ArchiCAD 11

[Anonymous]

ArchiCAD 11 will come soon (as much as I suspect..)
What can AC 11 do better than AC10?

[Laura Yanoviak]

Scott wrote:
Ha! That's funny considering AC would be no where near a 12 month release cycle if it weren't for Revit's release cycle.

And Revit would be no where near where it is if it weren't for ArchiCAD...

[Anonymous]

Archi wrote:
If AC11 will come soon, it must be much better than AC10.
But it is almost impossible.

At least, it is nice to see such a lover of AC10

[Jefferson]

Hey Scott,

An honest question, not trying to be sarcastic or stir things up, none of that even though it cold be taken that way, HONESTLY! After the last go-round about Nemetschek I am really hoping for a new level of maturity and productivity to emerge. That was flat embarrassing!.............Anyway, I digress, I am kind of confused about why you participate over here, in AC-land? Is it just to raise a little hell? Drum up sales for your guys by "dissing" our product, [from your signature it seems that would directly benefit you, and Lord knows we do a pretty good job of that all on our own ], or, well, I mean, well, I just don't really get it. Why spend your time over here? I don't really care one way or the other, just plain curious after seeing your smilin' avatar and, shall we say, competitive comments over the past however long it's been.

[Anonymous]

May I ask when was AC10 window version released?

[Anonymous]

Scott. It is just Mouse hunt. More important from how often software is released is how much work have been done during certain time frame. I think AC looks better in that area. And one more thing. AC previous cycle as I remember was 18 months, so not that much different.

[Anonymous]

In the german ArchiCAD-Forum, Graphisoft is seeking for AC11-Beta-Tester:

http://www.archiforum.info/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=3;t=007397

[TomWaltz]

ray wrote:
May I ask when was AC10 window version released?

I think it was late May 2006

[Anonymous]

Such short intervals between the releases trouble me! Is it really enough for a new version? If you have looked at AutoCAD during the recent years the have had 6 releases since the year 2000 and no major new tools!

It is like the washing machines commercials: "Here is the NEW Ariel! Go buy it! It makes white even more whiter!"

[Anonymous]

I agree with kliment, Autocad and Revit are both upgraded every 12 months, however there is not much to show for it, particularly autocad.

GS who have had a policy of 18 month cyclical upgrades tend to pack more things in. I think id vote for 18 and more, rather than 12 and less!

[Anonymous]

To be honest there have been a lot of work done. Major changes just since 2002 (after version 7 not chronologically - just from the top of my head - correct me if I'm wrong)
-real OpenGL in 3D (not some preview window)
-functional right mouse button
-Scroll zoom
-Total Interface rework (personally for the best - still things to be done but much better that before)
-Plotmaker Integration (with total rearrangement of menus - again personally I love the idea - bit a learning curve for the old AC users but totally worth it. Some changes, adjustments needed though)
-Solid Element Operations - that was a hit but it needs improvements (like snapping to new points and edges, effects of operation visible in plan etc)
-Custom profiles - again a hit that requires improvement (not usable in Curved walls, just one pair of stretching lines, lack of parameters, no profiles for Slab and roof edges
-Favorites - I like it a lot - it could be improved (as always)
-Locking of favorites to the elements - changes to the favorite setup modify all the objects that have this favorite assigned
-Possibility to assign selected set of attributes per object (just geometry but not pens and layers for example.
-Using Favorites in indexes (Column schedule)
-Possibility to modify the Favorite directly from the Tool properties window
-Favorites with preview
-Favorites for Objects, Lamps, should have hierarchical structure so we could create customized libraries without library editing

That's it for now, but there is lot more.