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2008-05-22 03:37 PM
rob wrote:OBJECTiVE can work on any GDL object with a 3D body, not just the parts created by it. It also supports multiple materials in the object, although the profiling tools construct single-material objects (this will change in future). If you wanted to rotate something like a wall, save it as a GDL object and OBJECTiVE can do the rest (refer to the attached image of a rotated/split object created from a wall)
Plugins like Objective are great but you are limited to Objective created parts only which can become frustrating when you just want to get in there and rotate a wall or something without having to create a new library part. Objective also has it's limitations like not allowing multiple materials on one object etc. but I guess here isn't the place to start on that! Making multiple copies of an object in elevation would also be nice and I can't see why it's not already there!
2008-05-22 04:52 PM
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2008-05-22 10:18 PM
John wrote:So is anyone allowed to say what the new features are yet?
This was in the latest AEC Bytes article about Graphisoft at the AIA Convention:
"Graphisoft used the AIA show to preview some of the new features in the next release of ArchiCAD, version 12, ...
2008-05-22 11:04 PM
John wrote:Does anyone use the start edition? As a single person firm at the moment, I'd love the option of a less expensive archicad but it seems unusable in practice. I could do without teamwork, reviewer, markup tools, even sun shading, interior elevation, and align view. I could probably give up slanted walls beams and columns. But the lack of xrefs, external drawings, or hot linked modules (even having just one of those would be better), as well as worksheets, profiles, or publisher seems to me to seriously diminish it's usability. It also can't open full archicad files so there's no going back and forth.
This was in the latest AEC Bytes article about Graphisoft at the AIA Convention:
"...... Graphisoft also used the opportunity to promote its new offering, ArchiCAD START Edition, which is a trimmed down version of ArchiCAD with a feature set and price tailored to the needs of small architectural practices, home builders, and contractors. It costs $1,995, which is less than half the price of a regular BIM application, and Graphisoft hopes that it encourages more firms to be able to make the move to BIM. It includes all the design, documentation, and interoperability features of ArchiCAD; what it is missing are the group collaboration features that are mostly needed by larger firms. ........
That's it!!!!