In all the offices I've worked for, the systems have always been windows based, so all the knowledge I have is really autodesk focused (Autocad Architecture/ADT and Revit). Can anyone suggest any BIM software for OSX which would be a comparable suite? I have looked at the option of running autocad programs through parrallels, fusion, or boot camp, but none are really good solutions. I'd like to find a native app that both works the way i'm used to (intelligent objects as opposed to physical modeling) and is well integrated into the mac Human Interface. @make I'm not even a sole proprietor yet, just a soon to be licensed architect looking at ways to start working side jobs and competitions with the technology i have at my disposal and which i prefer to use. $20k a seat is well beyond the ballpark of what i would be willing to expense. I was hoping something closer to ADT prices (if not less).
@Antithenes - I have used PC's for all my collegiate and office experience. While they are good for architecture software, that is the only really strong point. I prefer the mac OS to windows, but if there were commercial software available for Linux (name your flavor) i would look into it as well. Part of this is also, that if i know what software is available i can start to research my costs and make everything fit into my budget. Its hard to design a building using inkscape, gimp and sketchup; but if i cannot find a stellar BIM or CAD program for the mac (that is within reason) i might end up going that route. Yup i would do linux too if given the choice of available software on that platform.
You do know you can have all the features of OS X in a windows skin? (the rolling icons etc). BIM is being used on big steel projects from what i see best for the purpose it is intended, is that the type you work on? If you are just looking for cheap and most useful I'd look at Rhino VisualArq and Intellicad Architecturals stuff. Good luck, and macs do seem to run windowsXP faster than comparable PCs, is this a back room deal between gates and jobs? I don't know.
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Remember, always chose the software before the os. That's where you make the money. I used a Macbook Pro as well for about a year and notice that it wasn’t performing in Bootcamp as good a regular windows notebook. Besides, I was spending full days in Bootcamp and not in OS X. And the whole Mac is better than a windows machine is a myth. My Adobe CS package has the same performance if not better on windows Vista.
So therefore I went back to windows. Don’t get me wrong. I love OS X and I wish more products natively would run on it. But to use Datacad instead of Autocad just for the sake of the OS isn't the way to go. Btw, archinect is a synonym for Rhino Apologist. So you will never find an unbiased answer here. The other day some dude even gave advice to use Rhino for desktop publishing instead of Indesign.
My problem with most BIM software is that it seemed to evolve as a drafting program that added modeling features. So the modeling features are very clunky to use, and not very convenient. I've used both Microstation/Bentley and Vectorworks, on both OSX and Windows.
I'd like for a program to start with the modeling core, and add on drafting and annotation features. Has anyone used Rhino to produce a real and complex drawing set for a building that was built (rather than for a competition or a student project)? What does SHoP use? S:Leper, then i think ArchiCAD might be a good choice for you.
I've seen couple of complex projects being developed with it and is not a bad choice. Couple of years ago i 'tried' to use rhino to develop a whole set of drawings for a project (@ rojkind arquitectos) the problem came that being a complex geometry (and without the use of scripting) some of the 'geometries' used in the rhino model where not actual 'flat surfaces' which on rhino seemed flat so we basically had to check the whole geometry in solid works to know that it was ok. But as i said before, i had seen a project being developed with archicad, more specifically the of SadarVuga architects, a project which has all building drawings ready and specifications and such, seem was held in stand by by goverment/contractor differences. But thats a project fully developed on ArchiCAD. Farwest1.SHoP uses Revit Architecture, Structure & MEP for documentations & coordination on their BIM projects. However, they also use 3ds max, rhino, Digital Projects, Generative components on their projects, each having their own specialities. At the end, each tool is made for a specific task that needs to be pulled in at the right time to be productive.
It is therefore strange to try to document and coordinate a whole healthcare center or airport with Rhino just for the sake of using Rhino. Can you imagine the length you got to go get some decent pressure calculations or basic information out of a rhino modelled duct work? I was at a demo of ArchiCAD recently and was very impressed indeed. It very much started with 3D conceptions later extracted to 2D views and could be loaded with all the meta-data required for cost and environmental estimates via a menu of construction and component types.
I was told the programme was conceived originally by an architect (whereas, say, AutoCAD was originally designed for some other discipline: engineering?). Anyways, I was most impressed and would seriously consider it (and certainly ahead of AutoCAD) if I were starting my own gig.
Of course, it was only a demo seminar. It's quite natural as a student to want to use the same tools your super heroes are using. Remember the time when everyone wanted Jordan’s and hope they can jumps as high as him?
But seriously, what's good enough for CoopHimmelblau doesn't necessarily means it would be good for a sole practitioner. First of all, Coop’s architecture requires freeform modeling tools. So yes, Rhino is great as a starting point.
But even he needs at least a parametric tool like Digital Projects, inventor, Solidworks to do iterations and fabrication documents. Plus he needs some sort of BIM engine to schedule the panels. Second of all, Coop has a bunch of underpaid slaves to draw each line in autocad.
When a door move 2 inches, everything needs to manually be updated in the Rhino model as well as all documentation sheets (floor plans, elevation, section, schedules). Now, is that what a sole practitioner is looking for?
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