I think Graphisoft takes in consideration users wishes (an unofficial survey for users perception)

[leceta]

please, give a "like" to this post if you believe that Graphisoft DOES take into consideration the user's wishes.

OTHERWISE, JUMP TO MY NEXT POST

[Rex Maximilian]

A quick glance through this forum and you'll see quite the contrary. I believe most weight is given to specific requests to large firms with large installations. The small stuff that matters most, especially pointed out here by the most experienced users, aren't usually implemented.

[leceta · Accepted solution]

please, give a "like" to this post if you believe that Graphisoft DOES NOT take into consideration the user's wishes.

[Mjules]

Graphisoft is too slow to take users' wishes into consideration. If the company took my wishes regarding structural features into consideration after releasing Archicad 10, nowadays, the company would have been in a better position on the global market as a complete BIM software for architects and engineers to work together, and then focuses on the future challenges like sustainable designs' features that we really need now to cope with the climate change. 

[leceta]

c'mon then vote the second post, PLEASE

[Mjules]

@Rex Maximilian When this has happened, it causes a cumulative delay in software development that is equivalent to about 20 years compared to the millennium objectives in terms of features that could improve the design process.

[Mjules]

I have had a wish pending since the release of Archicad 10 to integrate structural features in Archicad 11. For more than 14 years, I have still been waiting for the realization of this wish.

[krysmark]

The best example of Graphisoft "listening" to user wishes is lack of timely support of it's original platform - Mac. 

Still NO support for Apple silicone after a year from introduction!!!

And I'd like to remind everyone that Mac users are still a sizable group of Archicad users - some for more than 3 decades.

(Hi Rex - remember Media5)

[Rex Maximilian]

I am soooo tired of Archicad 25 being slow on my M1 Max chip MacBook Pro. There's such a lag between clicks. Sometimes it causes the wrong thing to be selected, especially pet palette icons and "copy" + commands when performing transformations. M1 silicone has been out for almost two years now. It seems Graphisoft is catering only to specific demands of large firms with large installations, and ignoring the smaller firms who got them to where they are.

Back in the 90s when we had reseller meetings, those of us who were more technically savvy with the software would have a forum with the developers and sometimes a one-on-one discussion with Tamas. Items brought up during these interactions "always" resulted in features being added. The days of developing software for their core users are unfortunately over.

[Karl Ottenstein]

@Rex Maximilian shortcut commands not being immediately responsive has been mentioned randomly here over several months by Intel Mac users as well.   This just began happening for me as well... was fine up until the last time I launched AC 25... then cmd-T just wouldn't bring up the settings dialog for a selected element anymore, or at least unless I just held the shortcut for what seemed like forever.  Ended up faster to use the right-click context menu or to double click the element icon in the Toolbar, neither of which is as instant as cmd-T used to be.  No idea why this is happening for Intel and M1 ... and for different versions of MacOS, since I'm still on Big Sur and you M1 folks are on Monterey.  Has to be some core change/glitch in Archicad.  I have no extensions loaded on my Mac, so another program cannot be intercepting the shortcut keys.

[Rex Maximilian]

You're right, that lag has been a nuisance for a while. But it really seemed to intensify in the lag factor once I went from my Intel iMac to the M1 Max laptop. It's like adding the Rosetta 2 go-between added another layer of lag.

I see how programs like Twinmotion which is even further removed from being native screams on my M1. I can't think of another software utilizing Rosetta 2 that has a more noticeable issue than Archicad. It just burns me that they increased the fee for ArchiPLUS, and it STILL won't be native... unless I'm mistaken and 26 will be native for Apple Silicone.

Even the forum here isn't Mac friendly as we need Chrome to fully utilize it instead of the native browser Safari. Just more indications that Mac development is last on the boards.

[Karl Ottenstein]

Announced elsewhere, that a Preview version of AC 26 native to Apple ARM chips will be available later this year.  Perhaps they'll give a more specific time frame when AC 26 is announced.

[Rex Maximilian]

The most frustrating thing is when I go to choose to extend an edge from the pet palette and it ALWAYS chooses the radius tool because the click is delayed and clicks where the palette moves to after you click. MADDENING!

[Mjules]

I can understand your frustration!

[Rex Maximilian]

@krysmark I just saw your last sentence! Did we work together at MFL?

[leceta]

Thank for your responses. It would be even nicer if you follow the "rules of the game" and give a like to the corresponding post in order to have some quantities... 

thanks

[thesleepofreason]

I would suggest marking the second post as a solution so that it will be pinned after the first post.

[Rex Maximilian]

True. I never saw the second post. That's why I commented on this one.

[Nader Belal]

I believe that Graphisoft's behaviour for considering users wishes are simply erratic to non considering, and I did not write that down lightly, for example (ordered from the least to most important) :

1. Average function in GDL 
   This is a post requesting an Average function in GDL (which is surprisingly is missing), while it's almost available by default in all computer languages that I'm aware of.
   So the question is, is it soo difficult to make the Average Function available in GDL ??
2. Forum
   Before implementing this new Forum as "Community", we as users were asked for ideas, and I asked to go with Discourse platform, and implement the same options and organization idea as McNeel have implemented for its community forum, and we got this.
   Don't get me wrong, this one is defiantly an improvement to what we had before, but it doesn't stand against Discourse in practicality, ease, quickness and comfort.
3. Research Papers
   Many users as I, were surprised to find out that there were many research paper (not white papers) that were presented in different locations around the globe about Archicad and GDL like the following example:
   Uploading research papers about using Archicad GDL 
   To make myself clear, I'm not talking about comparative studies between different BIM programs and capabilities, I´m talking about research papers that are and were opening new horizons and fields.
   So I remember asking Graphisoft in this forum to provide a repository were we as users can upload those papers & studies to make them available for all of us, needling-less to say we would demonstrate that Archicad is in fact a serious program to do research with, and it would help other researcher to find those papers quicker and easier beside helping writers to publish, and it would help users to hon their skills.
   So my question, where is it ??
4. Marketing + Rhino + Grasshopper
   If anyone of you made a simple visit to McNeel's forum on Discord, you would find that: 
   4.1. Archicad users do ask questions on how to use Rhino+Grasshopper that in reality are Archicad related questions, and there is no Graphisoft representative that is fulfilling those roles, but for Revit, there is no need for that since their users are already filling the gap quiet nicely.
   4.2.Many Grasshopper users do need a BIM platform to translate their design from Grasshopper to BIM documentation and design, and for most of them, Archicad would be the perfect fit, so where is the marketing representative that can drive those users to consider and test Archicad !!!
5. Rhino + Grasshopper
   Although the direct connection plugin have improved in the last few years, it is still lagging. I even suspect that Graphisoft has no real interest to improve it, just have a look around in this forum at least.
6. GDL Learning
   The best place to learn GDL, is "The GDL Cookbook" by David A. Nicholson-Cole. A 22 years old book !
7. GDL Reference Manual
   The tl;dr of this post Questioning about manuals ?  is that there are things that are missing, from Archicad's GDL Manual, and it should be included or explained in a different/better ways for all users.
   Long story short, I got this reply: Thank you for your suggestions regarding the GDL Manual 
   

    

   
   

    

[4hotshoes]

McNeel does not use Discord. They use Discourse. I just looked up both. https://www.discourse.org

https://discourse.mcneel.com