Software for architects in 2023 (explained in 3 levels)

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[LyDoi]

Was kinda worried when I realized I don't know any of the beginner programs but was so relieved with the rest of the video.
Usual work flow:
-sketch up for the base modeling (+an immense amount of plugins)
-Vray if I have time to render stills + Materialize to create custom material maps (AO, normals, bump, diffuse, etc)
-AutoCAD for drafting
-Lumion for videos
-Photoshop for post production
-Illustrator for compiling
I also dabble in Escape and blender but I just started that so I don't use it in a professional settings.

[kernstorge]

What helped me a lot in my productivity as an architect was getting to know your channel. Thank you!!

[patrick-resendiz]

What a well constructed and pleasant video to watch! I make a part time living doing renderings and find that the combination of Chief Architect, Blender and D5 Render along with Davinci Resolve are all I need. It’s amazing the tools we have to create today. I was doing renderings 15 years ago right out of college and it was a different world.

[UHStudio]

Good video, and nice to see Blender is mentioned - it's one of the best architecture concept design software. However, as a practicing architect, knowing a 3d software is much more essential than knowing BIM software. BIM can be learned on the job - many firms offer courses, so it's not something students should stress too much about, especially at entry level positions. No one expects you to know Revit on day 1 of the job after graduation. Yet, being able to grasp a concept from sketch or instructions into 3d, and visualise it is absolutely essential. Additionally - Affinity Suite (affinity designer, affinity photo, and affinity publisher) is excellent, cheaper, and more capable alternative (for architects) to Adobe. Many big firms are starting to use Affinity more than Adobe

Two months ago, I replaced Premiere Pro with Davinci Resolve, Photoshop with Affinity Photo, and Illustrator with Affinity Design, I think that was the best decision for me. I recommend those.

[ap]

In my country, ArchiCad is most used as a BIM tool...but internationally, Revit is most used, especially in English speaking countries. I personally am used to ArchiCad and I love it, aside of some imperfections of the sofware. It is getting good updates though, year by year. ArchiCad is 3000+ euro for licence...quite expensive. I think I am going to have to learn Revit as well...just to expand my opportunities. This is such a useful video for someone who is looking to upgrade it's skills. So, thank you so much!

[bleekky]

sketchup, Autocad : done
AI, PS, In : done
Ae, Premiere, PPT: done
rendering software: done
additional: C4d, Keyshot, Zbrush, Capcut, Adobe Audition (done)

[cazwalt]

I use these softwares:

Modeling:
Revit Sketchup and Blender.
I used to use AutoCad but I don't anymore.

Visualization:
Enscape and Vray
I used to use lumion too but I hated it.

Presentation:
Photoshop and Illustrator
I'm going to learn In-desigin in the future.

[rbasket]

Yo soy estudiante y apenas llevo un año probando programas, lo que suelo hacer es:

Papel, esbozos.
AutoCAD y SketchUp simultáneamente.
AutoCAD para finalizar e importar 2D del modelo 3D de SketchUp.
Illustrator para montar láminas.

Sé utilizar Photoshop para arreglar cosas si hace falta. Y sé hacer renders con VRAY (principiante) aunque no suelo hacer.

Este año quiero empezar a utilizar Rhino y Grasshopper, que ya se utilizar más o menos aunque no lo he usado para proyectos.

Un saludo desde 🇪🇦

[harrisonj.vimalchandar]

Here I'm using Archicad + Sketchup ( Ornamental sculpting & furnishings ) + Lumion ( both for images & Videos) + Photoshop for image processing + Adobe primiere pro for video in Adobe after effects....
For architectural sculpting I'm trying to adapt it to

But one thing for sure.... Nothing works like freehand sketching for unique creations....

[IXDl]

Great video, very clear.
In the course of 15 years of searching, I was very greedy for every new software that could become perfect in everything, but ... there is still no such thing. At one time I thought that a bunch of Revit and 3ds max - that's it! but... still not )) Rhinoceros+GH for CADwork got very close. I really like the blender with its hot keys, eeve render, sculpt and development dynamics, but unfortunately there is no such thing as a referral link with updated data in different formats. Houdini. I do not know any architect who would use it. But I'm wondering, it took a couple of years to start doing work tasks confidently, often overcomplicated setups, wasting time on parametrics, but very satisfying when it actually works. And most importantly, there is the houdini Engine for Unreal as a reason to bother with Houdini at all. Unreal. Waiting for a render seems to be a thing of the past, but to be honest setting up a scene in the game engine is often much more time consuming than making a nice static render. At the moment, I settled on the pipeline - Rhino + Revit for the site, general layout, general geometry, a grasshopper for working with data tables, separate assets and data are procedurally processed and the overall model is assembled in Houdini, then visualization in Unreal. The beauty is that at any time we can return to any stage of work and make changes. Not every time I have the patience to do it all, but I'm still looking for the perfect workflow))) The other side of the fact that you know a lot of software is throwing from one to another, when colleagues are sitting on the other side in their sketchup and their it suits))

[eastudio-K]

Right now I’m pretty much doing

Only use autocad when I have to set up and import into revit

Would love to swap twinmotion for. UE5, but steep learning curve, all it takes is to get started on it off course

Also have not used dynamo that much, but have some items that I use it for

[javis]

This is a skill share ad with extra steps.
PS: there was some useful information within thank you.

[jameswamburu]

Very Informative. The real question is, will the Client pay for all of this?

[sanghamitrapaul]

I did learn Revit, CAD(basics), Illustrator, Indesign and Sketchup. Thanks for the info I need to updrage to Enscape and it will complete

[NHSSHINOBI]

This video offers immense benefits to students, especially considering that some schools may not even introduce them to certain essential software tools. I do a lot of self-guided learning and have learned most or these, no thanks to my university. Skillshare is slimy though, I would do my research before signing up.

[emeQve]

forgot to mention the one that may be most important of them all and feared by many of us...
Excel....

[kristiblido]

while i generally like longer, more detailed content, especially since im an architecture student, i will say, this was a fire vid. great software selection and very precise categorizing. <3

[SuSan-tcng]

I am glad I found this video...thank you so much for your explanation... I have been panicking over which one one to learn since my 1st year uni. Now I found the answer.❤