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An Ode to ArchiCAD…or…can we call it something else?

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About a year ago GS rebranded its ArchiCAD, its logo turning from a somewhat curvy A to an arch with a point. I’d rather be known as an expert in a toolset that requires an additional clarification of ‘you know, used to be called ArchiCAD’ then just … ‘you know, ArchiCAD’. I badgered them about the ArchiCAD name, even then.

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New Rendering Modes, Cloud Integrations in Archicad 25

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The latest revision of the popular BIM design software Archicad includes improved rendering options and expanded asset libraries for designers and architects.

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ArchiCAD 21 – New Stair Tool

DebunkTheBIM

My dear, beloved, ArchiCAD and Graphisoft. But you should care about the future of your own product as its development, marketing and generally placing on the market is seriously getting off the track, even in ‘safe’ countries like your (and my) ‘own Hungary. Please wake up! Promoting a stair as the central innovation for this year, really?

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Roadmap Guides Graphisoft Updates, Deepens User Input

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Graphisoft continued its strategy of driving software development and product releases through its public roadmap with the launch of several new versions of its popular BIM software, including Archicad, earlier this month.

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I am in love with the Archicad Marquee.

DebunkTheBIM

encouraging software tribalism) – here is a challenge: I’ll show you mine (Archicad marquee), you show me yours (spatial filtering device); I use the marquee a lot – to examine parts of the building I am interested in. That tells you a lot about my life I guess. Still, before you call me a hypocrite (i.e.

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Aussie_BIM vs the UK_BIM, AKA the global BIM leaders (When and why had Graphisoft given up on their Australian ArchiCAD users?)

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See, once upon a time, some decade or so ago – BIM (or VC) and Graphisoft (with ArchiCAD) were doing very well in Australia (and New Zealand)! FKA was not the only cutting edge BIM company that pushed the boundaries of BIM using ArchiCAD in Australia in the early 2000s – Rice Dabney, Woods Bagot and others did too. Making progress.

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DebunkTheBIM: Now, these are nice! (Archicad at its best)

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Archicad at its best). I know Max can do anything, Cartia and Rhino are magic tools, even good ol’ 3D AutoCAD could reproduce the same, but following these two operations via Archicad my slab stays a slab and the wall is still a wall, even though the slab has a wobbly bottom and the wall looks like a lace curtain. ► 2011.