I have news for you. Migrating to BIM isn't easy. It isn't fast. It isn't devoid
of problems and changes in thinking. Anyone who sold you that bill of goods did
not do you a service. But most of us who made the jump wouldn't go back for
anything.
And you will find other apps to be about the same level in terms of frustration.
With all of these BIM authoring tools, you have a learning curve to understand
what it wants and how it works. Like it or not, you need to fit your workflow to
mold around it, not the other way around as with traditional CAD applications.
To do otherwise is analogous to a carpenter trying to use a hammer as a
screwdriver. You can do it, but not without a lot of pain, sparks, and hurt
fingers.
The great thing about Revit is, if you have a preferred modeling tool such as
Solidworks, Rhino, Inventor, 3ds Max, etc, you can usually import that 3D
information and use it within the Revit framework of Families and Conceptual
Massing.
Personally, I think Revit's a blast to use. AutoCAD is still there for what I
may need it for, but that is usually relegated to working with profiles,
manufacturer's content, or when interfacing between the two on a project.
And I think Autodesk hit one out of the park with 2011, in terms of usability.
Some stuff that's missing is still dumb (No tagging of rooms in linked
models...wha?), but I very much appreciate how much they have overhauled and
improved the user interface from 2009.
Matt
matt@stachoni.com
