ArchiCAD 10

[Anonymous]

GS please give us a list of ac 10 will be able to do

many users are dissapointed by the progress of the last versions and thinking about switching from archicad to another cad software.

[MarinRacic]

TomWaltz wrote:

MarinRacic wrote:
Practically usable only for schematic placement of furniture.

How is that different?

Well, they have like 2 types of railings and 3 types of chairs. Don't take these numbers for granted, libraries are really poor and AFAIK objects aren't parametric as in GDL.

[Rakela Raul]

i think you need to try it tom, it has a lot to do with taste as well...
..1/10

[Chadwick]

From what I can tell in this conversation some of you have tried Revit and the judgements you leveled on their libraries that ship may be somewhat fair, but I must say that its a hell of a lot easier to manipulate their library parts then the ones in ArchiCAD. And if you are going to make a comment that they only have 2 or 3 railings, it doesn't matter because to make a custom railing in Revit is ridiculously easy. I would even go further as to say that in Revit those railings are a lot more flexible. Their libraries are parametric also.

And at least the curtain wall too in Revit actually works. Geez, what does it take to have someone correctly code a curtain wall tool? I've been upset about that for some time now...

I am not here to bash Revit or promote ArchiCAD or vice versa ( I use both), but some of these facts are being skewed to a biased viewpoint.

[Thomas Holm]

Lennox wrote:
Im going to stick my neck out here and have a go at the release date for Archicad 10.

5th April 2006 ...

I've owned Archicad since 1992. Major releases usually occur every 18 to 24 months (like Adobe's, or just a little more often than Microsoft's 😉 )

And then there is the production and localisation delay... I'd say an April announcement would mean delivery of U.S. and Int versions in June-July, and localized versions in September-November. But I tend to be pessimistic, having been disappointed so many times. 😞

[Anonymous]

Yup...No sooner than June I think. I've seen the process over the years, and they are unfortunately almost never ready when you want it.
That said...I hope it's soon.

[Chazz]

Rodrigo wrote:
Yup...No sooner than June I think.

You guys are muscling in on my turf as the prognosticator of all things dire and gloomy. However, even I was more optimistic than you on this. I was hoping for next month (at least for the US version). As I said, when I foolishly bought a subscription, the reseller said February......

Still, you guys are minor leages compared to this prediction.

[Anonymous]

I foolishly bought a subscription, the reseller said February......

Chazz,

Never believe your reseller on a hard date like that. I was a reseller for quite a while, and we never have a firm date given to us like that. So I think it is rather bad form to give a launch date when no one has given you a confirmed shipping date...

[Dwight]

Here's a new website to put your money where your mouth is:

www.betonarchicad10releasedate.com

I am, however, reminded of a terrible thing that happened up North one year where a new guy came to the research camp and there was a football game on the TV. He wanted to bet but he didn't know that it was a rerun.

Like the rest of us did. Too bad for him.

Now get back to work.

[Rakela Raul]

bad link

[Dwight]

joke.