ACAD Architecture or Revit Architecture to use with 3DS MAX?

[Anonymous]

Hi!

For getting the architectural geometry done for later visualization in 3DS Max, would you recommend AutoCAD Architecture or Revit and why?

I have some experience using AutoCAD but have no experience with Revit.

[Anonymous]

What I recommend is a search in AUGI Forums... more than 100 posts on
this...

Actually, this is a Revit user group so I guess most will say Revit!

[Anonymous]

You could add Sketchup to use with 3D max. Alot cheapier and easy and fun to
learn.
I assume that the main purpose is modelling and not accurate building
documentation.

Fred

"JTB" schreef in bericht
news:5708595@discussion.autodesk.com...
What I recommend is a search in AUGI Forums... more than 100 posts on
this...

Actually, this is a Revit user group so I guess most will say Revit!

[Anonymous]

I do need accurate building geometry for importing into 3DS MAX.

I don't need to produce plans but I do need to deliver pictures / photos of the projects.

PS I am aware this is a Revit forum and that folks would tend to be bias towards it. However, I am hoping to get feedback from people who have used both products and may be able to provide good feedback.

[Anonymous]

If you don't need plans and construction documentation and .... everything
else than an architect would need, then Revit is much more than what you ask
and much more expensive too... I agree on using sketchup
wrote in message news:5708729@discussion.autodesk.com...
I do need accurate building geometry for importing into 3DS MAX.

I don't need to produce plans but I do need to deliver pictures / photos of
the projects.

PS I am aware this is a Revit forum and that folks would tend to be bias
towards it. However, I am hoping to get feedback from people who have used
both products and may be able to provide good feedback.

[Anonymous]

Sketchup cannnot create a true curve. Any curved faces will be approximated
with straight segements. All those faces will import into Max, and you will
see them in renderings.

"JTB" wrote in message
news:5708972@discussion.autodesk.com...
If you don't need plans and construction documentation and .... everything
else than an architect would need, then Revit is much more than what you ask
and much more expensive too... I agree on using sketchup
wrote in message news:5708729@discussion.autodesk.com...
I do need accurate building geometry for importing into 3DS MAX.

I don't need to produce plans but I do need to deliver pictures / photos of
the projects.

PS I am aware this is a Revit forum and that folks would tend to be bias
towards it. However, I am hoping to get feedback from people who have used
both products and may be able to provide good feedback.

[Anonymous]

With smoothing applied, as well as the ability to adjust the number of
segments of a 'curve'. Sketchup curves are just as good as ADT's or Revit's.


"Scott Davis" wrote in message
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Sketchup cannnot create a true curve. Any curved faces will be approximated
with straight segements. All those faces will import into Max, and you will
see them in renderings.

"JTB" wrote in message
news:5708972@discussion.autodesk.com...
If you don't need plans and construction documentation and .... everything
else than an architect would need, then Revit is much more than what you ask
and much more expensive too... I agree on using sketchup
wrote in message news:5708729@discussion.autodesk.com...
I do need accurate building geometry for importing into 3DS MAX.

I don't need to produce plans but I do need to deliver pictures / photos of
the projects.

PS I am aware this is a Revit forum and that folks would tend to be bias
towards it. However, I am hoping to get feedback from people who have used
both products and may be able to provide good feedback.

[unjust]

revit.

AD (i suppose ACADA now) is easier for an ACAD user to pick up, but has no eventual effencies. while Revit is harder to pick up (unless you have mechnical or parametric modeling expierence) you'll save a boat load of time down the road, and depending on what sort of level of prettiness you need in your renderings/animations Revit can pull off decent ones, albeit slowly.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the feedback.

Since I have no experience with Revit, can you fairly easier for instance create custom stairs (circular with custom landing) or walls with rounded edges, vaulted ceilings?

[unjust]

well... yes and no.

me, yes, neophite, some confusion, mid level user, probably.

by rounded edges do you mean moldings, curved walls, or walls that arch back/forwards.

vaulted ceilings are a breeze,, circular stairs can be a bit tricky, but aren't bad.

most of the problems people have are in a) trying to model something with too much detail b)not understanding what the program is trying do do or c)not knowing how to use the program.

in a well set up template, 85% of the work can be done by a minimally trained drafter or designer, but some of the more complicated things require actually knowing how to do something.

(think about the fact that 95% of architectural ACAD users could get by with ACADLT 95% of the time, but occasionally need full version to do something specific. it's kinda like that, except it's a power user vs basic user kinda thing)