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2005-08-30
07:33 PM
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Aruzhan Ilaikova
thanks
jr

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2005-08-31 11:25 PM
czoog wrote:It seems like the newer versions (7 and up) were a pretty big improvement in that regard,
Speaking of misconceptions, this another another common one, so I'll have to respectfully disagree with you there.😉 Since 2002, 100% of the projects we design and document here in my office, are done 100% in revit, and the majority of firms currently using revit are using revit exclusively.
interesting thread

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2005-09-01 10:09 AM
czoog wrote:Word on the street ... which does not make it true or false.Djordje wrote:Speaking of misconceptions, this another another common one, so I'll have to respectfully disagree with you there.jrjr wrote:Now, as you do have to change, the word in the street is that hardly anything is done fully using Revit only; while quite a bit is done using ArchiCAD only.
Some peopel here in the office have AC & I believe they use it for presentations & the like.😉 Since 2002, 100% of the projects we design and document here in my office, are done 100% in revit, and the majority of firms currently using revit are using revit exclusively.
There is a lot of "truths" about VB/BIM software that say "XYZ can't do ..." when in fact it should read "I don't know how to do ... in XYZ" But hey, those are experts speaking ...
Again, software does nothing; it is a tool for US to do something. So, we have to learn how. The tools are personal preference, but you should know what is in the toolbox.
ArchiCAD since 4.55 ... 1995
HP Omen
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2005-09-01 02:49 PM
Djordje wrote:I've been using Archicad for the last 4 years for construction drawings, and am still wondering when it'll match Autocad for speed!
[ it will be slowing you down in the first month or so, but after that you are flying.
For example, to move a socket in an Acad drawing and send the revised drawing to plot took 90 secs. In Archicad, I'd still be waiting for the libraries to finish loading - then I have load the module, edit the module, reload the plan, update the module, publish to a .PMK, open plotmaker, check the layout's been updated: total time 20 mins (providing all the links go okay - which frequently they don't)

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2005-09-01 02:56 PM
Keith wrote:Archicad can be pretty bad on making small changes like that.... even though it's much quicker to get to that point, the little changes are pain.Djordje wrote:I've been using Archicad for the last 4 years for construction drawings, and am still wondering when it'll match Autocad for speed!
[ it will be slowing you down in the first month or so, but after that you are flying.
For example, to move a socket in an Acad drawing and send the revised drawing to plot took 90 secs. In Archicad, I'd still be waiting for the libraries to finish loading - then I have load the module, edit the module, reload the plan, update the module, publish to a .PMK, open plotmaker, check the layout's been updated: total time 20 mins (providing all the links go okay - which frequently they don't)
Although it sounds like you could cut a little time off with a second AC session and live-linking Plotmaker (yes, I'm a PMK person too. I'm speaking hypothetically, since you also roll the dice with BGArchicad....).
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2005-09-01 03:24 PM
You are right...politics have made the guys who use AC here into just modelers. They don't have much experience in making working drawings with it.
I think the office should have someone & demonstrate Revit to us. I havent heard much of anything about it.
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2005-09-01 03:40 PM
Djordje wrote:I agree, well said.
There is a lot of "truths" about VB/BIM software that say "XYZ can't do ..." when in fact it should read "I don't know how to do ... in XYZ" But hey, those are experts speaking ...
Again, software does nothing; it is a tool for US to do something. So, we have to learn how. The tools are personal preference, but you should know what is in the toolbox.
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2005-09-01 03:45 PM
thanks for that. I expected to get a barrage of '...yes but look how much more quickly you can insert a window into a wall!'
I think that it's because of issues like the one I mentioned that technicians favour Archicad (I'm one, BTW). Archicad is great at putting together proposals quickly - but at production information stage, it can be very frustrating when a complicated wall junction won't resolve correctly. On more than one occasion I've had to resort to exploding the elements and patching them back together using lines and fills.
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