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#Archicad twinmotion series#
As design professionals we can know what a space will look like by viewing it in plan and elevation, but most clients don’t understand what a plan’s saying: it’s just a series of connected spaces. “It’s also a big benefit for our clients. First, we gain a deeper insight into the project ourselves – even though we’re utilising 3D within Archicad all the time, Twinmotion allows us to go in and experience everything more fully, so we can ‘feel’ the space. “It’s a terrific value-add with a twofold benefit. “We wanted to be able to provide clients with a VR experience on all our projects,” Greg says. Twinmotion enables the production of high quality images, panoramas and 360-degree VR videos in seconds.
#Archicad twinmotion software#
It was like a happy marriage: the software we wanted to use was being partnered with the primary CAD package we were already using – from our perspective it seemed it was meant to be!” “We had gone a fair way down that path when Central Innovation told us about the Archicad Direct Link plugin for Twinmotion. “When we decided to go down the VR route, I chose two guys in my team to roadtest packages that they thought would work best with Archicad, and one of them was Twinmotion,” Greg recalls.
#Archicad twinmotion trial#
In fact the choice to trial Twinmotion was taken before the plugin was available – rendering it a serendipitous decision for the Elevation Architecture team.
More recently Elevation Architecture has begun using the Twinmotion 3D immersive visualisation package, taking advantage of its Direct Link plugin with Archicad which enables one-click synchronization of geometry and BIM information between Archicad and Twinmotion. “So we are big believers in and advocates for Archicad – I still have the box to 6.5 here at home to remind me of my Archicad journey! And we’ve received good assistance and support from Central Innovation whenever we’ve done updates – they keep us up to date with regard to library extensions, and we take advantage of their training modules and send our key staff along.” In fact next week we’re rolling out Archicad 23 which we’ll be using for every new project going forward.
#Archicad twinmotion update#
But we’ve found every time that’s there’s been enough features and improvements to make the update worthwhile – so we haven’t skipped one. “These days each new iteration doesn’t necessarily bring the big leaps and bounds of the past, so we always ask ourselves the question: is it worth upgrading? Because it’s a big commitment to change the templates and make the updates. We’ve stuck with Archicad ever since – and when we bring in new staff who’ve had experience with other packages, their feedback is usually that the outputs may be similar but Archicad is more intuitive and easier to use. “Back when we started looking at CAD software, the latest iteration was 6.5 and it was clearly the best 3D CAD software on the market, which is why we went with it. Brisbane-based Elevation Architecture is using Twinmotion’s Direct Link Archicad plugin to transform its Archicad 3D models into an immersive Virtual Reality experience for clients – and is experiencing faster workflows as a result, along with deeper insights into its own projects.Įlevation Architecture is a longtime Archicad user and currently has 19 licenses, as business owner Greg Adsett confirms.