Archicad vs Revit - By Their Technical Capabilities and Features

We are going to compare Archicad and Revit. Both of them are very good BIM softwares and leads the whole endustry. There are lots of people who can not deside which one is better. Everyone has limited times and have to decide one of these softwares. So They have one shot to go for to learn any BIM software. In this video I will compare both by their BIM capabilities.
What is that mean ? For example I won't compare the price both program. I presume we have both softwares and we just compare both. Because of we only wonder the technical capabilites.

►TWINMOTION 2020 - Exterior Render Tutorial

►Modern Bathroom Design

INSTAGRAM ► @serdaros

#sbarchitect #serdaros
Being an architect needs to pass through express your design ideas. BIM is a language that you can do this via computer technology. You can find the way of improving your Architectural Modeling Knowledge, BIM and Visualization skills in the SB Architect Channel. By following me you will add more to your BIM skills and much more.

[sb.architect]

As you can read in the title, this video is only mensioned for Technical Capabilities and Features. Not overall score. Ofcourse price, finding jobs, popularity is important too. But there are tons of video in youtube that explains these. You can watch them if you wonder. But if you just wonder how both software works, this video explains this. By the way param-o is a crap. Don't come with that to me. Also Revit has dynamo but it is crap too :D Grasshopper is the best.

[izoyt]

Ok, videos like this are always more or less clickbaits, but i must say few things here:

First of all, there should be advanced/top knowledge in both programs, to make real fair comparing, usually this can't be from one person, since true gurus truly use just one of the two. I said this many time, and i said it again, find two really top users and give them some real world task to do, then measure time, efficiency etc, to see what's really better and why.

Second, you did compare few things in odd, way fro example when it comes to zones, you can mark them, even use textures etc, if i remember correctly. and there are other smaller things, but don't want to bother now..
And most important thing, (which you just mention briefly at the end, but should be really said first), archicad now comes with full MEP tools integrated, which is really one major things when we're talking true BIM process. You can also get tool for energy evaluation, there are a zillion good dedicated plug-ins, which develop thrum all this years in really specialized tolls (let say something like reinforcement-rebar and architerra-terrain plugin, one great plugin for wooden house structures etc. If you want to make your own parametric objects, now instead of gdl scripting, you can use paramo. For really advanced modelling, there's rhino/grasshopper active link, where you can interactive model spaceships in archicad if needed. This is in one way also one thing, that i wish archicad would support natively - NURBS (aka free-form modelling), which revit do have in it's limited way, but still. Another feature (which also could solve first one) is just simple right click, where you can transform anything or any shape into basic elements (slabs, roofs, walls etc) if needed. But let be honest here, not all studios doing Zaha Hadid work, but also studios like BIG etc uses archicad, among other software.

So in the end: in line of work, they both are more or less same thing, which one have little bit different way of doing things, that's about it. Archicad is now here for decades and was/is pioneering whole BIM thing, Autoddsk stepped in really late and basically copy whole thing. There are many others well establish players (allplan, vectorworks, acad-bau etc), it is just autodesk is much more aggressive in engineer market, that's all (all this youtube bashing is not any exception). What we need is just true universal format support from all of them and playing fair (we all know which one i'm talking about). And just one last thing, which i noticing here on youtube: Why so many of you start making archicad tutorials, then start talking about revit (in most of cases) and then jump to revit all together? Don't need to answer, it was rhetorical question, i already explain reasons before..

Please, we don't' need another revit messiah, there's tons of them on youtube, just keep making archicad based material, this is much more needed (in english please, not russsian, italian, spanish etc), so people could realy learn and use this program properly, it is best tool fro architect and such (for example, in house mechanical and structural engineers etc), bare none. And my last grind: graphisoft (nemetcheck), the moment you start going autodesk route with renting licensing, its' by-bye from me or my firm, i can assure you that (and i know many others too). Keep evolving and stay true to your costumers!

[Tj_edin]

ArchiCAD is a fantastic and easy to use software.

[imtiaz]

This is by far the best comparison method I have ever seen ❤❤. Basically, this type of comparison is necessary for those who are not experts in any software or at least one program. They need to understand exactly what those programs can do so they can prioritize which ones to learn first. Not sure will I get your response or not but is it possible to compare revit vs AC for structural design.

