No matter If you are an advanced user or a beginner , there will be always a point where you stop, and try to find a way to do something that the normal tricks didn't achieve .
I remember the first time I used AC ( AC 6.0) I think ? or earlier , anyhow back in those days I didn't have the SUPER LOVELY POWERFUL MARVELOUS AWESOME ROCK STAR LEVEL support from atOne ( ok .. ok .. just kidding ..take it easy (-_-) ) . so I didn't actually have any proper training and I had to find my way, I remember the first project had some sort of canopy that is half circle, just a flat half circle slab , well .. now I can say that its JUST a flat circle slab ! back then it was a nightmare , no clue what is magic wand , so actually I did it in small rectangles , part by part till I got something similar to what I am looking for, and back then I thought .. maybe ArchiCAD doesn't handle curves well !
but the funniest use I've ever seen , was from a friend of mine that was creating a residential building , and he was trying to create some round flower pots by the windows , and the best way in his opinion was to use the basin (sink) object ! and there was no way to convince him that this is not what the programers expected when they did this object !
the point is ... what we always most of the users keep telling , mostly its not about the software , mostly its about you !
Hehe ...
ReplyDeleteThe power of ArchiCAD is really in using stuff for something it is not originally intended for. Did you ever do a column plinth using the roof tool for example? ;)
But ... the level to which people don't learn the BASICS (no, don't give me the old "I did not have anyone to ask - neither did I!) but are keen to criticise and say "ArchICAD can't do ..." is incredible.
Two great truths are:
Computers never do what we want, only what we tell them to do.
Software does nothing, we do.
Great examples above :D Something to laugh at this week! :D