an AC model to speckles new web app and just compare to BIMx regarding the basics - publishing, accessibility, navigation, visibility and information etc. Then add a model from another application - something simple such as 3D property/building/contour lines or a DSM. Then make some changes to the AC model, send and view both versions in the project. Then create a design option in AC and send and view both options in the project.

Then tell me why there should be any excitement about BIMx and more importantly why resources should be spent on it rather than making AC better at its core (geometry and information modelling) and letting the user choose how to share and present the model.

[jsdbroughton]

Lots of things I normally ask here, but normally on speckle.community. 

what version AC? What version Speckle connector? Installed from manager or standalone installer?

[Funfun Yan]

Yes, I previously mentioned in a post that these open interfaces and interoperability, such as the ac-gh connection, ac started early but is now surpassed by RIR, and currently, I feel like the development of this plugin has stagnated. More and more of my colleagues are using Rhino and Revit together not archicad, which saddens me.

[Funfun Yan]

I have tried the alpha version, and I have a good impression of speckle. I used it to transfer object libraries between SU and AC. I will make time to continue testing. Thank you for your team's efforts.😀

[Ahmed_K]

I'm planning to use speckle for coordination with structural engeneers in a real project, i use archicad,  and my engeneer uses revit, 

I'm excited to see how geometry exchange will behave, data is not necessary for now, 

Did someone used speckle for the same purpose ?

[Martin Jules]

The latest version of Speckle 2.18 for ArchiCAD is available to download.

[Funfun Yan]

Hello, I use speckle to transfer a componet from su to archicad, and it rendered black. Is there an option to transfer the texutures as well? (the dinner side table is native archicad object, it is right)

[Martin Jules]

ArchiCAD 27 and Speckle connector 2.18.