The geometric complexity of the house in the image above rivals anything else I’ve ever had to do in ARCHICAD. It’s kind of ironic that after I had stepped away from sales, I was finally ready to promote the other version of ARCHICAD. STAR(T) was an entry point to ARCHICAD, but it lacked a few key features-particularly Complex Profile support-that were deal breakers to me. And that meant I was always thinking more about workflow than almost anything else. I enjoyed being the rep, but I was always a user first. When I was the local GRAPHISOFT agent for Minnesota (2010 to 2013), I would tell people about STAR(T) and then say “you don’t want it.” It wasn’t a bait and switch trick to up sell people. For a long time, it was ALMOST very good. We’ve had a “light” version of ARCHICAD since 2006 (though technically there was also a German and Swiss version in 2005). STAR(T) has evolved a lot over the past decade, and its strengths help highlight the subtle differences between these two versions of ARCHICAD. And the most interesting way to explain that is to go back in time, and first talk about the difference between what STAR(T) was and now is (for those markets where it still exists). Why am I so excited for Solo in the North American Market? To do that we need to look at the differences between STAR(T) and Solo. In our market, ARCHICAD Solo replaces ARCHICAD STAR(T), and this makes me very happy. Back in January 2016, GRAPHISOFT introduced ARCHICAD 19 Solo to the North American market.
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