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Well, after a decade as a customer, we're done. We bought our first perpetual licenses with Archicad 18 (back in 2014) and have been paying for FORWARD maintenance ever since. But that's over. Archicad 28 is our last stop. We simply cannot justify th...

davdelven · 2025-07-09

Fellow Archicad professionals,The AI integration landscape is moving faster than anticipated, and we're at a crossroads that will define Archicad's relevance in the next 18 months.Current reality: While Revit users are already integrating Model Conte...

davdelven · 2025-02-26

Hi, all! After working extensively with both IFC mapping approaches in Archicad, I wanted to share my findings. The IFC Translator's Property Mapping excels at maintaining IFC schema compliance without cluttering our models. It's ideal for mapping to...

davdelven · 2025-02-25

I am requesting the ability to instantiate IfcSpatialZone when publishing using the MVD IFC4 Reference View from Graphisoft Archicad. The IfcSpatialZone class appears in the IFC Schema when setting up Property Mapping in the IFC Translator. However, ...

davdelven · 2025-02-24

Regarding this "already closed" thread from 2018 https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Collaboration-with-other/Base-Quantities-with-IFC-export/m-p/257261 , with a last comment by @stefan , I wanted to update the features from the IFC 4.0.2.1. schema v...

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Thanks for your supportive words. To be honest, I would keep paying if, regardless of the "cosmetic AI features" they've just added, they provided a business model that really fitted the many different ways in which "Architects" practise around the w...

davdelven

After a Decade, Why We're Not Moving to the New TiersWell, after a decade as a customer, we're done. We bought our first perpetual licenses with Archicad 18 (back in 2014) and have been paying for FORWARD maintenance ever since.But that's over. Archi...

davdelven · 2025-07-16

And here there is the first attempt  https://github.com/SzamosiMate/tapir-archicad-MCP?tab=readme-ov-file by the Tapir community

davdelven · 2025-07-13

@Laszlo Nagy Hi!Yep, we know it. We have some discussions about it in Tapir addon community, too. But in my opinion, who should work on this topic, not just experiment, is Graphisoft itself rather than just the users "playing with it". This is a game...

davdelven · 2025-05-08

Thank you for the clarification, @Zoltan Vale So if I understand correctly, the optimal workflow would be to select one of my existing IFC mapping presets when importing an IDS file, rather than creating a new preset. This way Archicad will preserve ...

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After a Decade, Why We're Not Moving to the New Tiers

MCP Protocol Integration for Archicad - Critical for Competitive Positioning

My Experience with Archicad IFC Mapping Methods

Publish IFC using IfcSpatialZone class instance

Updating the info regarding "Base Quantities with IFC export"

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Re: All Archicad Perpetual Licenses Terminated at the end of 2026

Re: MCP Protocol Integration for Archicad - Critical for Competitive Positioning

Re: MCP Protocol Integration for Archicad - Critical for Competitive Positioning

Re: IDS import creates IFC Properties as Archicad properties