Revit for working drawings? to replace Autocad.

[Anonymous]

Hi forum, i currently work as a building design consultant working for developers in the UK on housing sites from 10 units up to 250 units and I have been tasked by my company to make the change from using Autocad to Revit. This is something that i am keen to do as i believe it will make things easier, faster. As a company we do NOT do any planning drawings just working drawings, consisting of site layouts, house-type working drawings (usually a standard CAD drawing sent to us by the developer to be updated with whatever elevation features have been added by planning), Flat blocks/apartments working drawings, Block plans. 

After starting to learn to use Revit I have found more questions than answers with this software. Questions like: how to create Block plans, Terraces? make a set of drawings for a semi detached unit? 

Our working drawings have lots of detail, the floor plans have extensive information for a builder to take those plans and build a house from them. Revit doesn't allow for a lot of notes, and it is taught that you shouldn't write notes. How do you give a builder that information then?

I desperately want to use Revit, but i can't find any information on the practical side of this kind of work. All tutorials and videos i find are based on what looks more like planning architecture, drawing fancy ideas of buildings with no real actual insight into how someone would produce a set of drawings from the model to actually go and build.

Please if anyone can give any answers to my questions, or point me in the direction of some videos/information that would be great.

Thanks

[L.Maas]

I would ask your company for a Basic Revit Course. You can do this in a classroom (find an Auotdek reseller in your area) or by using a book (e.g mastering revit series, books by Paul Aubin) or by following video courses (e.g Lynda.com).

While youtube and so on is handy for certain specific issues,  to get a grasp of what Revit is and can or can not do you are much better of with a more comprehensive course. After you will have a much better understanding if Revit is a tool suitbale for your situation

[georgehobel]

Who told you not to write notes???  

I was self taught on AutoCAD, and then self taught on Revit.  the best way to learn it is to dig in... start using it.  As you use it, you will have questions...go find the answers.  Youtube and this forum are excellent sources.  There are soooo many youtube teacher...find one that you like to learn from.  One of my favorites is "The Balkan Architect".  Commit to learning a new task every day...  And ask your questions here in this forum... These guys are great for giving help, and getting to the root of your questions.  You can even learn a lot just by reading other posts that might seem relevant to your skill level.  

[barthbradley]

I'm scratching my head as well. 99% of construction documents are notes. 

[Redrunner92]

Maybe they mean they've heard not to use the Text tool since it is not parametric. This sounds like someone told the original poster to use tags, keynotes, note blocks, etc. (not that the latter two are parametric, but many people including myself see these two as a more appropriate tool than the Text tool in many applications). This seems to fit the context of talking about using Revit how it is meant to be used.