Before the meeting, customers review the plans and more specifically interested people come to the meetings, which saves everyone time. I also use it to create dimensioned floor plans in 2 and 3D options. This allows clients to make better decisions. In my work, I use it to visualize interiors as they would look after renovation or home staging, it is possible because there is a large database of libraries of objects such as windows, doors, furniture, etc. I met Archicad during my studies, I was and still am impressed by the possibilities of this program, which is still being developed. As is, it's a severely bloated Sketchup pretending to be a BIM package. It's sad because if they spent a few years cleaning up the beast that they've created, it could be a match for Revit. This is sloppy software development at its finest. Instead of giving users what they need, modify the GUI and give them a bunch of useless crap to try to get them to buy the newest version. Instead of fixing problems and consolidating settings, Graphisoft has decided that their mantra is 'addition.' If something doesn't work right, just add features so that no one notices what they're missing. There are 20 ways to access every objects setting and it will confuse you to no end for the first year. The inability to create 'blocks' is utterly ridiculous and maddening. You'll curse Archicad's lack of ortho snaps. Archicad will force you to be inaccurate unless you fight it to your last breath.

You will fudge things with solid element operations that will keep you up at night. You will be piecing together your model using slabs to represent everything under the sun. They function exactly the way they should.

It's easy to create what you want and to get it to look the way it should. Sometimes I like that archicad is less rigid than Revit.

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