Upgrading to ArchiCAD V13

Karl wrote:
There are no GS servers, much less any 'service' that Graphisoft charges for related to the new TeamWork.
Karl

As i was not interested in TW2 , i just speculated, that it would be something like google/wave (wave goes a lot futher, and does not require reservation for simultaneous editing of documents) , but after seeing the videos, i see that its something much simpler than wave. Nice ofcourse.

It would help tons big firms.

But is something that i really dont care. I am not trying to be negative, but come to my position. Paying for absolutely nothing at all. TW2 could be a separate addon like MEP. Sell it separatelly. But i get nothing else is ready to give to us.

What would you do if you were me. Be pleased?

Djordje wrote:
only to cry that the new upgrade is worthless. For EVERY upgrade (see oreopulos).

I wont get personal. Instead of telling stories for bad wolves, can you please explain to me, how a single office user will benefit from this new release?

If you were a single office user, would you buy this upgrade and if yes why? (i dont have the option not to buy since i paid by subscription a year ago).

So instead of pointing to bad guys and telling stories about a stupid guy shouting out for no reason , like i am a mad man, i am waiting for a concrete logical answer. (i am waiting to hear the story, from a man that things that EVERY release is fine and we get what we deserve)

oreopoulos wrote:
If you were a single office user, would you buy this upgrade and if yes why? (i dont have the option not to buy since i paid by subscription a year ago).

For me, just the automatic 'soft' insulation feature is probably worth the £500 subscription fee alone. Our buildings are absolutely stuffed with insulation, in both internal and external walls. It is a major maintainance issue (AKA a PITA) to keep every single plan, section and detail all up to date when the 2d insulation is drawn over the top of the 3d walls.

The annotation and dimensioning in schedules could have saved me a great deal of manual work, and also helped prevent co-ordination problems that occurred when the windows had to be manually drawn, separate from the model.

I've noticed that there is even a boundary contour control options for elevations/sections now. If this actually works like I think it should, this alone could save heaps of time.

Over the course of a year you only need to save a couple of dollars/pounds worth of time per day (5-10 mins?) and the subscription is paid for. Can you not see yourself saving that amount of time with the new features?

I'll fully admit there are many things that are still absent from ArchiCAD (I don't think anyone would deny that), but adding 64bit support and teamworks 2.0 in this release should make sure ArchiCAD is still competitive and relevant in the BIM market for years to come. They had to do it sometime or they'd be left behind.

The introduction of 64bit could also be a sign that they are thinking of introducing true freeform modelling into ArchiCAD in the future. Polycounts and file sizes will increase massively, so 64bit will be the only way to cope with the memory demands. I don't think they have the resources to implement 64bit support and freeform modelling in one year, so one has to come first!

The news that little bandwidth is needed to interact with a TW2 server when accessed over the internet may sound impressive, but leaves me with more questions than answers:

- Initial opening must continue to be be 'slow' (comparatively) as the whole file must be downloaded(?).

- How are libraries handled? Can the 'core' libraries be loaded locally to avoid extra network (internet) traffic?

- Most important: Now GS has encouraged the use of net licenses in large offices, do we all need to go back to individual usb dongles to work remotely on a TW2 project - or is there more to come from GS about how licenses are handled? (A la revit electronic keys that can be emailed etc?).