Bentley Architecture vs Revit vs Archicad

Hi

I am a long time MicroStation user currently reviewing a number of the leading BIM platforms out there - namely Bentley Architecture, Revit, & Archicad.

Now I am not a 'die-hard' Bentley fan and so my remit is to simply try and evaluate each package on its own merits in order to get a fair comparison and to help inform our decision about which to use.

So far I have a good understanding of the pro's and con's of each but with regards to Bentley Architecture my initial experience is that it is incredibly complex and has unbelievably poor 'help' documentation (especially when compared to Bentley's competitors) making it very difficult to learn the software. To me this sounds like shear arrogance on Bentley's part or market share suicide - not sure which at the moment. Even once the software has been mastered it is my impression from reading the forum that Bentley are still way behind the likes of Revit and Archicad in terms of meeting user suggestions / feature requests?

Is this is a fair opinion of Bentley Architecture and if not why?

Also does anyone have experience of trialling / reviewing both Revit and Archicad?

Thanks in advance...

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  • Hi PBROOKS81

    It approves of your opinion.

    I am a user of both Revit and Bentley Architecture.

    And tried hands-on training of ArchiCAD.

    I think that Microstation is CAD of World's No.1

    However, Bentley Building Solution (includ Building Designer BATA) of Bentley is the regrettable present condition.

    I think that Revit and ArchiCAD are easily accepted in a beginner.

    Moreover, Revit and Archicad have download of many tutorials(very impotant) and limited Free on the 30days on Website to easy access.

    The beginner who have not purchased yet supports extension of the share.

    A share is a source of progress.

    Revit and ArchiCAD are not the partner that should be opposed to each other but the partners which should learn.

    I am sure that Bentley listens to a user more.

    I love Bentley.

    regards.

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  • Hi PBROOKS81

    It approves of your opinion.

    I am a user of both Revit and Bentley Architecture.

    And tried hands-on training of ArchiCAD.

    I think that Microstation is CAD of World's No.1

    However, Bentley Building Solution (includ Building Designer BATA) of Bentley is the regrettable present condition.

    I think that Revit and ArchiCAD are easily accepted in a beginner.

    Moreover, Revit and Archicad have download of many tutorials(very impotant) and limited Free on the 30days on Website to easy access.

    The beginner who have not purchased yet supports extension of the share.

    A share is a source of progress.

    Revit and ArchiCAD are not the partner that should be opposed to each other but the partners which should learn.

    I am sure that Bentley listens to a user more.

    I love Bentley.

    regards.

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