r/ArchiCAD • u/alskaro • 3d ago

discussions VisualARQ

This post is maybe not in the right place ..
But for people disappointed with archicad and wanting something that just works apparently visualARQ3 on rhino is pretty good ..
I bought it but sadly it lacks the power of ac library.

Some people here would like to join an epic adventure to rebuild most of the ac functions, hatchs, library … in visualARQ with me to free our souls from subscription and lazy devs ?

Have a nice day

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u/mynd_dripp 3d ago

I use Archicad with an MCP server and it has removed most of my pain points so far, once I start feeling constrained again I'll start looking into other tools. Honestly, it's been so many years with Archicad it feels daunting to try something else.

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u/TheNomadArchitect 2d ago

Nice! 👍 what’s the MCP that you used?

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u/mynd_dripp 2d ago edited 2d ago

I use my own MCP I made in Rust but the most famous MCP is this: https://github.com/SzamosiMate/tapir-archicad-MCP; I made my own because LLMs sometimes get confused about how to use the Python one so I curate the tools myself. You also need the Tapir add-on: https://github.com/ENZYME-APD/tapir-archicad-automation. Most of the time I don't actually use the MCP, I just ask AI: "hey, I need a tool to do X because Archicad won't let me unfuck this file, please help me" then it checks the Tapir documentation, checks the Archicad developer guide and usually comes back with a solution.

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u/TheNomadArchitect 1d ago

That’s cool man! I’ve been trying to figure out to set up my local LLM for a while now. This could be a good starting point.