8 Reasons
to choose ARCHLine.XP over Revit
& other traditional 3D CAD systems
Compare ARCHLine.XP in detail to any other CAD system. ARCHLine.XP will come out as a winner every time. here’s an example of why.
1. Ease of Use
Revit
Takes a few months to a year of significant effort to truly master.
Takes months or even years to fully master. Revit is made for construction and engineering, not for design. Its tools are highly technical and take a lot of time to master.
ARCHLine.XP
Takes only a few days to be productive and just months to master.
ARCHLine.XP is created with simplicity and flexibility in mind. It takes elements from other CAD software solutions and combines them into a single more efficient package. What can take hours to do in Revit can be as little as half that in ARCHLine.XP.
2. Design Tools
Revit
Too many construction tools, too little design tools.
ARCHLine.XP
Does the same job in half the time with automatic design tools.
3. Interior Design
Revit
No specific tools dedicated to interior design. Manual tasks reduce productivity.
ARCHLine.XP
Well-suited for interior design and includes many interior design tools.
4. Affordability
Revit
Revit only caters to large corporations by charging huge and hefty subscription fees.
Revit sells itself short by offering a more affordable version as Revit LT, which practically has none of the tools that initially made Revit appealing.
ARCHLine.XP
Does not price small-medium sized businesses out of the market. Affordable & flexible.
1. Lifetime License: $4,995
2. Payment Plan: $499/month (12 months)
3. Rental: $349/month
5. Compatibility
Revit
Revit unreliably handles CAD links and is horrible at processing IFC files.
Read some Revit IFC complaints , more Revit IFC problems, even more IFC and Revit issues, because Revit doesn’t support IFC.
ARCHLine.XP
Highly compatible with many other well-known CAD file formats.
We try not to isolate our users and make it easy to export/import from ARCHLine.XP to many well-known 3D design formats. ARCHLine.XP is also IFC 2×3 certified and is compatible with AutoCAD DWG and DXF formats.
If that’s not enough, ARCHLine.XP import/export to the following file formats: RFA and RVT (Import), IFC, SKP, DXF, DWG, PDF, OBJ, 3DS, JPG, TIFF, BMP, PNG and GBXML.
6. 2D to 3D
Revit
Revit unreliably handles CAD links such as DWG or DXF.
These problems do not exhibit themselves in simple vanilla CAD files, but are very common in complex projects. This means CAD files have to undergo a cleanup process where we purge, delete, explode, and sometimes copy and paste into a blank file to start again. We shouldn’t need to do this cleanup process, especially not when DWG is a native Autodesk format.
ARCHLine.XP
Easily process 2D to 3D and vice versa without headaches.
7. BIM Capability
Revit
Revit unreliably handles BIM data in a way that creates more problems than it solves.
Any BIM program works through the concept of relationships between elements. For example, for an IFC to be categorised properly, a storey most belong in a building. However, Revit has many problems with this as it does not recognise that elements have relationships.
In addition, the most widely-used file format of BIM is more or less terrible in Revit. The simplest IFC of a few kB will take 15 seconds to import and in the process Revit will multiply the filesize by at least 10. Forget IFC 4, Revit can’t even do IFC2x3 properly.
ARCHLine.XP
Simple and reliable way of handling BIM data.
8. Viewpoint
Renderer/
Navigation
Revit
Navigating in the 3D environment in Revit is slow and laggy.
ARCHLine.XP
Very easy and super fast viewpoint navigation.
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What are you waiting for?
ARCHLine.XP likely presents the opportunity to significantly increase efficiency and therefore the profitability of your company. All for just a few days’ training. Get over that first roadblock – the sooner you start the sooner you’ll see the benefits.
We are confident in the capabilities of ARCHLine.XP to outperform its competitors. Spending more time on design and less time on overly comlex and outdated tools and expensive subscriptions is bound to leave you more productive and with more time on your hands.
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