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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.
@ks2_wmb While that is a lovely thought, in this situation it's not realistic. Sure, there are other options for 3D modeling or CAD work. Will my company allow me to download that option when everyone else is using Revit? Will they accept the downtime in my productivity while I get trained? Will the companies my company works for accept coordination models in a different format?
Sure, I could quit my job and work somewhere else. But I would have to find a company that doesn't use Autodesk, is in my area (I can't move because of family), pays as much or more than I'm making now, has people I enjoy working with, and boss that's good, etc. etc. etc.
Like @j.hutchingsEYDMZ said above, we are better off trying to get Autodesk to change and living with how they're a monopoly in reality, if not in name.
Actually - I'm NOT choosing this - my Company is choosing this. And the companies we work with who insist on using AD products. Your over-simplifying the situation doesn't help.
I agree, it is not an easy, and in many cases, a realistic, option to switch software when so much has already been invested in Revit. That said, all the problems with Revit 2024 (not just the UI) has made my company seriously explore other options. We have lost so much productivity and usability due to the new topo solids that we can no longer use Revit topography in our models. And, as was noted earlier, Autodesk still hasn't fixed problems that have been around for many years (like wall joins and stair arrows). Aren't new releases supposed to improve and speed up the software, not degrade and slow it down?
Yes, exactly - updates should improve a software instead of fussing about with UI tweaks that destroy it. And I get that some companies may be willing to make a switch. But not all companies are willing to go to that level of change when literally every contractor/subcontractor and designer they work with is using AD products. I've personally only met two subs using something else out of thousands - and they were both fire protection design subs using something very specific to their industries.
Throwing my hat in the ring for this one. The low contrast really strains the eyes after a day of looking at Revit. Dark mode isn't a suitable solution because it also makes the canvas dark which means you can't check things are representing correctly because it's all inverted. The updated icons and graphics are fine, just revert the contract to 2023 levels and all will be well.
FYI you can separate the canvas theme from the UI theme. There's a new "canvas theme" button under the "View" tab.
Basically the workflow would be: Use night mode with dark canvas most of the time, and then flip the canvas to white when you need to check your WYSIWYG, then flip back. You could also turn the brightness of your monitor up while using dark mode to increase contrast more.
So...add a bunch of extra steps to our day to fix what should never have been broken in the first place...that is the "solution"? Just fix the contrast or give us a slider so we can make it show the way we want it to, please.
@ks2_wmbthat doesn't address things like the type selector drop-down, which for some reason, has the family names all in light gray text, regardless of the UI scheme setting, and then the family types are shown in normal black on white, or white on black text. I would say it's worse on the light UI setting, where the family names are light gray on white. The old UI had black text on a gray bar for each family name, and then black on white for each type. It really is bad in its current state of design.
Are you serious? Add multiple steps, keystrokes, time, etc to switch back and forth between UIs just to try to clearly see the tools you need to work with? Am I missing something? The previous graphics of the UI were easy to see and interface with, the new is not. Why does Autodesk change things that are not broken and ignore those things that are? We are looking for alternative software to adopt after our unfortunate transition to Revit 2024.##- Please type your reply above this line -#u
Come on Autodesk this has been an issue for a year now and you have still done nothing. My company has started putting new jobs onto 2024 now and there has been multiple complaints in the office about this. Sort it out!!!
Gee thx Autodesk - I opened a ticket on the issue and they sent me to this same thread I already posted on...talk about going nowhere.... Contrast is awful in R24 and now R25. This is ridiculous to even modify something like this. So many more important things to update/work on. This does need fixed and not wait til 26. Pls release a hotfix patch for this. There are loads of comments in other forums as well. This needs restored back to the original contrast asap. Workarounds are not an option, just makes more time and work and does not solve the problem completely.
I'll say it again: I do not believe AutoDesk actually cares. Their developers are likely all young, with big bright monitors, and consider this a niche issue at best.
The nature of the marketplace makes it very difficult to choose an alternative product, and AutoDesk takes full advantage of this. They would rather dazzle newcomers with all the amazing shiny things the latest version of Revit can do than to address core usability that does little to attract new users. Not to suggest that their new features aren't useful, but they know you sell a house faster with a new coat of paint than with an upgraded drainage system.
And for them it's all about sales, and bottom line. They're just a business, and have no qualms about leveraging their near-monopoly for every cent they can squeeze out of the marketplace, integrity be damned.
It's actually hilarious to think they sent you to this specific thread ... proving they know exactly how much this issue is a problem but -- after well over a year -- not caring to fix it or even tell us their working on it.
[cue the AutoDesk apologists who have the nerve to say "if you don't like it, you're free to use different software!"]
@ricardo_ortiz SPOT ON EXACTLY..........STILL DEALING WITH THE FALLOUT FROM THE IMPROVEDTEXT UPGRADE FROM 2017....THEY DON'T CARE BECAUSE IT'S A MONOPOLY.
WITH THE EYE STRAIN HARM, AT WHAT POINT WOULD A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT BE IN THE CARDS? MAYBE THAT MIGHT WAKE @AUTODESK UP - THIS UNNECESSARY IMPROVEMENT HAS LEAD TO PHYSICAL ISSUES AFFECTING USERS THAT NEEDS TO BE REMEDIED ASAP.
