On Sun, 2 May 2010 03:28:22 -0700, dtdesign@verizon.net <> wrote:
>I agree with 'jmcintyre' - I find the detail component manager in ACA better than the method of bringing detail component families into Revit. It is much easier to click a ribbon button and have the component manager open within the software verses having to plow through several outside drawings to find one drawing for cut objects, another for plan objects, etc.
I will concede the point - using the Properties palette to change it from
section to elevation is convenient. However, I do prefer the concept that OOTB
detail components are easily copied/modified for company standards instead of
being locked up into "recipes" which are difficult to edit.
>I also like the control of the text and multileaders better in ACA.
Multileaders in Revit are drop-dead simple. Select the text, and hit the add
leader (left or right) button. Leader alignment was by far my biggest beef with
Revit 2010 was . However, this was one of the improvements in 2011. You can
align leaders with 3 points on each side (top/middle/bottom). Overall, leaders
and notes are essentially on par with AutoCAD.
One irritant I have is that you cannot pre-determine the paragraph text box in
the command as you do in AutoCAD. You have to type out the note, hit ESC to
cancel the text command, select the text and edit the box grip. Also, the
paragraph box isn't an instance parameter, so you can't copy/paste it to other
text elements to make all text wraps the same length in one shot.
With text itself, one of the big gripes I still have is that you do not have
grips as you do in AutoCAD. Also, you cannot align text using the Align command.
Properly centering text in a box is always a fudge, whereas it's drop dead easy
in AutoCAD.
But when you move text it will want to align its alignment point with other
text, so that's not a huge problem with notes.
>The one major gripe I have with Revit's detailing is that when I bring in plywood and insert it on an angle (for a roof detail on a residential project), the hatch does not follow the angle of the sheathing component - it stays orthogonal - and that is a dangerous thing for a detail because it is confusing for the contractor and makes the drawings appear amateurish. if anyone knows a solution to that issue - please let me know.
The problem is that the Help file states that drafting patterns can be set to
align with the host element, but this only works with system families (e.g., the
hatching you see when when you cut a section).
Worse, the pattern for the plywood is called "Plywood - Align" inferring that it
will align with the filled region, but it does not. It will do so only when part
of a system family such as a roof sheathing layer.
With detail components and filled regions, you have to use a model pattern, not
a drafting pattern to have it properly rotate. What I did was create my own
plywood hatch pattern by importing a .PAT file (I just reused the one I had in
AutoCAD and modified it for Revit).
If you do a search for "plywood drafting pattern" on the AUGI Revit forum you
will come across some user-submitted plywood RFA files which are very good and
will do what you wish.
Matt
matt@stachoni.com