Downloaded AC14 at lunchtime today!
My initial thoughts after playing with it for about an hour or so are pretty good.
- Shadows in 3d are really good. It's a shame they don't stay on when you move around, but they redisplay instantaneously.
- General speed improvements. AC seems to start much faster and the libraries load faster too. The floorplan display seems quicker.
- Turn plaster in doors and windows now optionally shown in 3d. (But as noted in the reference guide, they don't show as a separate skin in section [or in a 3d document
], just an extension of the wall fill.)
- D&W now have options to over-ride the opening lines set in Model View Option.
- The schedules are much, much faster than before (not really instantaneous, but still considerably better than AC13!)
[EDIT: I'm not sure about this now. After more thorough testing I can't detect any increase in speed! See my post below.]
- Better offset functionality seems to work well. It's much the same as before but with more options.
- New ArchiCAD 14 icon!
Haven't tried the new Teamwork2 features, or the IFC exchange tools so can't say anything about those.
Although there aren't really any big new features if you don't use TW or IFC, the little tweaks here and there seem to make a noticeable difference, and hopefully allow you to get things done a bit quicker than before!
My initial thoughts after playing with it for about an hour or so are pretty good.
- Shadows in 3d are really good. It's a shame they don't stay on when you move around, but they redisplay instantaneously.
- General speed improvements. AC seems to start much faster and the libraries load faster too. The floorplan display seems quicker.
- Turn plaster in doors and windows now optionally shown in 3d. (But as noted in the reference guide, they don't show as a separate skin in section [or in a 3d document
], just an extension of the wall fill.)- D&W now have options to over-ride the opening lines set in Model View Option.
- The schedules are much, much faster than before (not really instantaneous, but still considerably better than AC13!)
[EDIT: I'm not sure about this now. After more thorough testing I can't detect any increase in speed! See my post below.]
- Better offset functionality seems to work well. It's much the same as before but with more options.
- New ArchiCAD 14 icon!
Haven't tried the new Teamwork2 features, or the IFC exchange tools so can't say anything about those.
Although there aren't really any big new features if you don't use TW or IFC, the little tweaks here and there seem to make a noticeable difference, and hopefully allow you to get things done a bit quicker than before!
Actually Miguel, I will take back what I said about the speed of schedules! Re-reading the New Features reference guide it does only mention the door and window schedules increasing in speed.
I've opened an existing AC12 project in 13 and 14 and played with a window schedule, but strangely I can't really feel any difference!
I also tested it with the fairly large schedules supplied with the Electrigon 2.0 Electrical object, and I can't see any speed increase.
When maximised in a large 30 inch display there is actually an
Also in AC13, when scrolling down a long schedule with one of the fields highlighted there is quite a long delay where it seems to 'step' through each of the fields in that row before it will actually scroll down. In AC14, it doesn't look like it 'steps' through the fields any more, but still takes about the same length of time before scrolling (maybe 6-7 seconds), so no increase in speed there.
Therefore I must apologise for the accuracy of my previous post - I only quickly checked on a fairly small test schedule which did feel quicker.
Have any other users noticed any quantifiable increase in speed, especially using a large screen? Do we have to use the AC14 doors and windows to see this increase in speed perhaps?
I've opened an existing AC12 project in 13 and 14 and played with a window schedule, but strangely I can't really feel any difference!
I also tested it with the fairly large schedules supplied with the Electrigon 2.0 Electrical object, and I can't see any speed increase.
When maximised in a large 30 inch display there is actually an
Also in AC13, when scrolling down a long schedule with one of the fields highlighted there is quite a long delay where it seems to 'step' through each of the fields in that row before it will actually scroll down. In AC14, it doesn't look like it 'steps' through the fields any more, but still takes about the same length of time before scrolling (maybe 6-7 seconds), so no increase in speed there.
Therefore I must apologise for the accuracy of my previous post - I only quickly checked on a fairly small test schedule which did feel quicker.
Have any other users noticed any quantifiable increase in speed, especially using a large screen? Do we have to use the AC14 doors and windows to see this increase in speed perhaps?
That's not good
Peter wrote:In a large home, door and window schedules (text) take about 5 seconds in AC 12 and instantly appear in 14. Nice. On the other hand, the graphic door legend takes 3 times LONGER in 14 than in 12. Same slowdown in a different file.
I've opened an existing, tiny AC12 project in 13 and 14 and played with a window schedule, but strangely I can't really feel any difference!
So, some good news, some bad news. Hopefully the legend generation is a flaw waiting for a hotfix.
Cheers,
Karl
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