ArchiCAD 16-FIN — three wishes granted

So this is a long review, but it’s great and worth the time to read. Severi Virolainen, the author of the article and CEO at M.A.D. (publisher of ArchiMAG and Graphisoft Reseller for Finland), isn’t shy about sharing the good and bad of ArchiCAD 16. No surprise, he’s overall very positive. But he doesn’t pull his punches.

Here’s two of my favorite parts:

ArchiCAD’s weaknesses are, paradoxically, its original strengths: visualisation and ease of use. There are no fewer than five ways of colouring a 3D model in ArchiCAD, but even the most advanced of these, LightWorks, has fallen behind the times and has been overtaken by its competitors. Indeed, these days the best renderings are not done in ArchiCAD at all; instead, models are exported to other programs such as Cinema4D or Artlantis for rendering.

and

“Some 50% of the features in the ArchiCAD user interface could be removed without sacrificing any of its functions.”

Find some time and read the full review. Severi has some great perspective and I think he is super excited for what’s to come (I know I am).