Besides what Greg has said, you have many Revit users in Australia. I would
try to go see some of them use Revit in action, and let them show you what
it can do. Also, go to www.zoogdesign.com/forums for more feedback on
Revit.
It's great that all the resellers are telling you to go Revit! They have
finally 'seen the light', or at least down under they have!
When you say you have played with the demo version, did you download the
tutorials and go through those? If not, you should. You will not get a
1000+ page manual with Revit like you do with ADT. In fact, the Revit
product literature that comes with the CD, fits inside of a DVD sized case,
with the CD. There are 3rd party books available, and more on the way!
Good luck! Once you get into it, you'll never look back!
SD
"Greg Cashen" wrote in message
news:40183e0e_3@newsprd01...
> Revit can produce framing plans in a number of ways. What it does not do
is
> automatically generate the framing elements from which to create the
framing
> plans. But depending on how you do your framing plans, you can still do a
> nice job with Revit in 2D or 3D. Guy Robinson has some nice examples where
> he's modelled the framing and produced 3D framing diagrams, which, from my
> POV would be a lot better than framing plans on most jobs.
>
> The detailing features in Revit are DIFFERENT from the other programs, but
> not worse. Once you get used to them, revit details really fly. And they
are
> much more intelligent than autocad details.
>
> For my money, go Revit, take some training, go through ALL of the
tutorials
> you can find and never look back. As a structural engineer, I can say that
> you will not be disappointed with where the Revit teams is taking this
> project, and Structural is among the top two initiatives right now. It
will
> only get better!
>
> Greg
>
> "Adam McNeill" wrote in message
> news:4018391F.8030808@octa4.net.au...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm currently trying to decide whether to buy a licence of Revit or
> ADT2004.
> > All the resellers are telling me Revit is the way to go, and i've played
> > around with the Demo version, but that is very limited and without all
> > the manuals etc. is very hard to actually get a feel for the product.
> > My background is Structural drafting although i am now in a position
> > where i frequently need the Architectural features that ADT offers as i
> > am doing more and more Architectural work - mainly Residential/small
> > Commercial and light Industrial.
> > I currently use ADT 3.3 and am happy (...almost...) with ADT's display
> > methods which allow me to produce Structural framing plans as well.
> >
> > My first impression with Revit is that the 2d detailing side is a bit
> > cumbersome? Would this be correct?
> >
> > Also i've read in this newsgroup that Revit can't really produce framing
> > plans etc. very easily?
> >
> > Could anybody enlighten me please?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Adam McNeill
> > Darwin NT Australia
> >
>
>