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2016-06-10 01:07 AM
2016-06-13 04:25 PM
2016-06-13 04:36 PM
sboydturner wrote:This is what I keep reminding companies that try to push their product on us too. NL is a small market, but we are getting stuff through bimobject.com slowly.
Just tell the suppliers you need their products in ArchCAD format or else you will select products that are, you will be surprised how quickly they will have the products available.
I have done this to a couple of suppliers with success.
Scott
2016-06-14 07:24 AM
sboydturner wrote:Hey Scott, curious what suppliers you had success with, care to name names? Thanks in advance, Cary
Just tell the suppliers you need their products in ArchCAD format or else you will select products that are, you will be surprised how quickly they will have the products available.
I have done this to a couple of suppliers with success.
Scott
2016-06-14 07:28 AM
marckleinmann wrote:Well stated!
So this is a venting post...
How come there are barely any manufacturer objects available for ArchiCAD in the US market? I read with excitement the BIMObjects announcement that Grohe now has it's products available (as we use their products often), only to find out that they're only available in Revit format! Why does Graphisoft so utterly neglect this very important part of product development - getting manufacturers on board to produce library objects? Every new announcement in this regard seems to be Revit related!
2016-06-14 02:07 PM
2016-06-14 02:45 PM
marckleinmann wrote:+1
So this is a venting post...
sboydturner wrote:Here's the response I got last week from Kohler:
Just tell the suppliers you need their products in ArchCAD format or else you will select products that are, you will be surprised how quickly they will have the products available.
2016-06-14 04:00 PM
sboydturner wrote:In the U.S., I suspect that the AC market share is so small compared to Revit that it is hard to make a good case for a manufacturer's investment. It is especially hard to make a case without any information at all regarding market share.
Just tell the suppliers you need their products in ArchCAD format or else you will select products that are, you will be surprised how quickly they will have the products available.
I have done this to a couple of suppliers with success.
Scott
2016-06-14 04:47 PM
Richard wrote:Agree with you here 100%, and also agree that if we have an easier way to create gsm content, there will be more talented developers to ripe that area.
While I would love to have more native AC objects available, I suspect that we may be better off suggesting more universal FBX, OBJ, or even SKP files. This is obviously an area ripe for a talented AC object developer to sell their services to the manufacturers, and then create these libraries for them.
2016-06-14 10:48 PM
sboydturner wrote:Cool...wish we were so fortunate in the states. Thanks for sharing. Cheers
Cary,
Caroma (http://specify.caroma.com.au/bim-library-landing/archicad ) would be one where we asked for an Archicad library and the supplier has provided an excellent library that they are updating to incorporate all their product lines and related sub-brands.
The developer of the library (Cadswift) has also developed libraries and accessories for other manufacturers
Scott