[valorvdc]

Great Video, I have heard of ArchiCad but had never it in action till now, and it was very impressive seeing you zoom and pan around the model with such ease. As a Revit user for the last 10 years, I found some of the features interesting but since I work on the MEP side things I think I will stick with Revit for now. -Cheers

[antonioduverge]

I work in both of them, I feel more confortable working in Archicad.

[AlekseiSljusarev]

5:26 You are wrong, You can split rooms in ArchiCAD to create automated zones. Just draw a line and mark it as area boundary. Then just place a zone with a single click. Also there are color schemes for zones. Optionally you can use categories to define the color.
7:40 You just do not know how. It is possible and quite simple, just using of some shortcuts.

[arqternative]

Congrats for your comparative. !!! i mean this is the frist honest comparative.

I Archicad user and Revit user too.
Archicad is a powerfull tool for architecture. but when you see the powerfull skills from Revit like (hide and override elements in view, use linked view from another files, the possibility to project any object from the view range in a floor plan, the MEP is more complete)

Yes Archicad has a powerfull GDL object, and you can make anything with them. But is not for all the Architects who had to focus on the desing, learn how to script a GDL object.

In my opinion Archicad need to incorporate and ge better skills from Revit.

sorry if my english is not so good.
best regrads from
Guadalajara, Mexico.

[VIA-studio]

Archicad has an EQ-tool and of course you can group things. Anyway. Thank you for the comparison.

[NBCNothingButCrap]

Archicad user here.. I love Revit's temporary dimension, it make work a lot more easy. But Revit look like a software from ice age. What an ugly UI.

[mwapesamala]

6:58 Use the mesh too
9:22 you can add quick layer options to the toolbar

[neokintar]

should add that archicad is a cad capable software. Revit requires Autocad to be a proficient software. In addition revit crashes continuosly and is a buggy software. Have you ever noticed its glitches and visualization errors such as while managing big projects or complex cad files imported? If you want to understand the real power of the two softwares, try to import a cad file into archicad and revit. Make a section and see what happens.... In addition the 3D visualization and section in archicad is unbeatable. Doing the same in Revit is not possible or too much a pain

[ghassankanaan]

You forgot the wonderful concept of Attributes in Archicad...Graphic Overrides...the pen set...the wonderful Pet Palette...The Organiser and the the way can we do a trapezoid wall in Revit?....

[fitrahahmad]

can you make a tutorial on how to use the cinerender engine correctly step by step? it will be of great use to me and to most other archicad users. thank you

[eztutor]

Nice video. I mostly Use Revit. But I tend to like ArchiCad more. I didn't know about details not updating in ArchiCAD though...isn't there a way around this?
I thought that filtering and making advanced selections were standard in both apps.
Still, I think that Modeling in ArchiCAD is more efficient and intuitive. The family system in Revit looks like it's built for Mech design (Solidworks/Inventor like). unless it's for really advanced parametric models
It's kind of cumbersome. also in Revit certain objects (families) are restricted to certain planes wich is very frustrating sometimes. I prefer ArchiCad's possibility to move objects in free space.
I really like Revit's temporal dimensions...but in practice, I don't really use it that much (that's also why a lot of objects are bound to certain planes...so its both a positive and a negative feature)

[murataydin]

It is a good video to compare ArchiCAD and Revit... These are powerful BIM-based software. ArchiCAD needs to be improved in rendering and algorithmic design. I keep calm and i love ArchiCAD since Version 10....

[undo]

I like archicad since you can export to almost program compare to revit and its object library, you barely want to download furnitures/fixtures online. But one thing i struggle with is their stair tool, on how to it can be edited its tread's shape like if you want to make a bullnose type of stair for example. I searched alot about this but there's no video tutorial specific for this topic.

[pacoit]

I love archicad
The simple fact that in Revit you work in axonometric view instead of perspective like in the reality it makes me feel uncomfortable
Also why not using a cool black and white graphic template? Nobody uses the default pen set 😁

[MrRENZsalas]

Does Revit has plugin similar to CadImage tools?

[surajkhatri]

I seen this video..very nice vedio..i am using only revit..i never use archicad til now..can you please tell me which software is best as BIM work.