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The properties tab and project browser in Revit 2024 have lighter colour/ less contrast compared to Revit 2022 and therefore are much harder to read. See below screenshots. Could this be please fixed.
It would be really nice to have an option to set the interface back to a "classic view". The new interface is really washed out and so difficult to work with it's affecting production. I have a rare eye condition so it's even more difficult for me to work with.
Please give an option to return to the graphics of earlier release UI. Not only does this new, low contrast UI create eye strain and hamper productivity, it creates a bad work environment and is completely unnecessary. Here's just a few of the major problems:
The slide bar on the side of the project browser is so narrow it is not only hard to see, it's hard to click on an maneuver (even at 125%).
Using double click to open views/sheets is very glitchy since the curser may move slightly during double clicking and end up outside of the small selection area.
The dashed line border around the open view box just makes the box smaller and the edge fuzzy, fooling our eyes into thinking they aren't focusing and causing more eye strain. While it's nice to have a graphic indication of what views/sheets are open, the graphic design of the interface is the worst I've seen.
Graphic symbols we are accustomed to seeing for years and sometimes decades have changed for no good reason forcing users to learn the new dialect.
There are so many things (like wall joins and analytical panels not being planar) that your developers could work on to improve, why mess with things that weren't broken? If you don't create an option to go back to the earlier graphics, can I send you the bill for my next optometrist appointment?
The new UI certainly has some issues. Have you tried to switching it to dark mode? I feel like the UI is much easier to read, and just easier on the eyes, in dark mode.
yes, I have tried dark mode, it's horrible. I've tried a few other things suggested by Autodesk, nothing helps. I work in both revit and autocad (mostly revit) on almost a daily bases, so I tolerate autocad's dark mode, (I type almost all my commands, and almost all my buttons are customized), it helps separate revit and autocad and their commands in my head. The eye condition I have distorts color and straight lines on a day to day and eye to eye bases. It took me a few days to realize there is still a grid in the instance parameter dialog. when I finally saw the very faint lines, they looked warped to me. At least in previous versions the warped lines were more pronounced. When using the type selector drop down, or using other buttons, I can barely make sense of them, it's like my brain want's to shut down. My production slows down when ever I have to use 2024. Running the new interface if fine for some, but autodesk should really consider how people with eye conditions are being effected. An option for a "classic view" makes sense, other programs offer this.
Have you tried zooming in on the properties bar to make the text larger (CTRL+Scroll)? That was a recent addition as well. Maybe that would help?
Not trying to speak for or against your idea or the hardships you are having, just trying to help improve your experience in whatever way possible with the tools currently provided.
I have tried using zoom, it only works on the dialogs i have open, properties and project browser, it doesn't help with the quick access toolbar or any of the tabs. I have to make the pallets so big, I'm loosing work space.
I really wish for once, we could get a new version and didn't have to change our workflow or deal with something not working properly. Beside the washed out interface, we have to try and find a workaround for transparency removing filled regions, not just solid fills. In 23, the filters were broke. previous versions had other issues, but we found work arounds, we (our office and autodesk) haven't been able to find a work around for the last two release issues. revit may be good for the Arch 3d side, but for the engineering side, it leaves a lot to be desired, a lot.
I feel your pain -- I suffer from high myopia, astigmatism and protanomaly colour blindness, as well as various retinal tearing issues which give me migraines with prolonged screen use.
Personally, I actually find the darker interface easier on my vision, with less eye strain than all the bright white and light grey of the previous Revit UI, I missed AutoCAD's dark UI since forever ago -- 3DS and AutoCAD for DOS were the best!
You might try adjusting the Windows Personalisation Zoom -- I find that setting it to 125% alleviates many of the issues with small icons/labels (incidentally Archicad has notoriously tiny text and inscrutably small icons and there's no alternative if you have vision issues and have to use it, especially on a 4K monitor).
2024 is too difficult to read. Please revert UI graphics back to previous versions or provide a service pack addition to revert. Thank you! My eyes hurt using 2024. Ive been using revit for 8 years daily for 8-9hours per day. This is a very large issue for me.
It's clear they're not going to do anything about this for Revit 2024. I can only hope things will be improved in Revit 2025.
Would be nice if AutoDesk would at least let us know they're going to address this, but apparently that seems too much to ask. If this were a free program I could understand, but their attitude towards paying customers seems incredibly disrespectful.
Just wanted to keep this thread current to make sure Autodesk sees it. I started a project in 2024 a few months ago and my eyes hurt so **** bad after the first day that I scrapped everything I had done and recreated it in 2023 just so I could see at the end of the day. My coworker just started a new project in 2024 today which reminded me of this and he's complaining about his eyes hurting and it's not even noon yet. I am actively telling clients not to use 2024 so that we don't have to deal with this mess.
It's unbelievable to me that no one at Autodesk - during the entirety of staring at this new UI likely for months - thought that this might not be a great idea. This had better be changed back to the old contrast in 2025 or 2026.
None whatsoever. They're completely silent. You'd think that such a large community base stating that this is an issue for their users would have some impact - but I guess as long as they're getting paid they don't give a hoot.
@ks2_wmb Thank you for the reminder to click the Vote button, though I'm not confident of its effectiveness. A quick glance at the most up-voted suggestions -- include some with thousands of votes started EIGHT YEARS AGO (!) -- shows that NONE of them have been implemented: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/idb-p/302/status-key/1/tab/most-kudoed They are all still just "gathering support" apparently. AutoDesk's threshold of action seems to be much higher than we community members can hope to reach.
As for switching software, it might be feasible if only two or three users are involved, but I don't believe most of us are in a position to change what software our companies are using. The sheer inertia to overcome -- both in mindset and in actual training -- would be prohibitive. That's why, for most intents and purposes, AutoDesk has a monopoly. And they take FULL advantage of it.
You have control over yourself, and nobody can take control of you for you.
Acknowledge the choices, options, and influence that you have, and at least take ownership over the fact that you're choosing not to use the other opportunities available to you.
