Thanks! a better question would be: since Graphisoft adquired DDS cad, are the current problems caused because they are trying to integrate DDS cad into Archicad, OR Archicad MEP modules and DDS cad are two independent and separate entities?
oh man! they keep buying good software with lots of integration potential with Archicad, yet the integration never happens nor it becomes a fully functional add-on you can buy or rent.
Example: Full version of archicad (perpetual) + conceptual AI assistance + high end rendering + MEP + Structural + AI assistance with documentation + cost calculation suite + on-site reporting and project management . You can get through a project WITHOUT any of this just using Archicad of course, but im sure many people would gladly pay for even more specialized solutions that run on the ARchicad environment AS LONG AS THEY WORK PROPERLY AND ENHANCE PRODUCTIVITY IN A REASONABLE PROPORTION TO THE ADITIONAL COSTS INVOLVED. One could even rent all of these modules as needed during the full life cycle of a project while owning a perpetual license with its corresponding upgrade costs.
This way you can atend BOTH: offices that handle smaller projects (thus keeping the perpetual licenses) and offices that handle bigger more complex projects.
In contrast, what they are doing now will only weed out the smaller offices (which i can safely assume is the majority) and eventually the bigger ones if GS doesnt fix all the problems the software has WHILE asking to receive suscription payment. But this is just my two cents, some AI in GS headquarters might have already figured everything out.
