Hello, my name is Jordan McCullough. I am an engineering student at Pellissippi State Community College.
I recently took a class in Revit and became entranced by it's 3D parametric modeling capabilities.
This summer I landed a job as a Draftsman, and have been using the 3D parametric modeling features much more often than I have ever before... And as such, I have begun to experience physical side-effects: visual-discomfort, fatigue, and headaches.
I have been researching online about how 3D viewing affects the eyes, and I have found that scientists have been saying that 3D veiwing causes strain on the brain and eyes of the viewers. (Listed below are two of the links I found on the matter, and the thrid is a bit more in-depth)
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/424864/does-3d-hurt-your-eyes-yes-says-science/
http://www.themarysue.com/3d-is-awful/
http://jov.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2121032
I only have two questions on the matter. First, does anyone from your company have any guidelines on how I could reduce the ammoung of discomfort/stress on my eyes? And seconly, what is Revit doing to improve the visual display? (As in, how is Revit helping keep veiwer's from straining their eyesight)
Kindest Regards.
@maciejwypych wrote:
Hi Jordan,
I think you are confusing some things here.
3d modeling has nothing to do with any of the articles you've posted.
These are about using 3d displays which are not required for Revit (can be helpful - but I don't know any office that are using them on daily basis)
That's what happens when all you read is the headline. ![]()
Thank you, thier website seems to show some interesting features in the protective lenses. Thank you for understanding my delimma. I had migraines for a week straight because of the ammount of strain it was putting on my eyes. If I ever decide to do another summer internship with that company I will have to request they purchase me a pair of those lenses.
Do you know of any retailers that would allow me to see the difference for myself before purchasing?
I am so glad you brought this up! At the end of the work day I often say I have "REVIT EYES". which are simply dry over extended eye from working on REVIT. The problem is REVIT is not easy on the eyes. Visually its a Horrible program. I have always said REVIT needs to make visual improvements. For example when you are working in schedules (Like a door schedule) you can't zoom in! Schedules are so microscopic to look at on the screen and you can't do anything other than get reading glasses or a magnifying glass out. Next gripe! When you have multiple projects open why can't the tabs look different somehow for each project????? Color coded or something. There is a lot to love about REVIT but there is also a lot to Hate!
Revit is not the cause by any stretch of the imagination. Your eyestrain is caused by your practices. There are many ways to reduce eyestrain. Simple things such as taking regular breaks and focusing your eyes at something other than the screen or changing from the default white background color can help tremendously. Ambient lighting, eyewear, screen size and quality, and distance from the screen are some other things to consider.
Again, Revit is not the cause.
One of the main causes of visual stress is glare. See if any of these conditions are present now at your work place:
1) your monitor is in front of a window. You look at the screen but the high contrast and brightness of the window impacts your eyes all day. If this is happening, rearrange your desk so that you're not facing the window.
2) Direct light from lighting fixtures above are causing glare on your monitor. This causes stress in your eyes, too. Indirect light works better at offices. Try to move to another place, or if possible, consider changing the lighting fixtures to be indirect.
In addition: Take breaks. Don't work after business hours. Sleep enough. Use a large monitor.
20-20-20 rule. Every 20 minutes look away from the monitor at something at leas 20 feet away, for at least 20 seconds.
https://advancedeyecaremd.net/20-20-20-tipstopreventeyestrain/
@Anonymous wrote:
...Next gripe! When you have multiple projects open why can't the tabs look different somehow for each project????? Color coded or something. There is a lot to love about REVIT but there is also a lot to Hate!
Have you checked out the pyRevit add-in? Even if you have no intention of programming anything yourself, the add-in comes with a number of useful tools, including Tab Coloring, which adds a thin strip of color at the top of each tab; tabs from a given file all have the same color.
The initial setting for both Project tabs and Family tabs is Top Bar - Light, which is what is shown in the image above. The pyRevit Settings dialog allows you to customize this, if that is too subtle for you. In addition to making the top bar coloring thicker, you can also choose from four Border thicknesses (colored line appears on all four sides of the tab) or Background Fill, in which the entire tab is colored. If you want to distinguish project and family tabs more easily, you can use different styles for them.
The choices you make will be previewed in the tabs shown in the dialog.
Hi @Anonymous !
To prevent the light from disaving your monitor you can take a look at the "shading hoods".
I put two photos below.
In addition, having done a bit of research about it, I read that the light of the LED screens (even that of the mobile phone) is particularly dangerous for the eyesight, due to the frequencies of the blue light emitted.
To solve this problem there are some screens designed precisely for graphics, with which you can change the light emitted by the monitor, so as not to strain the eyesight.
Alternatively you can use the protective lenses, or adjust the "night light" from the windows screen settings.
Exposing yourself to the blue light of LEDs is strongly discouraged especially in the evening hours, because it disturbs the hormones that regulate sleep-wakefulness and more.
The advice of other users is all very useful.
I hope I've been helpful to you.
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