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For those of you who use SketchUp, there is now a better alternative called Archicad 16. This looks like a real game changer. The new Morph tool looks amazing. Everthing that is missing in Revit's massing tools are present in the new Morph tool.3d Chamfer and fillet tool on edges and corners,pull/push capabilities like SU,multiple profiles and edges creation regardless of the direction a form is extruded,face morphnurbs and meshbox modelingface extrude in all directionsub D surface modelingsplit surface on all faces. Split surface that is already splittedand many moreAll in just one release.

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Simply amazing. Can someone send the factory a copy of this release? What Graphisoft has done with Archicad 16 is huge and for what i have seen, in certain areas, its light years ahead of Revit. It could be best describes as a revolution release while revit 2013 is more an evolution release with incremental minor improvements as previous releases.The most concerning aspect of Revit is that after four releases and multi releases of Vasari, Autodesk still hasn't develop a fluid limitless tool as the morph tool in Archicad. This tool can also be used on standard Archicad components as wall, floors, roofs and also funtinure.

The morph tool seems great and even easy to modify but if we compare it to the revit massing tool, there are things are obvious:- It is not parametric ( it is more an explicit modeling than a paramertic one )- Objects that are created with the morph tool cannot be transformed into BIM elements- There is no panneling tool to rationelize the surfaceBtw in your first post, you refered to Nurbs, I don't think it is possible in this version ( at least ) as the triangulation are quite obvious as can be seen in this picture. Here is the full list of features only of the Morph tool.The ability to draw in 3d without pre-drawing workplanes,The ability to switch between xyz directions while drawing a polyline like Autocad.The ability to create a 3d polyline constructed out of various lines (arcs, cirkel, ellipse, etc)The ability to change the UCS while drawing a rectangular. So you are not constrained to one UCS3 click creation of a box like SU and Autocad.Cut plane of an elevation is converted automatically to a workplane when drawing in elevation. No need to create a workplanein plane and specifying that workplane in elevationFaces can be split by drawing a polyline on any face. Spitted face can be manipulated.Mass objects above cut plane can be shown as hidden lines in floor plan automaticallyEdges and corners can be filleted and chamfered (HUGE!!!!) try making a dice in Revit.New vertices can be placed on a cube and the vertices can pulled and pushed in any direction.Edges can be drawn on any face and pulled out of plane which splits the face.Bulges can be created on any faceFaces can be mirroredGeometry can be scaled.

In all directionsFFD box available (HUGE!!!)Subdivision surface modeling. (HUGE!!!)Geometry can be stretched in all directionSpirals can be created using 3d arcs (or a combination of arcs, lines and other curves)A slice tool is available like in Maya and 3ds max (HUGE!!!)All Archicad’s “ systems families” can be converted into morphsClosed surfaces can be converted so solids like in Rhino. Ok, looks cool.But the verdict is still out on the question whether a Morph is still a BIM-element (the line 'all system families can be converted into Morphs' worries me. Frankly: if a morph is NOT a BIM element I see very little value.

Whats the point in being able to model something if you can't document it? I see Autodesk getting burned about this kind of half-baked solutions all the time.I think the question could also be asked 'what's the point of documenting something if you can't model it'.

So even if it's not fully BIM, the fact that you don't have to use SU anymore is already huge. At the end of the day it's all about getting you ideas on paper and then built.If an architect could chose between a fluid easy to use intuitive modeling tool with less BIM than a fully BIM package with counterintuitive and limited modeling tools, they will always choose the first. As a matter of fact, it's very common to see the designers in a firm using these intuitve tools while the draftsmen uses more BIMcentric tools like Revit.

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It could also be argued that Revit is just a BIM tool for BIM operator and not necessarily a design tool, but that's a different discussion.The point I was trying to make is that it took Graphisoft (a tiny company compared to Autodesk) just one release to come up with a fully baked tool that we've been asking since Revit 7.0. Yet after four releases since the new Massing families, together with a Labs software called Vasari which runs concurrent with Revit, Autodesk still isn't able to come up with a tool that can match the Morph tool. Well, I disagree on a number of things.1. Graphisoft is part of Nemetschek, in Europe, Middle East and Asia market leader and worldwide nr 2. In fact, just looking at pure volume of the AEC part, Nemetschek is equally sized to Autodesk AEC. That whole 'look at us, we're tiny and small and we can do it anyway' is really just a bunch of PR bullcrap.

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Besides that, please let's not forget that in fact still 80% (rough estimation by me) of Autodesk's AEC business is based on Autocad and ADT, both NOT BIM software. Compared to Nemetschek which has Vectorworks, Archicad and Allplan, all three capable of BIM. So in the field of BIM, Autodesk is actually the small company, both in size and experience.2. Launching a tool does not mean you build it in that year.

Afaik Archicad has been grinding it's teeth about the Revit Conceptual Massing environment since it first came out. So they might as well be working on this for a few years now.3. My biggest concern however lies within the fact that Archicad is presented as a fully functional BIM modelling tool. Imvho that statement should be removed from all marketing when you'e incorporating elements that are not BIM.

They are focussing their entire campaigns on openBIM for cryin out loud! And now they just want to say ' well, collaboration is nice, but since you used this nifty little Morph thingies half your model is reduced to 3D cad'Either you have a BIM package, which comes with limitations, or you don't. You can't say you do and then exclude stuff.What consequenses does this have when you're sharing your model with the structural engineer? What happens to that sweet bulging freeform concrete wall when you take it to Tekla?How does this affect your IFC export?How does one validate a model in Solibri when an entire class of elements has no properties anymoreAnd so on.Don't get me wrong: this is a great tool for a single architect. Just as SU is great for someone wanting to create a quick mockup.But when you're positioning yourself as a BIM company focussing on collaboration, you have to play by the rules. Major #1 rule: do not EVER willingly compromise the BIM workflow.If Autodesk understands this and therefor is not able to develop the Massing tools in a speedy fashion, I applaud them for having a spine.If Graphisoft abandons this rule for whatever reason, Archicad imvho does not deserve the stamp of a fully functional BIM tool.So for me, my opinion is still based on 1 thing: are the Morphed elements BIM, or not? If not, it's rubbish.

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If so, it's absolutely great.

At last nights user group meeting there was a small discussion/aside regarding working with Sketchup & ARCHICAD. Since we have quite a few projects coordinating with Sketchup consultants I figure this is a good place to share that conversation and a few additional resources and thoughts.First, the comment was made that a lot of the regarding Sketchup coordination is outdated.