only3d Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 i m currently a semi-satisfied user of archicad, and im thinking of turning to revit. is it worth-while? everyones opinion will b welcomed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario Pende Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Maybe a little sugestion to Moderators. Stop the "Vs." threads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 why stop the VS? i've spent about 10 hrs on each program...using the demo's. i liked revit better, but i was just checking them out. my firm uses microstation and we won't be making a change anytime soon, even to triforma. anyway, revit seemed to work well and have nicer features. the rendering was subpar, but i'd pull it into Viz/max anyway. i'd download the revit 30 day demo and give it a shot... chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 I tried the Revit demo a while back - I was very impressed. Beat the snot out of AutoCAD Architectural Desktop in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Davis Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Go get Revit, you wont be disappointed! Revit 9.0 is due to be released in Spring 2006, and there are rumors to an 8.1 release in the fall. Revit Structures debutted in June, and Revit Systems (MEP) is scheduled for Summer 2006. Big firms are making the switch, including HOK and SOM. I heard a rumor recently that Gensler is making the switch, but that is unconfirmed. I say this, because you are asking the question at the right time. Revit is really taking off now. The US is a bit behind, but in Australia Revit outsells ADT at something like 20 to 1. Take this opportunity to learn it now, and be a very valueable employee! Saw your profile says LA, and you are a student? Cal Poly? Learn Revit, and I could get you a job at several LA area firms, including mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wokka Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 I'm sure Revit outsells ADT 20:1 in Australia but he's looking at ArchiCad and Revit. The Autocad users here in Australia get great deals to buy Revit when they upgrade to ADT so they may be getting the sales but not necessarily using it fully. I've used Archicad for 10 years and love it. It all depends on what you want for your money. Is it just modelling or full building documentation, modelling, estimating etc etc. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Davis Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 I'm sure Revit outsells ADT 20:1 in Australia but he's looking at ArchiCad and Revit. The Autocad users here in Australia get great deals to buy Revit when they upgrade to ADT so they may be getting the sales but not necessarily using it fully. I've used Archicad for 10 years and love it. It all depends on what you want for your money. Is it just modelling or full building documentation, modelling, estimating etc etc. Cheers I was making a point when talking Revit/ADT numbers. ADT touts 500,000 to 750,000 users. When that popular of a product is being outsold 20:1 in a large country, it says something. (I understand the original question was ArchiCAD, but I don't know those numbers) If in your last line you are implying Revit is for modeling only, you are completely wrong. Revit excels in documentation. And now excels in Structural Analysis, and soon in mechanical and electrical engineering. Other companies are starting to produce Cost Estimators through the API into Revit's database. Back to the question: "only": you owe it to yourself to try Revit. If you know Archicad, you should try Revit and see for yourself if you like it. It's really up to you to decide which best fits your needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wokka Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Scott, On the contrary, I was trying to say that Revit comes from a documentation background and is at the core of the program and has expanded well into a modelling software. I suppose it really is horses for coarses and how you like the way a software works. I used autocad for several years (oops, showing my age ) and it took me six months to get use to the Archicad method of drawing/model. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Davis Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Cool, thanks for the clarification, as I interpreted your post wrongly. I've worked in AutoCAD since r9, so switching to anything else proved to be somewhat challenging. I tried to learn Form Z in college, and it was too click heavy for an AutoCAD user who typed everything at the command line. I was lucky enough to be introduced to Revit at release 1.0, and learned the basics then. With each sucessive release, I have been able to build upon that knowledge. It would be much tougher if I were to be learning it from scratch now at ver 8.0! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
only3d Posted July 17, 2005 Author Share Posted July 17, 2005 WOW tnx 4 all the replies (nothing like a good pole 2 liven up the forum ayh?) regradind your questions- yes i m looking 4 a fully document capable soft' (as i know both r) other wise id just stick with 3DVIZ (which im pretty skilled with) as i thought nothing conclusive came out, but still very informative so tnx again, and if u have more comments they will b welcomed as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
only3d Posted July 17, 2005 Author Share Posted July 17, 2005 sorry about the mis-information but im israeli the us flag is from when i was at the states 4 a while. im studying at the Technion at the time (u know?) but i just might end up back at lala land when im finished. so many tnx 4 the genorous offer anyways! (and ill go update my profile now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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