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Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 9:14:30 AM | For all those MEP's out there, what does everyone feel the premium in time is

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It seems that there are way more Architect's in this forum than there are PME's or Structural's.  And it stands to reason as the architectural side of Revit has been around longer.

Talking with potential clients (Architects) who use Revit, most Architects feel that there is no real premium in time for them to do their jobs in Revit, and some actually ONLY do their jobs in Revit.

Talking with PME users of Revit, that doesnt seem to be the case.  My first job took twice as long as expected.  Once the program is comfortable to use, is understood, and required content made, I still feel that the premium of time on the job will be around 30% - 40%.

I am wondering what others have seen or feel.


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Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 12:08:17 PM | For all those MEP's out there, what does everyone feel the premium in time is

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As we are doing our first job in Revit right now, I can tell you that we are almost double our normal time for a job. (HVAC) So I would say at least 30%-40% longer.

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Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 5:07:04 PM | For all those MEP's out there, what does everyone feel the premium in time is

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Guys I cant give you solid numbers but things certainly speed up once you get over that initial hump. my first job definitely took more than twice as long though i was the only one modeling mep/fp. and now we are popping jobs out without a problem. Our firm is now strictly a revit mep house, we still have an odd ball job that is cad but very rare.

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Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 6:23:35 PM | For all those MEP's out there, what does everyone feel the premium in time is

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i work for a structural engineer, and have been working exclusively in revit for the past year (self-teaching with manuals and guesswork)

yesterday i was able to change an entire building's roof framing by picking 3 lines. (changed slope & height)  so while i'm spending half again as long in my up-front time ~ revisions are becoming a breeze and EVERYONE knows how much clients/architects like to revise things!!  :-) overall project hours, i really think i'm about where i was with autocad. 

 i still experiment with "is this the best way to do this?" so that may be what's adding to my time.  also, we currently don't work with any architects using revit, so I am doing the complete building modeling myself.

 

 


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Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 4:36:43 PM | For all those MEP's out there, what does everyone feel the premium in time is

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My first structural job, which was a medium sized multi-story composite construction building, took about twice as long like you have said.  But, despite all the unpaid over time, I learned a lot about the program with self-teaching, and that knowledge is quite valuable today.  But as others have stated, each project gets turned out faster and faster as time goes on.

 Sidenote:  the company I am with now will be converting to Revit 2011 in a couple of months.  I love all this downtime in the industry so that I may prepare some Families and work out some problems we may come across.   


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