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 We want to be completely transparent. We believe it is a fair deal. If you have more suggestions, we would gladly listen and implement the nice ones. We want to be completely transparent. We believe it is a fair deal. If you have more suggestions, we would gladly listen and implement the nice ones.
  
-**Is there any monetary incentive for me?**\\+**Is there any monetary incentive for users of TAD?**\\
 Certainly . TAD has a scripting system. You can create add-ons using that; and rent them to others. We will take  a small slice of the rent. So we make money, when you make money too. There thousands of calculations that architects need to do -- but often do not due to various reasons. For all you know you could solve a few of these calculations, and make add-ons (probes) that can be rented to others for a fee. Certainly . TAD has a scripting system. You can create add-ons using that; and rent them to others. We will take  a small slice of the rent. So we make money, when you make money too. There thousands of calculations that architects need to do -- but often do not due to various reasons. For all you know you could solve a few of these calculations, and make add-ons (probes) that can be rented to others for a fee.
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 +**How can I help?**\\
 +Tell all architects to use TAD! Inform on Facebook, Twitter and other social media. Let this go viral
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 +Here is a personal [[money_matters|appeal from  Sabu]] Francis which you can read, if you want to help.
  
 **Does it work like Autocad or Revit or Archicad or Sketchup ... ?**\\ **Does it work like Autocad or Revit or Archicad or Sketchup ... ?**\\
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 BIM is a term invented by Autodesk, to give a generic name to the category of software like Revit.  A //BIM// software talks about information inside the model of a building. That information need not be just the visual 3D of the building. It would be things like cost, properties of material, name of supplier and a zillion other stuff. BIM was coined only around 2007(?) or so.  BIM is a term invented by Autodesk, to give a generic name to the category of software like Revit.  A //BIM// software talks about information inside the model of a building. That information need not be just the visual 3D of the building. It would be things like cost, properties of material, name of supplier and a zillion other stuff. BIM was coined only around 2007(?) or so. 
  
-But the questions that BIM addresses was being asked almost from the sixties.  But BIM is lot more pithy term that allowed people to catch on fast. +The questions that BIM addresses was being asked almost from the sixties.  But BIM is lot more pithy term that allowed people to catch on fast. 
  
-Before adopting the term BIM, TAD was referred to object-oriented design software.  And no TAD is not like Revit.  Or Archicad or any of the IFC based BIM software. +Before adopting the term BIM, TAD was referred to object-oriented design software.  And no TAD is not like Revit.  Or Archicad or any of the IFC based BIM software.  Since TAD can talk of all those non-visual properties also ; we still use the term BIM here.
  
 It talks about information in a building way before the design has actually become a proper usable model of a building. We call it an //early stage BIM software//  It talks about information in a building way before the design has actually become a proper usable model of a building. We call it an //early stage BIM software// 
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 **You use the term //Lite// for TAD Designer. Does it mean that is free, and the full one is not?**\\ **You use the term //Lite// for TAD Designer. Does it mean that is free, and the full one is not?**\\
 No. The term //Lite// is only due to a few geometric modelling limitations. Currently it does not handle some curves, domes, BRep meshes. Those are all being worked on, and then the term //Lite// would go away from TAD Designer Lite and it would be only //TAD Designer// We are committed to make even //TAD Designer// free, not just the //Lite// version. As explained elsewhere, there are ways to make money both for us as well as for you. But not by selling the software to you No. The term //Lite// is only due to a few geometric modelling limitations. Currently it does not handle some curves, domes, BRep meshes. Those are all being worked on, and then the term //Lite// would go away from TAD Designer Lite and it would be only //TAD Designer// We are committed to make even //TAD Designer// free, not just the //Lite// version. As explained elsewhere, there are ways to make money both for us as well as for you. But not by selling the software to you
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-**How can I help?**\\ 
-Tell all architects to use TAD! Inform on Facebook, Twitter and other social media. Let this go viral 
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-Here is a personal [[money_matters|appeal from  Sabu]] Francis which you can read, if you want to help. 
  
 **Will my email address and password be misused?**\\ **Will my email address and password be misused?**\\
-Absolutely not. We ask for you to register with us only for holding the entire community together. As explained in the [[Registration]] page, you can take a membership into the chat system.+Absolutely not. We ask for you to register with us only for holding the entire community together. 
  
 You would receive occasional emails from us. If you are super-worried about your email address and/or password; you can setup a free gmail account in five minutes and use that gmail address for participating. You would receive occasional emails from us. If you are super-worried about your email address and/or password; you can setup a free gmail account in five minutes and use that gmail address for participating.
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