![]() And I think Graphisoft could do a much better job of telling the world about it. If it were only modeling, there are a lot of programs that compete well with Archicad, I guess, but in this area it excels alone in my view. The only work left is to design the building! Since you can save and pre-define every step in this workflow chain, it's so fast to create drawings I really have a hard time figuring out how to make it better (other than small details in the process, of course). You see, I haven't seen anything as powerful and flexible as Archicad's create model>viewpoint>view>layout book>publish workflow model anywhere. But I think even if I were to use Rhino or the like to model some aspects, if my expected output is the 2D drawings still wanted by the building industry, I'd import the forms into Archicad and document there. Same with FormZ but I don't think it's as flexible as Rhino, which is already being heavily used in the manufacturing industry despite being fairly new.Īrchicad is for modeling and documenting buildings, not primarily free forms. If you're into free-form modeling, I'm sure Rhino would suit your needs. Having saying that, i´m have been looking for other software, not BIM, and after testing lots of them, seems like rhino and formZ are the more flexible and powerful tools for architecture´s use. , and archicad is not really what i want, at least not release 11. I am architecture student still, and you know, we students tends to make thinks a bit. Why? well, i have to say that i´m not full satisfied with archicad, i mean, i can´t do all i want and having that impression using a software is something i don´t like it. But i´m starting to rethink my workflow and tools. I make same workflow as you, and make no sense have a second cad software for 2d. It's priced like Vectorworks but much better at what it does.Īgree with you Thomas. ![]() A huge step from MacDraft (pro or whatever), which is reflected in the price difference. You know, all the 2D Autocad commands that people ask for in this forum, they're already there, but better. When I used it some 15 years ago (or more) it was already then a reliable and polished workhorse. I'm drawing at least 3-4 times faster now than when I used 2D only, if you count that as final drawings per work hour in total.īut if 2D drafting is all you ever do, and all you'll ever want to do, and it's your living (can't be many such people left?), I think I would recommend Powercadd. ![]() Ummm nice, but i would say that is way overpriced, isn´t it?.įor me, yes, because I use Archicad which works fine in 2D but I do most of my work in 3D to generate 2D drawings efficiently and wouldn't dream of going back to working in 2D only. ![]()
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