Bimx vs PlanSwift

• (Almost) one-click export from ARCHICAD model to interactive app
• Flexible navigation - walk, fly, orbit... with good touch gestures on mobile app
• Rich view - especially with the interactive linking of 3D model and 2D drawings
• Decent graphical quality - especially with the GI pre-calculated

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• PlanSwift drawing uploads are fast and easy. It recognizes the pages and titles with very little error.
• Drawing can be viewed offline including older versions for comparison. You can select which drawings you want to download to save room on your device.

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• It is an out-of-the-box solution for end-users. There is almost no customization possible (e.g. API for developers)
• Pricing is a bit confusing with two options for in-app purchase (PRO and Share a Model) and the separate Desktop Viewer
• Android version takes a long time to get updated to iOS version
• Only for ARCHICAD users. No other software is supported.

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• If you go beyond the basic functions (linear foot & square foot takeoffs) it becomes very antiquated and not user-friendly. It's not intuitive whatsoever for users lacking backing computer knowledge.
• The technical support is lacking in my opinion. The software feels dead, and the support team is hard to schedule. Also, if you do not pay for support per hour, it is impossible to get help.
• Their training videos are limited and hard to follow. This software is unnecessarily hard to be proficient at. There should be more simplistic ways to utilize this software.

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• As our business is consultancy, it is mainly the benefit of our clients using BIMx. They are consistently thrilled about it.
• Its main success is ease of sharing models with clients, contractors but usually in one direction > viewing the model from the designer
• As the software has had numerous changes throughout the years, including feature removal for the Desktop version, it sometimes difficult to understand what the current feature set actually is.
• I would look at BIMx as an easy-to-use solution. As long as its feature set appeal, it is simple to integrate. But there is no customization.
• Graphisoft has stated numerous times that they see BIMx evolving in the future as a more broad document and model sharing and collaboration tool. Only some of that is currently implemented.

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• The estimators' productivity is greatly increased, I do takeoffs in less than half the time with more accuracy and detail captured.
• Easy sharing of what was taken off, I'm able to ensure everything is captured.

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