This week I upgraded one of my dongles to AC 12, only one! For the majority of my last 15 years of using AC, I have used it on upper bracket residential projects. During that time I have purchased numerous 3rd party libraries for windows, doors, and furniture....because the AC library has had the same pieces of _ _ _ _ for the last 2000 years!!!
This while applications for significantly less money, mostly on the PC side - darn-it, have had features like cabinets that heal themselves when arranged in the plan, windows that actually don't have trim problems and are based on real US manufacturers, doors that don't have trim problems and are based on real US manufacturers, furniture that doesn't look like a kid with a crayon drew them, extrusions, lathes, and sweeps that can be rotated and adjust in 3D, like Objective can do. Obviously the objects should be location friendly, I don't mean to suggest every country should adopt the US objects as standard.....OK, done being politically correct.
I have personally been told by the GS CEO when v9 was out, that by issuance of v11 there would be a "new" and well sorted out library that would be "thoroughly" tested. BS.....I have v12, and I found problems with the windows after working with them less than 5 minutes.....see the attached image, so you know I'm not blowing smoke.
What the heck does it take for GS to build a decent library? Let me tell you, I will have to go kicking and screaming to Revit, but if thats what it takes to access a decent library, I will consider it. Currently you can't access anything on the Google 3D warehouse directly into AC12, and there is NO indication from GS when we will see the plug-in again, if at all. And if your on the Mac side, forget it, you don't have a prayer as the plug-in only worked on the Windows side of AC.
Obviously, if I have stuck with this program since v4.1 I think it is reasonably good. What I find inexcusable is GS willingness to keep putting out lousy standard library sets. In the world of BIM and Photorealistic renderings, GS should be providing a solid realistic library set.....they are not even close!!!!!
I have forwarded the bug to GS through tech support. I am shocked I found the bugs with the windows in less than 5 minutes of using the AC12. God knows what I will find when I dig in further with the doors.
For what I just spent on an upgrade, I am absolutely torqued at how lacking this library still is. The truth is, even 3rd party libraries are very limited - they hardly exist. Clearly GS has not been successful in getting buy-in from US manufacturers to create libraries the way AutoDesk has with Revit. While there are some very generous users out there that give away some very good objects ( THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU ) the majority of GDL objects available just are not realistic looking or don't stay current with AC.
I have suggested this before, and I will say it again. GS there are some really smart, good GDL gurus out there. Get off your wallet and hire these people to ONLY design objects or work with manufacturers of real Plumbing Fixtures, Light Fixtures, Doors, Windows, Furniture, etc....and pay them to test the objects thoroughly. I'm guessing a 1 million dollar investment in the libraries would yield something far superior to what you provide now....I guess 50 dollars might do that as well
.....hey Mr. Gallello - you getting any of this?
rm wrote:... all the way to the bank mate, all the way to the bank.
.....hey Mr. Gallello - you getting any of this?
I have been using Smart Parts library for years, and only during one beta testing were there any problems, and those were fixed pretty quick by Neil, the developer. He has always been responsive during beta to make any changes. During AC12, there were no issues I ran across, and I didn't even look at AC's windows and doors then.. still haven't. (All I do is residential work). It might be worth while to consider simply not using GS's windows and doors at all. It seems that section of the library regularly has problems, and has taken years to get up to the level Smart Parts has been for a long time. It also simplifies library migration. I am still working with plns I started years ago that have migrated through many, many AC versions without any problems (well, window and door related).
My view is that GS has only minor interest in developing the library, so I have minimum expectations. They seem to put all the limited resources into splashing some new feature each release date (which I rarely need doing residential work), only to continue to bury many sorely needed fundamental fixes. If you want a rant (yours was milk toast
), lets talk about the calc function. How there's a piece of DOS like work.
My view is that GS has only minor interest in developing the library, so I have minimum expectations. They seem to put all the limited resources into splashing some new feature each release date (which I rarely need doing residential work), only to continue to bury many sorely needed fundamental fixes. If you want a rant (yours was milk toast
), lets talk about the calc function. How there's a piece of DOS like work.
FWIW Al gore invented the internet and John McCain the blackberry 
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