I'm not writing to convince you of anything...just sharing my perspective,
since you asked what makes Revit so great. Well it's great to me.
First of all, you'd do well to realize that for many of us this program
speaks loudly to us because of frustration with cadd in general. AutoCAD
and Microstation as base drafting applications while very versatile and
customizable just left so many holes in a firms process, holes that needed
to be plugged with human intervention and patience and customization.
As a current? user of Archicad you've been using a tool that has a long
history of modeling buildings so some of this may seem old hat. Just a few
of the truly satisfying things about using Revit:
The continuity of data, all views are active displays of information.
There is no updating or regeneration process, a view always reflects the
current conditions of the model, except in 2D drafting detailing which
obviously can get out of sync, but doesn't have to.
Drawing coordination is managed by Revit thus reducing or perhaps
eliminating the "dead end" detail/section callouts that everyone is
accustomed to finding. Many features are just so simple to use that I've
seen folks, and myself included, actually laugh out loud when they see how
elegant is.
Each tool is intended for a task that relates to a design firms process,
uses language that is consistent with our life and work. This product is
managed and designed by people with real first hand experience in the field.
The third man to become part of the team, while it was still an idea
incubating, is an architect. And he's still there pushing for features we
need everyday.
Revit has been a compelling product to me since release 1 and it continues
to build more features and performance into each new release. This latest
release is quite full of new features both small and large and all produced
in roughly 7 months since the last build was posted. The small enhancements
are sometimes enough to elicit praise while the larger concepts like Design
Options and workset improvements are worthy by themselves.
What I'm most impressed with is the passion and "youthful" vigor of the
people I've met or corresponded with that create Revit. They are committed
to making a great product and do a great job of talking to us and getting
our ideas. These folks are not just coming to work to collect a check.
Then there's the users, just as "fanatical" as the group that enjoys
Archicad or perhaps more so, they have built a community that shares ideas
and work which in turn makes it easy to find satisfaction and success with
Revit. Essentially Revit is "more" than a product to me, it's a community
of people that make work fun and more productive.
Well that's enough from me, I got carried away...enjoy your exploration, I'm
sure you'll see things you like. What's not to like? 8-)
"stefkeB"
wrote in message
news:3fe2bac7$1_3@statler...
> As an ArchiCAD user (with working experience with AutoCAD & VectorWorks
and
> limited experience with Arkey, Arc+, Triforma & Revit) I'm seriously
looking
> at what is so special about Revit. I have 5.1 now and just downloaded 6.0,
> but it is waiting to be installed here.
>
> Can you tell in a few words what is so good about the new version? As I'm
> not a power user I might really underestimate the things you find very
> important when you work with Revit. Please "enlighten" me! As a "real
Revit
> user" you should know what makes the new version so special.
>
> --- stefkeB ---
>
> P.S. In the ArchiCAD discussions M$ Windows is being referred to as the
> "dark side".
>
> "therrien" wrote in message
news:3fe1bc8e_6@statler...
> > Only a real Revit user would know.
> > "Come to the Dark Side!" and find out!
> >
> >
> > "stefkeB" wrote in message
> > news:3fe1a5f0$1_7@statler...
> > > Can you explain why it rocks?
> > > Is there anything that has been improved that you find particulary
> > > important?
> > >
> > > --- stefkeB ---
> > >
> > >
> > > "Aaron Rumple"
> > > > 6.0
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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