![]() However, our work is primarily highly individual custom houses Archicad may work better for buildings with fewer unusual conditions. Our primary use for the computer is developing construction drawings in a small office, and Vectorworks has been a good program for that task. For us, the 3d model was of limited use and the technology was not there yet (with Archicad 5.5) to practically link the 3d model to good quality 2d drawings. If you are interested in constructing a 3d computer model and doing construction drawings, Archicad is probably a good choice. I was putting a lot of time into the 3d model, and then ending up breaking the links between the model and the drawings to gain more flexibility for the 2d drawings. However, I found that in practice, the 2d drawings very crude and of unacceptable quality for our office, and the 3d models took a great deal of time to develop to an acceptable level. ![]() Essentially, you construct a 3d model and then the 2d plans, elevations and sections are extracted from the model. I only use Vectorworks for 2d DD and CD architectural drawings, and I have not really investigated the 3d capabilities of the program. I used Archicad about 4 years ago before switching to Vectorworks. It's been quite a while since I used ArchiCad, but these old observations may still be of some use. Here is an old post of mine (from 2003!). Very powerful tool (NNA, are you listening to the many people who have made this point?) And, yes, I know there are vector-script based versions of this tool out there, but we can't rely on scripts through version changes, and the programming required to make this available native in VW would be easy, easy, easy! It becomes like placing a symbol in VW - with every click a new object appears excatly where you want it, and placed not necessarily at the click point, but at a known vectoral distance from the click point. ![]() And point 2 can be redefined with subsequent clicks in multiple duplication mode. You click on point 1, then on point 2, to define the displacement. PS: AutoCAD's one big advantage over VW is the use of vector displacement for single or multiple duplication of objects. ![]() It also doesn't support multiple light sources in OpenGL (reason enough for me to stick to VW when I was given the choice).įull disclosure: I'm much more familiar with VW and ACAD than with ArchiCAD. On the other hand, ArchiCAD lacks NURBS modeling. I do feel that ArchiCAD has some advantages - for example, associative drawing numbering whereby if you change a sheet number, all the references in the file are automatically changed - ditto with moving a detail to a different sheet. Many people are partisan in favor of one versus the other. The comparison with ArchiCAD is a tougher one to get good information on. Gytis, interesting comparison of AutoCAD vs VW - I happen to agree with those who judge that VW is actually faster in 2d, once you get used to the way things are done in VW. ![]()
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