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I really admire what the developers and the community have contributed to create, but as an average user or ArchiCAD,...

by Nicolas on 29.06.2015

Commenting post 76: I really admire what the developers and the community have contributed to create, but as an average user or ArchiCAD, and the Mac, I can't help to point out that polishing, agreement and comfort for the end-user ARE keys to efficiency. (I mean work efficiency, not software efficiency) Most architects are not very tech-savvy, or curious about open source softwares. A lot of them are "trapped" with Adobe Creative Suite, AutoCAD/Revit/ArchiCAD....I was surprised to see that most of my colleagues didn't know about GIMP, Inkscape or Blender. And they never modified their ArchiCAD tools layout, or template... All that to say that, IMO, FreeCAD for Architecture needs to be more "tailored" to the habits of the Architects, and that there are A LOT of ideas to be taken from both Revit and ArchiCAD to match their comfort of use. I think it's important, and I feel like FreeCAD should be forked and stripped down of some unnecessary tools to created a version dedicated to Architecture, with a dedicated UI. and that it could be called Arch.FreeCAD

by Nicolas on 29.06.2015