Our current PCs are powerhouse machines capable of incredible calculations, yet Revit lags unbearably. No optimization is done, and no performance improvement is possible in the current state of things. The software wallows in its own mediocrity, and Autodesk does nothing to change that. I always hear the same advice: reduce file sizes, split buildings to use less memory, etc... But actually, no. It’s completely illogical. Would you tell a video editor to reduce the resolution of their video files so the software can handle them? Would you ask a graphic designer to use fewer colors because Photoshop is lagging? Would anyone ask you not to exceed 60 km/h with your new car because it would start stuttering? A professional software like Revit, which has a monopoly and is so expensive, should work properly. Users shouldn’t have to adapt. A 1 GB file is nothing exceptional today; we are asked for more and more data, so it’s normal for file sizes to increase. Here, every day, Revit crashes because it can't convert a slightly too large IFC file, for example. If I read correctly, the software still runs on a single core while our CPUs have at least 8. The capabilities of graphics cards are completely unused (as proof, it’s often recommended to disable hardware acceleration, which is absurd...). It's still run on DX11. Should we just keep quiet and accept it? Maybe a lot more clients should complain to Autodesk because the situation is clearly abnormal—and it has been for decades. We are tired. We should coordinate, maybe for a week, so that everyone calls the hotline, just to overwhelm their useless customer service and express our dissatisfaction—maybe then they’d finally do something instead of resting on their laurels and cashing in checks. (A competitor is really needed to shake things up.)
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