@rwrightWMDSYwrote:
I work for an architecture/structural engineering firm. 3D in Architecture and Revit has its place for presentation and analysis of complex projects in the design phase but when it comes down to generating the drawings for permitting and construction they are, for the most part, useless. 2D is necessary for the fully dimensioned plans and details in a project and I don't see that changing.
Multi-discipline A/E firm here. We utilize both 3d and 2d platforms for our projects, and the decision on which one would be better is on a project-by-project basis, with probably 80% company-wide being done in Revit (not including our Civil dept., of course), and we're at about 50% Revit/Autocad in my department.
Ours is typically a somewhat conservative industry, and we're located in a conservative part of the country (meaning we're not the first to jump on new tech, etc., like they would be on the coasts). However, one huge difference that came about in 2021 and has continued into and through 2022 is the more widespread use of the actual model in construction of projects.
Prior to 2021 the models were used mostly for visualization and coordination, etc., with the 2d plan sets being the sole vehicle of use during construction. But 2021 brought on much more emphasis on the use of the actual model during construction, and in a few cases so far is beginning to take the place of drawings... specifically when we'd normally create a new drawing/detail from already existing information, we're seeing more of a directive to "look in the model", instead of creating those additional drawings/details.
So even here it's slowly becoming more common to rely on the models and less on the 2d plan sets.
(edit: For some reason it won't allow me to put empty lines between my paragraphs.. lol)
