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I am considering switching my architectural firm from Autocad 2005 to Revit 7.0 and would be happy to hear any pro's and con's.....
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obviously most of us here are big on Revit. In my opinion the pros far outweigh the cons but here are some of the basics.
Pros:
Because it's a 3D model rather than drafted views, when you update the plan, your sections & elevations update too. This ensures consistency in your set.
It's also database driven, so objects in your project are able to be counted and scheduled automatically. Place a light fixture in the model and it shows up on your schedule.
Renderings are much faster and easier because you're building them while you're building the construction document set.
Cons:
Difficult to learn at first for most Autocad users... a completely different way of working.
Leaves no room for not thinking... all your team members must be on board & turn their brain on while working... if you move something in plan, it WILL move in section & elevation.
There are many more pros and not many cons in my opinion... Since I started using Revit, I would personally never want to go to a firm that's still using ACAD. It seems so laborious now.
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Hiroshi has some good points.
The firm I work for switched to the Revit Series in August, and we find that clients really like the output from our revit projects. We haven't gone 100% Revit yet, mainly because we have some older projects that are already drawn in AutoCad, that we are still working on. It can be very trying when I need to switch between Revit and AutoCAD, but not so much so as to say pick one software and go with it. Some things, in my opinion, still work better in AutoCAD than in Revit. This will probably change as we gain more skill in Revit. In most things, Revit runs circles around AutoCAD (scheduling being one of these things - I had to calculate total living space SF of a 3 story, 84 unit apartment building. Using schedules, Revit did all the work for me - changed a 45 minute task into less than 5 minutes- all I had to do was change one setting on my schedule.) I guess my point is that once you learn Revit, (which takes a little getting used to) the ability is there to produce the documents faster.
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