Autodesk is being aggressive with this offer. We did the homework over a year ago before switching, and ArchiCAD was superior in many ways. Autodesk is trying to flood their current customer base with the software to keep them from thinking about moving to a different manufacturer.
Or is this a desperate move to move more Revit licenses that they expected to sell better, so they are giving them away instead?
owning and maintaining Archicad license is definitely cheaper, and more user friendly. I will start to eat only at MacDonalds then.
Why do excited over this?
Autodesk has acquired the Revit company due to the failure with Architectural Desktop; it wanted a BIM, to compete head to head with ArchiCAD. It is clearly the case that each church has its followers.
We are doing the same thing in our office right now.
I am waiting for a move by Graphisoft. I suggest Graphisoft to take countermeasures, such as making its own aggressive offer, for a limited period, to win new clients from the autocad pool. I will start to eat only at MacDonalds then. We keep a close look at other software and right now the most important discussion is communication, getting IFC to work.
I feel like I am listening to a broken record.
I am waiting for a move by Graphisoft.
We keep a close look at other software and right now the most important discussion is communication, getting IFC to work.
Autodesk is being aggressive with this offer. They are just trying hard to help people to upgrade to the latest versions, and are also trying hard to win new clients. I feel like I am listening to a broken record. I know I am not the end all authority on this, but trust me when I say Archicad and Revit are different in their approach but they both get out CDs just fine and build their models just fine.
If Graphisoft wants to gain new clients, it should make a similar offer, and be quick too. I am waiting for a move by Graphisoft.
and it seems to be working. As ArchiCAD invented BIM, all of its clients count as BIM licences. My approach is to look at the facts, first and foremost. I will start to eat only at MacDonalds then. I suggest Graphisoft to take countermeasures, such as making its own aggressive offer, for a limited period, to win new clients from the autocad pool. Further, Revit is a BIM, developed independently from AutoCAD. It is clearly the case that each church has its followers. I will start to eat only at MacDonalds then. And for the record I have Revit for free as part of the Software Agreement that my University has with Autodesk and I pay for AC and will continue to do so. it probably works if Michael Schumacher is behind the stick, same with ADT. Admittedly there were a lot of ADT boxes sitting on shelves, but from my experience, the move to Revit has been a complete shift and not the baby steps that failed so miserably with ADT.
It is an easy of increasing Revit licenses by stealth. I am waiting for a move by Graphisoft.