With our stopwatch ready, the experiment starts by copying the housing so that there are two. Using only the most typical object types, that are also used on virtually all BIM projects and in the simplest version. to make the modeling as uniform in Archicad and Revit as possible so that the comparison is as close as possible.
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The small house is without windows, doors, stairs, furniture etc. All building parts (objects) are without materials or layering.1 saddle roof with 300 mm thickness and 25° slope which is connected to the walls without overhangs.4 wall objects that follow the circumference of the deck with a thickness of 300 mm and a height of 3,000 mm.To test the speed while the two BIM programs handle many objects, we have performed the same task in Archicad and Revit: In this way, we have ensured that both Revit and Archicad are managed in the best possible way. We have teamed up with Revit expert Simon Olafsson, CEO at IKT-lederne, who has many years of experience with Revit, as he, among other things, has been working as a BIM manager at various Danish design studios. These two utility applications will, of course, seize some of the computer's resources, but the premise is the same for both BIM programs.
REVIT VS ARCHICAD WINDOWS
To be able to document the process, we have made screenshots throughout the experiment, just as we have had Windows statistics for the hardware load open throughout the experiment. The computer has been restarted before each attempt in each BIM program. The experiment is performed as the BIM programs normally work during ordinary installation and use. No plugins have been used and no BIMcloud or BIM360 has been connected.
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There are many comparisons of different hardware options on the Internet where you can see how much faster a given processor or a given graphics card is compared to another, but there are very few comparisons between different BIM programs.
REVIT VS ARCHICAD SOFTWARE
BIM projects are becoming larger and more complex, which means that – regardless of the computer's capacity and the excellence of the software – you will experience waiting time while the BIM program runs its processes.