It forces you down a very (literal) linear path and does not allow organic creativity. It’s so over-complex to do the simplest of things. The transition to Revit was one I forced on myself as it’s everywhere and (some) clients are asking for it. I’ve used AutoCAD for 20+yrs, SketchUp (on and off) for about 10yrs and Revit for the last couple. I’d be interested to know how ArchiCAD compares to SketchUp? One other drawback is that it is very difficult to present images like this from a BIM
#Archicad versus revit pro
If you get some time to learn Dynamic components in Sketchup Pro you will find that they are reasonably easy to make once you get the hang of it. One other drawback that I find with Revit is: creating families is a specialized job and is cumbersome, the same goes for GDL in ArchiCad. I have used Revit and ArchiCad and I must agree, Sketchup gives the freedom to design and that is why we added parametric structure and design capability to Sketchup instead of making Plugins for Revit. For them, parametrics in Sketchup VIA PlusSpec is a time saver and this method allows them to play with all of the BIM guys and gals. The reason they do this instead of using Revit or ArchiCad is they have multiple clients using multiple programs including Tekla and Bentley.
they tell me their workflow is: Import an IFC or DWG into Sketchup Pro, make amendments or add geometry using PlusSpec inside of Sketchup (as it automates the IFC), they then export it as an IFC. I have many users who use Sketchup with PlusSpec who are consultants & engineers. Having the freedom of Sketchup is by far the biggest benefit yet exporting via IFC can be cumbersome when you need to find the right classification and manually associate it with the geometry. Basically editing and insertion of objects and families into other objects or families can be done via the tool sets. Sketchup by itself has the power to be a BIM program yet Revit and ArchiCad are parametric, which means moving a window or adding a door does not require you to drill inside of groups or components and push-pull geometry, offset or add a component that you may have drawn previously. I have a lot of Sketchup users in Cape Town, yet they are utilising PlusSpec inside or Sketchup for the structure and scene creation. I hope in 5 years we’ll look back on the late 2000s and 2010s as those crappy decades when format wars ruined interop, and by then we’ll have embraced openbim/open cad… And in 10 years we’ll be screwed because everything will be designed by AI anyway The sad thing with all these products is they don’t play well together and that’s hurting the industry, and ultimately our entire society (since people will inhabit buildings that may be compromised due to inflexible design tools). Meshing into Archicad AND Revit is really critical.
If SketchUp had a few extra capabilities in import/export and model organisation (layers, styles etc)…then it would absolutely become the main conceptual design tool used by most architectural designers worldwide. I suppose you have to think of Revit as part of the Autodesk ecosystem.Īutodesk don’t have an worthy replacement for Sketchup…so right now the best combo to me is Sketchup THEN Revit. Archicad, from what little I’ve experienced, is more of a " all in one" application and is set up out the box with more tools/functions… whereas Revit just focuses on BIM assembly and little more…it’s inflexible.
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