Will Forma repeat the "Line is too small" problem from Revit?

[SteveDFThorne]

Revit has limits on how small it can draw a line and this will never be fixed. Forma is a brand new software, and given the below image roadmap, should be thinking about this problem now before years of tools and extensions are built upon this. Will Forma be plagued with the same limits as Revit? 

This is the limitation I am referring too: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/allow-us-to-draw-small-detail-and-model-lines/idi-p/67952... 

Thanks, 

[MartinHallenADSK · Accepted solution]

Hi! Thanks for the feedback! We will definitely have this in mind as we go forward.

We do not have any system wide limitations on how long line segments can be, however specific tools can themselves define which constraints they work under. We will keep in mind that some use cases requires small dimensions when developing new domain functionality!

Kind regards
Martin Hallén

[SteveDFThorne]

That's excellent news! Thanks for the update

[rmc9WR3X]

Please sit over some drafters' shoulders for weeks at a time and watch what annoys them and what is really broken about Revit but was never described in a support ticket or was just too expensive to justify a rebuild. There are some infuriating patterns in Revit that feel like they should have been corrected a decade ago, so it is charitably assumed that they are caused by deeply embedded legacy structures. Autodesk makes enough from subscriptions to have cloned the software from the ground up repeatedly and correct these long-outdated issues, if only to save its userbase innumerable hours of gridlock. It is no excuse even if they are due to ancient architecture. Autodesk is wasting everyone else's money and time instead of spending some of its own. Forma should be near perfect considering Revit has felt like a never-ending beta test.

[MartinHallenADSK]

Hi, I'm sorry to hear about your impression!

I can reassure you that Forma is built from the ground up, and the development is not tied to legacy systems. We are always interested in feedback and do our very best to create a product that solve your needs. Sometimes this entails hard prioritisation, but I can assure you we focus on real customer problems.

If you are interested, I'm happy to arrange a video session with you to get your feedback on how we can improve Forma. You can send me a message here on the Forum or in a direct message.

Kind regards
Martin Hallén