ARCHICAD v24 vs BRICSCAD BIM

[@tony34star]

BricsCAD is a 1 stop shop and have a perpetual licence. I use it for mechanical structural and surveying it has to be the best all round cad program. Not to mention been using AutoCAD & other Autodesk products & have switched to BricsCAD as there support & customer service is awesome.

[@digitaldesignandconstructi2202]

Its worthwhile mentioning that BricsCAD BIM saves meta data in .DWG which changes everything for good and gives access to almost 80% of the companies and users which are majorly working in .DWG

[@VIA-studio]

Why are you using the USB-dongle, if you hate it? You can use a cloud license aswell. Up to AC23 there was the GS License Manager as standalone software to up- and download licenses into a cloud. Since 24 it is all integrated into Archicad.

[@DavidTomic]

Because the entire office is on this system. We are in the process of changing

[@garyspeed8961]

And comparing with Sketchup?

[@abdulsadiq8873]

Is vectorworks a viable option?

[@DavidTomic]

Havent tested it

[@abdulsadiq8873]

@@DavidTomic looking forward to when you do 😊

[@oscardelacruz6408]

What about Edificius 3D?

[@DavidTomic]

Never heard of it??

[@digitaldesignandconstructi2202]

For BricsCAD the processor of i7 is good. But RAM required differs as per the particular platform. For 2D drawing work 1 to 2 GB is good. For 3D Modelling with BricsCAD Pro 4 GB Plus and upto 8 GB is good and for BIM 8GB to 16GB is recommended.

[@MohamedAhmed-fm7vm]

Is that architectural Bim ?! Looked like solidworks / Fusion 360 kinda thing

[@hobbyshopcr2830]

I think you have a misconception on Bricscad being different softwares for different things.... It's basically the same platform and the only thing that changes is the tool layout to help you achieve what you want in the easiest way possible. Try changing workspaces on the bottom bar

[@michalwojtak]

I heard this few times in your video, but although those plugins are useful they are not necessary. I have spent many years in Archicad and never used any plugins. Sure they help, but are not required.

[@D1n75]

I don't know man. Seems to be still in the early stages of development compared to ArchiCAD. The interface needs improvement, too. I'll wait for your review to see if this is the case.

[@denimoth]

BIM in Bricscad has only been around for 3 or 4 years. Bricscad was primarily a DWG cad drafting program like AutoCAD, but it started implementing 3D constraints and other features that allowed it to develop a mechanical component to the program similar to (but not quite as advanced as) Inventor & Solidworks, including sheet metal unfolding. It wasn't long after that Bricscad introduced BIM 3D modeling and have advanced pretty quickly in the few years they've been working on BIM. All things considered, they're doing pretty good with the program when you consider it started off as a clone of AutoCAD. Give it another few years and I think they'll really be a legit competitor to ArchiCAD and Revit.

[@arthurgan7040]

Early BIM for BricsCAD customers could not complete their BIM projects but wait for upgrades at a price. Maybe the latest version offer more BIM functionailties but they maybe horizontal features for modelers.

[@archist9789]

When it comes to BricsCAD, you can model in 3D view only. You can not draw a wall, window, and door on 2D floor plan view.

[@hamdanmaulana1496]

Now in BricsCAD V.23 you can :D

[@michaelcook9414]

I just got a quote for ArchiCAD. And its $11,746 Ex GST (AUD) Outright for a perpetual licence then $1776 + GST (AUD) per year to stay on the select service agreement. Ouch!!

[@DavidTomic]

Wow! That is next level expensive!!

[@michaelcook9414]

You're telling me! With a price pitch like that, they're (Central Innovation) basically forcing me to look elsewhere. The Australian pricing structure for ArchiCAD is thousands of $$ dearer than the European branch. (or even the rest of the world for that matter).

[@DavidTomic]

We paid half that a few years ago! Really surprised its gone up so much! Any chance you can contact the European division and buy a perpetual license from them?

[@jenb3847]

@@DavidTomic yes you can purchase an Archicad perpetual license cheaper overseas, but illegal to use here. If you are living in Australia or your company is based here, then you must purchase it from your local reseller ( Central Innovation ).

[@jenb3847]

@@DavidTomic did your company purchase your licnese from Central Innovation? The price you've mentioned sounds more like a Start Edition license than the full version.

[@archist9789]

I love your channel, but you should NOT talk about what you really don't know about. You don't have experience with BricsCAD BIM

[@InspiredScience]

While I enjoy some of your videos ... This is a waste of 15 minutes of people's time, bordering on click-bait. While you have experience in ArchiCAD, you do -not- have the experience in BricsCAD (which you touch-on a few times). You should mention this in the description, or right upfront, to save people the time of an uninformed comparison. Or better yet, just don't do comparisons on software packages you don't use. Furthermore, you state that BricsCAD is more similar to Revit. Nothing could be further from accurate. BricsCAD's Modeling/BIM side has more in common with a conceptual massing tool (eg SketchUp) than Revit. Even a week into BricsCAD, this should be the first thing anyone would realize. In fact, it's their claim-to-fame; they continually promote being able to go from conceptual massing into BIM, without recreating the model.

[@ZeeDeveel19]

A better review really is here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/opq8qHx8j9-deZo - The review on the above link compares BricsCAD to Revit LT but the same concept applies. Albeit better as it explains a fundamental difference by which Revit LT (or ARCHICAD) and BricsCAD handle projects and project files. The review is very practical in the sense the person reviewing the software (BricsCAD) actually uses it for his professional work. I agree on the clickbait aspect of this video.