We were also minded that ArchiCAD may be for larger practices than small one/two man bands undertaking the type of work we do. I've known about ArchiCAD for many years, but the cost has always been out of our reach. We also use SketchUP for some 3D work, but it's mainly 2D production constructional bread & butter work. We mainly do extensions, loft conversions & about three to four new build house designs a year. We/I have been using DataCAD for 10years or more for all our CAD work, which is mainly planning applications & Building reg approvals for the domestic market here in the U.K. My colleague is the sleeping partner side of things, as he's reached that age of where tending the garden is more important. We are a small one/two man band of architectural consultants in the U.K. “We removed these roadblocks, putting the architect more firmly in the driver’s seat, with the software responding to the way architects think and work.Just joined this forum, but have not made any steps in buying ArchiCAD yet. “Everyday tasks such as firing up your software and switching between projects or views in a specific project may end up being the very roadblocks to achieving the flow, which is the ideal state for architectural design,” says Peter Temesvari, Director, Product Management at GRAPHISOFT. The brand-new Opening, Column and Beam tools increase modeling accuracy and interoperability with engineering disciplines.

ARCHICAD 23 vastly improves perceived performance of essential processes such as software startup, file opening, working in multi-project environments and switching between different views of the BIM project.

GRAPHISOFT®, the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) software solution provider for architects and designers, has announced the release of ARCHICAD 23, the latest version of its award-winning BIM software solution.

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