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Karl wrote:
Coming from 34 years of running my own firm, and never using Autodesk products, and having merged last year with a much bigger firm that only uses Autodesk products, I have to say that reasons 1 - 10 for American firms to use revit is that "evryone uses Revit". So everyone uses Revit because everyone uses Revit. The result of guerilla (though I can easily go along with t he term Gorilla!) marketing strategy.
So the first requirement to break this line of thinking would be the ability to use ArchiCAD to directly edit Revit files. I don't know that this is even a possible future development, but my sense is that without that level of ease of interoperability, firms like mine will never consider anything else. Revit/ArchiCAD interoperability is certainly doable - I've done it. And it's not all that difficult, but it is one more thing to do.
Beyond that, the fact that ArchiCAD doesn't have mechanical, electrical or structure design applications is another significant factor in the choice of Revit. The firm I am now a part of is multi-disciplinary architecture and engineering. Revit allows them to do everything in one model.
If these barriers could be overcome, then there are the issues of training, etc, as outlined elsewhere in the discussion.
Firms don't choose Revit because it is best, or even better. The thought process never even gets that far...
2020-03-24 05:37 PM
Karl wrote:The MEP plugin should be part of Archicad, that at least is clear to me. I don´t know if it would help to gain a bigger share, but it wouldn´t hurt either.
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Beyond that, the fact that ArchiCAD doesn't have mechanical, electrical or structure design applications is another significant factor in the choice of Revit. The firm I am now a part of is multi-disciplinary architecture and engineering. Revit allows them to do everything in one model.
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2020-03-25 12:31 PM
Jp1138 wrote:
I don´t know if it would help to gain a bigger share, but it wouldn´t hurt either.
Actually It is hurting AC development, as it is a waste of GS technical resources.
MEP design is the kind of job trade that Architects should leave to engineers and a dedicated software that can freely communicate with AC.
AC should only have the trades that are related with Architecture and Urbanism, which mostly are:
- Some structural elements that coexist with Architecture (Columns, Beams, Retain Walls, etc);
- Landscape (Trees, Plants, Urban Equipment);
- Civil Work (Roads, Curbs, Street Signs, etc);
- Interior Design (Furniture, Decoration, etc).
My 2 cents.
2020-03-25 01:33 PM
Braza wrote:
Jp1138 wrote:
I don´t know if it would help to gain a bigger share, but it wouldn´t hurt either.
Actually It is hurting AC development, as it is a waste of GS technical resources.
MEP design is the kind of job trade that Architects should leave to engineers and a dedicated software that can freely communicate with AC.
AC should only have the trades that are related with Architecture and Urbanism, which mostly are:
- Some structural elements that coexist with Architecture (Columns, Beams, Retain Walls, etc);
- Landscape (Trees, Plants, Urban Equipment);
- Civil Work (Roads, Curbs, Street Signs, etc);
- Interior Design (Furniture, Decoration, etc).
My 2 cents.
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