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2010-02-09 09:10 PM
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2010-04-15 04:25 AM
Cleverbeans wrote:Provided you do not use many platform-specific tools like .NET on Windows it can make almost no difference to develop cross-platform software as the vast majority of the non-UI code is done in a cross-platform language which is compiled for different operating systems. The differing UI of each OS version becomes the only issue - and as far as i understand is not really that much of an issue. Problems occur however when you hitch your wagon to tools such as .NET and DirectX- a prime reason I do not think you will ever see Revit on Mac for example, there are just so many Windows specific functions that a Mac version would be a total rewrite.upintheclouds wrote:This is generally not the case, it's very easy to make software work with both these days with few or no changes to the code although this may not be true for ArchiCAD since it's ancient by software standards. Purely windows development could simplify some aspects, but it's unlikely to be the game changer you'd think it would be.
Im not a programmer but would have thought that having to write a version for Windows and for Mac is twice the work...
The problems that I see Graphisoft having with development time as I see it have more to do with the original design of the software and the problems that result from maintaining a procedural code base than from a lack of effort or skill from their programmers....
Cleverbeans wrote:Which would probably make it even more opaque to the average user - meaning it needs to have a GUI to enable parametric object creation without learning a programming language (something most architects have no desire - rightly - to do)
If you're looking for signs that ArchiCAD is going to be competitive, look for them to replace GDL with a modern programming language, and look for much better documentation. It's possible the core software will still be of poor quality by modern standards, but at least it would be a sign that they're working in the right direction.
2010-04-16 12:34 PM
2010-04-16 03:10 PM
2010-04-17 07:41 AM
has useful new features that improve productivityFrogm GS Site
2010-04-18 02:36 AM
oreopoulos wrote:Did you mean BEST Upgrade Graphisoft ever had....don't forget about Teamwork 2. (They had to modify everything inside the AC13 to work perfectly in Teamwork) ...and for that Teamwork is major improvement for ArchiCAD 13.has useful new features that improve productivityOriented Views
Annotated Schedule Drawings
Improved Object Handling
Intelligent “Soft” Insulation
DWG Enhancements
Data Exchange with Engineers
Improvements for Slabs/Roofs
Sorry but would you pay the subscription to buy the above list of "new features"?
This is the WORST upgrade EVER of ANY product i own.
2010-04-18 03:20 AM
freskim81 wrote:
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Did you mean BEST Upgrade Graphisoft ever had....don't forget about Teamwork 2. (They had to modify everything inside the AC13 to work perfectly in Teamwork) ...and for that Teamwork is major improvement for ArchiCAD 13.
For New features we have to wait for NEXT version.
2010-04-18 03:37 AM
2010-04-18 04:14 AM
Bricklyne wrote:I think that comment is pretty safe .. pretty generic and you can always assume there will be something new - i.e a 'feature' - in the next release of ArchiCAD, wether you think it justifies the term is of course up to you.freskim81 wrote:
For New features we have to wait for NEXT version.
......and you know this (about the next version having new features) how??
How do you know that the next version will have new features?
Unless you're .. a beta-tester (in which case you're probably breaking your NDA), how can you possibly know with any degree of certainty that the next version will have new features above and beyond mere bug-fixes and completion of features introduced in earlier versions?
2010-04-18 05:43 AM
owen wrote:
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I think that comment is pretty safe .. pretty generic and you can always assume there will be something new - i.e a 'feature' - in the next release of ArchiCAD, wether you think it justifies the term is of course up to you.
.. and anyway, as Dwight says i think it was a joke - as in our feature wishes are always just around the corner, but for now be happy with what you've got.