What cons do you notice to Revit?

[archkre]

I've been studying Revit and doing some tutorials during the last days. After having worked with ADT since version 3.3, I find Revit much simpler,more straighforward, effective, ( amazing in one word!).

Why are you still using ADT?

What cons do you notice to Revit?

[Ron-HK]

in my 15 years in drafting field, I have avoided all kinds of 3d modelling softwares coz I find them all time consuming and frustrating, especially, when addressing endless changes during the design stage.... but when REVIT came... everything has changed... This is simply the best and user friendly software i've ever tried and the UI is tailor made for drawing production...well, at least for designer's point of view...

[archkre]

Why are you still using ADT, then?

What cons do you notice to Revit?

[BrianKitts]

The architectural part of our office is in the process of switching over to Revit, but we're doing it slowly (by team a couple of people at a time). You can't just drop a software package that everyone knows how to use because something new and better comes out. However our people who are using it are speaking highly of it as you are.... No big cons.

 

So why would someone still use ADT? cause it's standardized. And you have an office full of employees that are good with it. If you can't afford new software licenses or have the cpu horsepower to run revit you might hold off on upgrading. All the people in our office that are switching over are getting upgraded with new systems - quad core dell's, two gigs of ram, good video cards and a dual LCD setup so that they have no problems whatsoever with the program... since it is a bit more intensive than ADT.

(also gives us a nice render farm at night!)

 

You're first question is a little one sided. It's almost like saying how come everyone doesn't use the American dollar? I think you are better off asking if there are any known downsides to revit.

[ChooChoo]

There are many, many little irks to Revit, but this is what I solely use. It is the best IMO and has the greatest potential for the future. ADT is still there and isn't going anywhere.

 

The BIGGEST problem you will have is mastering the family editor and using the constraints systems. If you get these, the you will have reached nirvana!

 

Little irks off the top of my head for me and others:

 

can't customize user interface

slowly autodesk is letting the grip go on the programming

faceted curved surfaces when you import into rendering program

accurender absolutely sucks, but have seen decent stuff

can't customize views to your tastes i.e. an interior gable wall there needs to have some "workaround"

some system tags can't be customized

secondary commands cannot have the default changed. I'm constantly clicking "extend to wall core"

[Island J]

I dont really have much to complain about with Revit, but I will say that they need to focus more on the way architecture is praticed and how Revit can fit in more to the general practice.

 

For example placing text and doing spell check is not as easy as one would think, there is no real text editor, the text jumps from the tabbed alignment you set it to and you can't easily (and in some cases not at all) add architectural 'text' symbols to text as you would on any set of drawings. Also you can't spell check annotation families...like room tags. Keynoting is also going thru a phase right now and needs to be fixed!

 

That (and some other 'minor' issues) aside Revit is built like a racing car...BIG ENGINE, no adjustable leather seats and no A/C. You can design the hell out of building and have a super coordinated set (except for your text ) that no reviewer can knock down...a detail marker saying 41 on sheet A5.10 refers to the correct detail and you have to knowingly decide to mess that up, your schedules are all coordinated...

 

But I guess if it came with plush seats and a navigation system my salary would be alot less.

[KAZAN]

Russia stands for Revit!!!

[archwin04]

im starting to switch from autocad to revit software. im new with this software and i think its a nice one because its BIM.

[Jason Matthews]

The biggest downside that I have run into thus far is the inability to keep the file size down thus resulting in slower 3D capabilities.

 

I have used CAD and ADT for a very long time as well as Sketchup and 3D Max. That being said, I have major a major problem with the workflow and creating some objects. These objects are far and away easier to make in a different program. This is my issue though and something I need to work around.

[Antisthenes]

price and owner mostly

[RAYMOND]

i come also from an ADT background which i probably would prefer to Revit.

 

have used Revit now for 6 months and have come a long way.. so far like the not using layers and using ref planes instead of ucs.. also cross sections are truly great. the bigest plus is the BIM information linking everything (well almost everything).

 

Revit mosly has its strong lead due to heavy advertising which ADT does not compare. my cons on Revit is'

huge files, having more than one person working on file is pain. some modeling is extermly difficult, lack of colors to work with. and teamwork in office where everyone is at a very different level with it. also their menu system always pops up on top of your work instead of a second screen. the browser is way to long and could be subdived...also much of free download stuff will not cross section properly.. i have more but enough for now

 

also on cgarchitect I noticed the AA forum is much more used if that indicates anything.

 

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