Archicad 14 New Features

[Dennis Lee]

See what's on youtube!

http://www.youtube.com/user/Archicad#g/c/5C1926DD91A70C7B

Personally, not much in it for me at all!

[Laszlo Nagy]

Braza wrote:
Hi Laszlo,

It seems that you are accumulating the GSPR (Graphisoft Public Relation) function (I think you deserve a raise!)... But be careful... Angry people may beat the messenger.
The good side is that this is an internet forum... If it were a face-to-face forum, by this time you would have a great part of your body damaged... as angry people usually beat the messenger.

Now seriously. Thank you Laszlo for your prompt info.

Yes, I know what you mean.
I try to write only facts and not get involved in these arguments.
People are really passionate about their views which I can fully understand.

[Laszlo Nagy]

Masse wrote:

laszlonagy wrote:

According to the info I just got from GS, the Revit 2011 Structure and MEP releases will also be supported by these new Add-Ins from day 1.

Hello. Laszlo
It's extraordinary, and a good joke !
As user of AC, we have many difficulties to know what will exactly the future "release " 14, but GS already knows the contents of Revit 2011?
Well I conclude, I must read the forum of Revit to know the AC15 ... 😉

Best regards

I don't fully get what you mean.
Revit 2011 is already out on the market since April so why could GS not be support it too with the IFC Add-In, not only Revit 2010?

[Anonymous]

Sorry Laszlo
I do not know that, and I thought that the number of the version name corresponded to the marketing year
Now I must learn more about Revit2011
BR

[Laszlo Nagy]

I think this must be a marketing thing.
Version 2011 came out in the spring of 2010 so people think wow this will be the most up to date version for a year and a half or whatever.
Or maybe they want t make you believe you get this year something that is so advanced that is was supposed to come out only next year.

[Erika Epstein]

laszlonagy wrote:
I think this must be a marketing thing.
Version 2011 came out in the spring of 2010 so people think wow this will be the most up to date version for a year and a half or whatever.
Or maybe they want t make you believe you get this year something that is so advanced that is was supposed to come out only next year.

I think it is just typical US marketing; This how cars are marketed here. In the spring of one year, 2010 the 2011 models come out.

[Dwight]

Erika wrote:
I think it is just typical US marketing; This how cars are marketed here. In the spring of one year, 2010 the 2011 models come out.

CARS: "Get the world of tomorrow… TODAY!"
SOFTWARE: "Get the productivity grief of tomorrow… TODAY!"

[Anonymous]

For what I see in new features, Graphisoft can rename Archicad 14 to Archicad Vista, Or Archicad Milenium. Huh.

[Chazz]

laszlonagy wrote:
I try to write only facts and not get involved in these arguments.

It is the only sane approach. Hang in there and thank you for your service to the community.

laszlonagy wrote:
People are really passionate about their views which I can fully understand.

I've been thinking about this. Looking at my own experience, my frustration with this situation stems, essentially, from what I feel is a sort of broken social contract: I supported the company, its software and its platform. I invested money and, most importantly, time and mindshare (15,000-20,000 hours?) in ArchiCAD. I evangelized the tool to others and at the various firms I've been involved with, converted them to AC or expanded their use of AC. In return, I hoped to reap some sort of long-term professional standing or progression as the tool became increasing powerful with time. Instead, ArchiCAD now looks more like a time sink: A one-way street where you put in endless hours learnings its foibles and oddities (the overall philosophy of the tool is easy to grasp, it is mapping out the workarounds and land mines in production methods that makes me an expert user). Very little of this expertise or time investment translates to other tools such as Revit. In the end, this investment of your time is repaid with poor customer support, the erosion of resale rights and finally, expensive and directionless upgrades.

So it is no surprise that people are passionate about the direction the developers take the tool and no surprise that folks are so vocally upset with another weak release. On the one hand, as a subscription deal, AC14 is a very poor value. The company has simply not delivered an attractive value proposition. But my larger point is that it goes much deeper. This release has cemented in may long-time users minds the reality that not only is this release a waste of time but that maybe they have been wasting their time all along. It hurts.

[Dennis Lee]

Chazz wrote:
...This release has cemented in may long-time users minds the reality that not only is this release a waste of time but that maybe they have been wasting their time all along. It hurts.

Exactly my sentiment.

[Anonymous]

I use to do some really, really really heavy ranting against gs policies and still do a bit,(see my tag), but;
Lets give gs till 15, before we tear tear down the walls, like a bunch of drunken spring break rebels.
A heavy investment as Chazz and others have is nothing to just in a yr or two, to flush down the toilet. (As in good bye cruel world).

Maybe like most of us it's been hard to provide full service when the income is beleaguered?


lec