Chief Vs Autocad

[lbuttery]

I can see I will need a program for BIM

Note: while Chief has some BIM concepts you won't be able to share with other BIM apps like Revit etc can

Lew

[ORBIT]

I can see I will need a program for BIM

Note: while Chief has some BIM concepts you won't be able to share with other BIM apps like Revit etc can

Lew

Hi Lew
No what I mean is, I would only be using CA, and maybe AutoCad for detail stuff. I would not want to share with other products such as Revit or Archicad. Thats why I want to make sure that CA will do everything I need.
Can you, or anybody tell me, can CA do most of what Revit or Archicad does?
I want to start learning a BIM program over the next month or so and I don't want to put all my effort into a program only to find out 6 months or a year down the track, it was the wrong one. So I guess thats why I am asking for a comparison between the two major BIM packages, Revit and Archicad, with CA. I do like the look and layout of CA, and it does look easier to learn.
Thanks for the help.

[lbuttery]

Orbit:

no, what I meant was that Revit, etc can send their plans to other BIM programs that do specialty tasks and then they can send the plans back to Revit for additional work

Revit - App A - App B - Revit - App C - Revit - App D etc


each App adding to the overall plan or producing reports or views for structure or energy or ....

do a search on BIM on this forum and follow some of the prior links I have posted or do a google search on BIM and see what is out there in the world of 3D and 4D and 5D and 6D BIM apps

however, if you don't know what it is then you probably don't need it

at least for now

Lew