What used to require updating in three places now happens once.

Other workflow improvements using Archicad include more auto-populating schedules and real time BIM model updates to all sources and links simultaneously. Instead of sketching lines on a pad of paper, you learn to think “wall” with all of its parameters as you sketch lines in the model. Embracing this workflow changes your way of thinking. Adopting the workflow built into the Archicad process changes the bell curve of SD-DD-CD-CA workflow to front load design. There are three things Elster focuses on to maintain a smooth and efficient design process for his firm.Įmbrace the workflow: Go with the flow. As a result, AOME now does with four people what they did with eight people 10 or 15 years ago – it’s all about a culture change using Archicad as it was designed to be used. The driver behind their success has been to fully embrace the software. AOME adopted Graphisoft products in the 1990’s with Archicad v4.0 and is still there in v24.0. Too often firms force paper paradigms into a digital workspace. According to principal Mark Elster, “One surprise to us when we went totally virtual is now being discovered by more firms – working remotely is more productive. They dropped their expensive office lease and set up employees with studios at home in 2011. Working remotely wasn’t a shock to the principals and staff of Seattle-based AOME in March 2020.

Archicad v24