ArchiCAD 26 FINALLY MacOS Ready

Intel or Apple Silicon for @Archicad 26 (BIM) is the biggest question people ask. Well now we have an answer. Testing Mac Studio M1 Ultra with ArchiCAD 26 @Apple silcon technology preview, we can see exactly how good the apple silicon technology is on M1 and M2 chips!

Is it worth the huge price tag or is it simply a gimmick?

#architecture #archicad #m2 #bim

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00:00 Intro
00:40 Template Load Times
01:31 Graphisoft Stats
01:54 Export TImes
02:34 Spoiler
03:06 AC Performance
03:50 Render Times
04:50 Outro

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[fernandoangles]

I would have liked that you also show load times when opening the program, not only when opening a template.

[andyrossthomson]

We've had incredible experience with AC26 silicon on M2max (32gb shared memory MBP). Instant R/W time, zero lag on pan/zoom on any project size, really fast open times and zero save time. No more beachballing. Super fast 3D - couldn't be happier. Easily 2x faster than our 10core MacPros with 32gb ram. Works especially well with schedules, BEM (EcoDesigner), hourly window shade mapping, etc. Stuff that used to take tens of minutes is now done in seconds.

[VictorCosmin]

Off topic but as much as I love ArchiCAD and have used it for almost 10 years now, I still find it flabbergasting that it took them 26 years and we still haven't got lintels, curved curtain walls and window/door closures in sections. Not to mention several other missing features.

[chenrunli]

When exporting PDF, Archicad is switching between layout pages. I guess the ARM version is imporving the response time of switching between windows, and the writing the disk is instant. Please retest this when formal version release. Thank you.

[csxlab]

did you tried Redshift mode in Archicad render settings?

[igva]

Hello sir I will be pursuing my Bachelors of architecture from Australia. I have offer letter from both university of sydney and university of adelaide. So, I am confused between the two of them plz according to according to ur experience suggest which one should I consider.

[MrAlaoui]

And we still no have ray tracing with apple computers, especially for Twinmotion. And also revit for Mac 😢

[giorgiputkaradze]

where i can to buy that mouspad? 2:44

[TheMegitto]

It's really strange to read positive comments about the combination between AC 26ARM and the M1 mac . We bought a few mac studio M1 Ultra's with 128gb ram and are seeing alot of lag, beachballing, ... when drawing, copying furniture, switching between views etc...
It just isn't 'snappy'. Loading, exporting times etc. are really fast, but AC 26 ARM just doesn't run smooth with mundane tasks and that's very frustrating.
A serious downer considering we have all maxed out machines which aren't cheap.
My advice would be to hold on to a non M chip mac as long as possible till AC ARM is better optimised.
The shitty part is, that the smoothness fades away very very fast, so even basic drawings are a pain in the *ss after af few hours of working.

FYI: we're a architectural firm with 14 employees, using 5x M1's an 9x I9 2019 Imac's.

[s.tunafish]

Did Graphisoft fix the rendering problems by now?

[emekachiazor]

David... Please is there a way I can reach out to you privately.. I have something to discuss with you... Maybe through an email or something. Thanks.

[lupus]

TBH Archicad is Legacy Software I just hope something comparable comes to M1 soon.

[fabiobeck]

and no pathtracer is a big deal for me

[DerekDavis]

At 1:05 you say the Apple Silicon is 1.8x faster. Faster than what? What kind of Intel machine are you comparing to here?

A Windows PC that costs $6000 AUD will *eviscerate* the Mac Studio M1 Ultra! Compare machines of similar cost to get a true sense of Intel vs M1.