#Home designer architectural vs pro pro#
#Home designer architectural vs pro software#
#Home designer architectural vs pro trial#

I have a business that offers BIM services (renderings, 3D modeling, drafting, ect.) and have current clients that I need to use Revit with. Revit is very powerful, but it is obvious that it's geared more towards commercial rather than residential. I have spent hours and hours creating and continuously modifying my families (i.e. Plus, everything takes way too long! CA seems to have all the beautiful content already available, and the videos make it seem so easy to place and modify.Ī couple of my clients may be able to be convinced that CA is better. They are builders that view the model for constructability and want the documentation to be superb, as well as have weekly client meetings that I attend in which I have to to tweaks per client requests (which is so difficult with Revit!). I am very good at creating detailed plans and 3D modeling, with many compliments. So, if you have or previous had expert Revit experience, please tell me your thoughts of CA if you switched or use both.

#Home designer architectural vs pro trial#

I'm really curious! I have very very limited time, so I'd only want to try the trial if it's worth my time.

#Home designer architectural vs pro pro#

#CHIEF ARCHITECT HOME DESIGNER PRO VS ARCHITECTURAL TRIAL#

#Home designer architectural vs pro software#

#CHIEF ARCHITECT HOME DESIGNER PRO VS ARCHITECTURAL SOFTWARE#Īlso, since you can't save in the trial, I feel if I liked it a bit I would end up renting the software to practice more. Too bad the student version is not available to anyone like Autodesk does. It's gonna be pretty long, so I appreciate your time and help, Hello everyone, thank you for clicking on my post. I'm a relatively young independent contractor and graduate engineer. In terms of the types of design I'm going for, it's stuff like this: I'm trying to steer my life in a direction that will have me designing and building one-off, small but beautiful homes/cottages for clients, and friends/family.

Modern, highly architectural, often with unusual elements (at least, unusual for residential builds), like slanted walls, display features made of unusual materials, piers keeping the building suspended off the ground, etc. I have a background in computer-based design, and am already familiar with parametric CAD modelling programs like SOLIDWORKS. Additionally, I've taken about 35 hours of courses in Revit, and can now easily handle all the basics, and create finished projects for simple buildings. What I've started to notice, however, both first-hand, and from forum discussions, is that Revit really isn't geared towards residential, timber-framed, architectural construction. Just trying to build a timber-framed garden shed involves placing every single stud, joist, and beam 100% manually, with arrays and copy commands and the like. Wood-framing add-ons exist, but are phenomenally expensive ($3200 a year was the quote I got from AGACAD's Wood Framer Pro).

#CHIEF ARCHITECT HOME DESIGNER PRO VS ARCHITECTURAL TRIAL#.

#CHIEF ARCHITECT HOME DESIGNER PRO VS ARCHITECTURAL SOFTWARE#.