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Time to upgrade to 13?

Brad Elliott
Booster
It seems like 13 arrived with a whisper. There was and still is some discussion of TW2 but otherwise it came out and disappeared. So, like I presume many people now on the subscription I got my copy of 13 and put it on the shelf. And waited. So now my big project is wrapping up and the first hot fix has come out. Is it time to upgrade? Is it worth the effort to upgrade if I'm not likely to use TW2 in the near to medium future or should I just wait until 14?
Mac OS12.6 AC26 USA Silicon
M1 Macbook Pro
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Erika Epstein
Booster
Update away. There are many other improvements which you will use every day. Take a look at the section on what is new in 13.

TW2 is great. It's not just about the BIMserver, but how you work in TW2 is sooo much faster. Set it up and get to know it.
What's that boy scout motto 'Be Prepared'

Seriously, go ahead and update.
Erika
Architect, Consultant
MacBook Pro Retina, 15-inch Yosemite 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Mac OSX 10.11.1
AC5-18
Onuma System

"Implementing Successful Building Information Modeling"
Rakela Raul
Participant
i would upgrade !

the rotate view new feature already played a huge role...
the new selection thing is a must have ... still very quick!!
no crashes for me...... not using TW2 till later tho !!
MACBKPro /32GiG / 240SSD
AC V6 to V18 - RVT V11 to V16
Stephen Dolbee
Booster
Being able to change materials on selected edges of a slab is a big bonus in 13. Also, very stable.
AC19(9001), 27" iMac i7, 12 gb ram, ATI Radeon HD 4850 512mb, OS 10.12.6
Anonymous
Not applicable
upgrade
but u must know that all problems that u have with modeling in archicad, u still have them... you will not be able to do anything more just some cosmetic stuff.if u dont dont use TW2 than its (almost) same as archicad 12.

Respect for GS - archicad is 64 bit program
and for TW2 (i dont use this and didnt have chance to test it)

now we live in copy - paste time ! so archicad 12 = archicad 13 with ...[[deleted by Moderator]]... (thats difference bitween ac12 and ac 13)
Laszlo Nagy
Community Admin
Community Admin
Necko,
Your last sentence females may find offensive. So I deleted it.
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Anonymous
Not applicable
Two days before Christmas I upgrade to AC13
very fast, smooth for my 64-bit system
I can run faster to complete tasks and challenges of competition in the new year
time to upgrade..
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2010 for all