New Features in 11 then in 12?

[Anonymous]

I am still learning ArchiCad 10. I left a large form to work on my own and decided to go from Autocad to ArchiCad. Mainly for the interface with Mac.

Are the current upgrades truly worth it or will it just confuse me at this stage. As I'm working on my own without any real discussion with other architects, I truly am learning in a vacuum.

Should I go to 11 then get 12?

What are the new features? Has someone thats made the transition tell me if they think its worth it or not and what the new features truly are?

thanks so much.

[Karl Ottenstein]

Welcome.

If you are on an Intel Mac, there are a few minor glitches with AC 10 ... and of course, you should make sure you did install the Intel version (available by download for US users) and not the version on the distribution CD/DVD which is just for PPC Macs. (Starting with 11, the DVD contains both Intel and PPC versions and also supports Leopard.)

Learning in a vacuum is not a great idea, unless you are one who learns well and quickly completely on your own. Your reseller should have provided some introductory training? Well worth it to seek additional training which has the side benefit of interaction in person with other users at lunch/etc. May well be a Dallas users' group too?

Some resellers offer online training included in their ArchiPlus subscription cost, for example all resellers in the GraphisoftWest region of the US:
http://www.graphisoftwest.com Others have a regular class schedule, for example http://www.digitalvis.com

The 11 new features are listed on the GS web site and discussed at length in these forums - use the search function or browse. The 12 features cannot be officially talked about yet by those in the know.

Cheers,
Karl

[Erich]

Just to add to what Karl said; if it were me, I would continue with 10 for right now and wait for 12 to come out since it should be announced within a month or two. Note that this is based on nothing more that the proposed yearly upgrade cycle and the timing of the past upgrade. The logic here is that way you aren't learning 11, which only has minor differences from 10, only to turn around and learn 12.

Of course if you have a project with many curved walls or something similar that could greatly benefit from the features newly provided in 11 perhaps the answer would be slightly different.