2024-07-09 11:41 AM
We have some exciting news for Archicad Collaborate subscribers and Technology Preview participants!
The popular experimental feature, Archicad AI Visualizer, is now seamlessly integrated into Archicad 28. This exciting upgrade brings significant advantages. Forget local software installations or needing powerful computers – Archicad AI Visualizer is cloud-based, offering effortless access and streamlining your workflow. Furthermore, it works flawlessly on both Windows and macOS, regardless of the language version you use. This cloud-hosted approach makes AI visualization readily available to all users, removing technical barriers.
Important Notes:
Ready to experience the future of architectural visualization? Download the Technology Preview and try out the AI Visualizer.
We appreciate your feedback!
Ilona Jasenszky
Manager, Release and Program Management
2024-07-11 12:22 PM
Agreed - it was a bit of pain on Mac, but the decision to use this in the cloud is a great decision. Hassle free installation (no installation actually - it is just there) and all the computing power needed for fast rendering
2024-07-11 02:38 PM
Hi @Francois_MCD ,
We have not yet been able to confirm your "next to the lake" or "in the middle of the water" issues. However, your concerns have been noted and will be considered as we work on improving the AI Visualizer from an architect's prompt perspective. As we aim to simplify the prompts, we will also evaluate adding more controls to decrease the need for very detailed and descriptive texts, ensuring better image generation outcomes.
Meanwhile, I am grateful to read that you will be conducting more tests. To get better architectural engineering responses from AI Visualizer (powered by Stable Diffusion) prompts, consider the following areas, including the use of the creativity slider:
We truly appreciate your valuable feedback regarding the prompts for image generation. We understand the importance of precision and accuracy in architectural design, and we acknowledge that our current prompts may not always meet your detailed specifications.
Going forward we intend addressing these Prompt concerns as follows:
Backend Prompt Engineering:
Feedback Integration:
Simplifying Prompts:
Appreciate Improvement Process:
Detailed Feedback: When you encounter issues, please provide specific examples of where the prompts did not meet your expectations. Detailed feedback on what elements were missing or incorrect will help us pinpoint and address these gaps.
Suggestions for Improvement: If you have ideas on how the prompts could be better structured or what additional details could be included, we would love to hear them.
I hope this input will be helpful for those of you testing the AI Visualizer and will motivate you to continue providing feedback in this area. Thank you all for your assistance.
2024-07-11 02:45 PM
Hi @Kenneth Solvik this is great feedback, thanks. 🙌
Your detailed outline will definitely give us all great guidance to get better results from the AI and many aspects & options to test on.
You might not hear from me in a while 😉 😉... 😆
2024-07-11 02:56 PM
Thank you all for the detailed and helpful feedback on the AI Visualizer Cloud plugin for Archicad 28 Technology Preview. We really appreciate your insights and suggestions as they help us improve the tool.
To address some of the specific points raised:
@Francois_MCD, I understand your point with the prompt interpretation, especially with issues like the "next to the lake" scenario. We’ll work on refining the AI's understanding to ensure it better aligns with user prompts.
@Ruben V, your observations about material recognition and the need for more control options are noted. Some of those we will try to address with prompt engineering to improve the tool’s adherence to BIM data and highlighting aspects like negative prompts to give you more accurate outputs.
The cloud-based nature of the AI Visualizer allows us to make improvements on the backend without needing to wait for full Archicad updates.
Thanks again for your valuable feedback and for being part of the Technology Preview Program. We will share any updates and please keep the feedback coming.
2024-07-11 03:00 PM
@Ruben V , thank you for testing the AI Visualizer. Your prompts and results look really good. This is the kind of feedback we need to fine-tune image generation from an architectural domain perspective. You post was also in my mind responding to @Francois_MCD. Please review and let me know if you still have open questions related to your post.
Thanks 🙂
2024-07-11 03:04 PM - edited 2024-07-11 03:06 PM
Lovely response, @Francois_MCD. Thanks :-)!
Reminder of the bullets to all that will assist our Improvement Process:
Detailed Feedback: When you encounter issues, please provide specific examples of where the prompts did not meet your expectations. Detailed feedback on what elements were missing or incorrect will help us pinpoint and address these gaps.
Suggestions for Improvement: If you have ideas on how the prompts could be better structured or what additional details could be included, we would love to hear them.
Best Regards
Kenneth
2024-07-12 10:41 AM - edited 2024-07-12 10:42 AM
Thank you all for your thoughts and feedback on the AI Visualizer. Kenneth has posted a knowledge base article on optimizing prompts for the best architectural results.
Please check out the article below, continue testing the solution, and share your feedback 🙂 thanks a lot!
Ilona
Ilona Jasenszky
Manager, Release and Program Management
2024-07-29 03:54 PM
This is rubbish and money making behavior.
I planned to introduce the feature for my student master courses, but now it will be not possible to do!!
Then we have to switch to another platform!
2024-07-29 04:42 PM
I agree!
I also prefer cloud solutions (not price wise), usability wise. Not everyone has a strong PC for rendering and with cloud we use others PC power and can simply work with Archicad on a laptop.
2024-07-29 04:47 PM
Hi Ilona,
I saw the Kenneth's link "Optimizing Architectural Prompts for AI Visualizer" but look at the results with the same model and prompt between AC27 and AC28...
Where is the wooden surfaces in the AC28 result???
In archicad 27, the result was much simpler, direct and faithful than in Archicad 28.