TomWaltz wrote:How about the potential reduction in coordination errors? Having the detail references more "live" means less chance that a builder will be referred to the wrong detail. That's got to be worth something. (Don't ask me how I know.
That's my problem. I don't believe there's enough to save every single user one hour (total: 32 work hours) every week.
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Richard wrote:I've been a fan of BIM for some time now, with "potential reduction in coordination errors" as a major selling point. To some extent, though, the drawings still have to be checked and redmarks picked up.TomWaltz wrote:How about the potential reduction in coordination errors? Having the detail references more "live" means less chance that a builder will be referred to the wrong detail. That's got to be worth something. (Don't ask me how I know.
That's my problem. I don't believe there's enough to save every single user one hour (total: 32 work hours) every week.
In my experience, the improvement in architectural coordination was huge and well worth in initial investment in Archicad. While I like the idea of Archicad's Detail and Section referencing tools (almost) working as they should, I've found most people can fill in a marker without a computer's help and it really does not take any longer.
TomWaltz wrote:
I've found most people can fill in a marker without a computer's help and it really does not take any longer.
REALLY? This has not been my experience at all. Drawings are moving around all of the time (especially when you create a Layout Book @ SD's -- there's
And you must not do many interior elevations? I believe everyone will save an hour a week with the interior elevation feature alone.
You've been kinda negative lately, Tom -- play around with Revit awhile, maybe that will cheer you up
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Laura wrote:Hey, hey... none of that: no depressing the visitors
You've been kinda negative lately, Tom -- play around with Revit awhile, maybe that will cheer you up
metanoia wrote:It is always good to hear from you from the other side (the greener!?)Laura wrote:Hey, hey... none of that: no depressing the visitors
You've been kinda negative lately, Tom -- play around with Revit awhile, maybe that will cheer you up
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Laura wrote:We do interior elevations by the dozen, but we've never needed to fake the markers. I should have specified, the markers we have needed to fake (usually the detail within a detail) usually do not require much.TomWaltz wrote:
I've found most people can fill in a marker without a computer's help and it really does not take any longer.
REALLY? This has not been my experience at all. Drawings are moving around all of the time (especially when you create a Layout Book @ SD's -- there'sno wayit will be arranged the same way by the time you wrap up CD's). Filling in a marker is one thing, managing it is another.
And you must not do many interior elevations? I believe everyone will save an hour a week with the interior elevation feature alone.
You've been kinda negative lately, Tom -- play around with Revit awhile, maybe that will cheer you upSeeing AC11 had that effect on me. I really had my hopes up for something earth shattering... more of a bang than a whimper.
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