Is VisualARQ 3 stable? Worth it for residential architecture?

[arcus (Thomas Hardy)]

I use it as an exclusive design software from concept through construction administration. I do a mix of custom residential and small commercial.

I’ve never used Archicad, but know Revit backwards and forwards. Both Revit and Rhino+Visualarq have drawbacks and require workarounds, but I find Rhino+Visualarq to be a far better experience for both myself and my clients for small projects.

Here is bit of discussion about this topic from earlier posts. Some of the major drawbacks I mention in those posts have been addressed and fixed since then in the Rhino8/VA3 update. I can’t say that for any Revit bug of the past 10 years.

Rhino and BIM

@yousef.k Rhino and VisualArq work very well together and are useful on a variety of project sizes for varying uses. Of course, this is all based on my own experiences so others may have different ideas about the benefits and drawbacks. I’m referring only to the PC versions. I’m also assuming your end goal of a BIM software is to develop construction documents. In the future this may not necessarily be the case, but this is where we are at the moment. I would say Rhino/VisualArq is a good stan…

VisualARQ - BIM in Rhino for Small to Medium Projects Review

@kristjan.tolk I’ve been using VA as my primary BIM software from several years. There have been a few discussions about this a while back like here and here. I find rhino and VA to be a great all around software for small firms to small to medium projects. But you currently have to be a bit adventurous and willing to teach yourself a process (which I love). It is lightning fast to use, intuitive for clients to understand without renderings, and makes it really easy to move back and forth betwe…