Thank you Barry and others for your service. It shouldn't be up to people like Barry to do Graphisoft's job for them.
Buy archicad software#
Aren't the makers of the software the best people to answers new users questions over and over again. You go to Revits and Vectorworks forums and they both have employees answering new and existing users questions. I have been going on and on about Graphisoft's interaction with users on this site for years. So I as a sole user have to pay through the nose for upgrades for a version where I don't use its major feature. Here in Australia and New Zealand, they refuse to supply it here. Even Cadimage Stair tool is far easier to use than the new Archicad stairs.Īs a US user, you have the opportunity to purchase the Solo version at a lesser outlay if you don't need Teamwork.
Buy archicad upgrade#
You have to add these costs to your initial purchase price and factor them into ongoing upgrade costs to get any productivity out of Archicad. Isn't that a sad indictment of Graphisoft and path into the future? Relying on paid add-ons to do the basics. If you watch some of the latest Eric Bobrow videos, these firms all have to use the Cadimage Tools to get the job done. Vectorworks and Revit have got the basics done, Archicad has not. Archicad is coming a distant third I'm afraid. I too am seriously investigating changing but going the other way, Vectorworks or Revit. I would first invest in some simple training for each either by way of Youtube or courses by Bobrow or Learnvirtural for Archicad or Archoncad for Vectorworks. Archicad is much more productive in publishing the final product and may be the best bet there.ĭefinitely, before you leap, take advantage of the demo periods for each and rather make the comparisons there. Archicad is just archaic in this area and that includes Archicad 22. Vectorworks has the advantage in Data access which is much more accessible in their program. Personally i think Archicad is easier and more logical to understand than Vectorworks which is kind-of stuck with some old baggage. But TS in all other areas is excellent here. I will admit that Archicad does have the nasty habit of dropping support for seldom used features and is definitely out-of-date with respect to data access. Program features, TS, productivity, and ease of use should be the main consideration. However, IMNOHO, sales and marketing should be only a minor consideration. While I don't think things are going to change in this area any time soon as independent reps simply don't have the resources of a central sales force. Marketing in the US is just not as aggressive as in some countries.
Although Nemetschek is slowly changing that also. i think part of the problem is that reps whether, direct or independent are pretty much left to their own because Archicad is more a international product than Vectorworks which is US based. FWIW - I also recently made the switch from Chief Architect to Archicad and ran into the same problems.
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