Archicad 14

[Anonymous]

Does anyone heard something about Archicad 14?

what new or improved features or release date or something?

Thanks

[Laszlo Nagy]

Yes, I did.
But I am not allowed to tell.

[Anonymous]

laszlonagy wrote:
Yes, I did.
But I am not allowed to tell.

but at least it be worhty? we will get some of the features we have been crying for decades?

[Laszlo Nagy]

Sorry, you will just have to wait and see.

[TMA_80]

well, According to some informations from this forum, We are almost sure about some upcoming and not upcoming features:

the upcoming ones:

- 64bits for Mac
- turning plaster in 3d

and if we are lucky an improved stairmaker...( we've the right to dream 😉 )

What we will not see is: a graphical gdl editor.

[Anonymous]

TMA_80 wrote:
- turning plaster in 3d

What is that?

[TMA_80]

actually, it"s not really a feature but a fixed library "bug"

http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=162436&highlight=ac14#162436

[Anonymous]

Im waiting for years an included add on just like "objective"
It will certainly be an excelent improvement for archicad 14

[Anonymous]

In other words nothing new that's useful to the individual. Just new and improved marketing hype so that we can spend our hard earned money to have the latest and greatest only to discover that the bells and whistlers aren't finished all have limited functionality.

Would prefer that Graphisoft take a look at whole of the toolbox tools especially the design elements of the toolbar get an overhaul and add more freeform/3d functionality at least. For a product that promotes its self heavily as a 3d BIM product, it is very limiting working from first fundamentals with having to use a work around (import from Cinema, solid element operation, 3D profile/library parts, or GDL).

[Anonymous]

brendon wrote:
In other words nothing new that's useful to the individual. Just new and improved marketing hype so that we can spend our hard earned money to have the latest and greatest only to discover that the bells and whistlers aren't finished all have limited functionality.

To be fair, you shouldn't base your opinion of AC14 just on the points mentioned above. Graphisoft never says anything about the new features in the next version of ArchiCAD until shortly before release, so you have no idea what they have planned and whether it is 'marketing hype' or not.

However once the new features are announced, you are absolutely entitled to be cheesed off if there are no improvements to the basic tools.

Personally, I think there will be some good stuff in the next release. The adding of multicore support, 64bit capability, and the complete re-writing of teamworks must have taken up a huge percentage of the time for the programmers over the last couple of releases. Now that's all finished, they can devote their time fully to enhancing existing features and adding new stuff!

I'd like to see an unification of features for all the tools e.g. coverfills, end angles and cutplane sensitivity, better floorplan representation of the effects of SEOs, an updated complex profile tool with individually adjustable skins and a more fluid workflow directly from the floorplan or in 3d, a design option manager possibly combined with in-place editing of modules, and finally the introduction of at least a basic 'relationship' system between certain elements.

Edit - And by 'relationship' I mean where one piece of geometry can be made to move automatically when something else not necessarily connected is moved, like connecting the top and bottom of a wall to the storey levels above and below so when the storey height changes the wall would adjust automatically.

I'm not asking for much!