Revit - how many?

[James]

the company i work for are looking to change over to revit, how many people here use it and what have you thought of it?

[Noahma]

Our office had that discussion a while ago. The consensus was to stay with Autocad based applications. Not because Revit was a bad program or anything, but all the companies we send our drawings to for engineering or Hvac use Autocad based projects, and it would disrupt our work having to learn a completely new program.

From what I had read, its a good program, and it is up to the decision of the office as to how well it will work for them.

[Cad64]

Our office had that discussion a while ago. The consensus was to stay with Autocad based applications. Not because Revit was a bad program or anything, but all the companies we send our drawings to for engineering or Hvac use Autocad based projects, and it would disrupt our work having to learn a completely new program.

I don't use Revit, but it is an Autodesk product and from what I've read, it does produce dwg's.

This is taken from the FAQ section of the Autodesk Revit page:

6. What if my clients or consultants insist on DWG deliverables?

Revit Architecture can produce DWG™ deliverables just as AutoCAD can. Revit Architecture provides industry-leading DWG compatibility using the RealDWG™ toolkit. And because these DWG deliverables were created in a modeler, they are well structured and easy to change.

Revit Architecture supports the process most architectural firms use with their con¬sultants by producing well-organized and layered DWG files using any layering standard the user wants. Revit Architecture helps to ensure that nothing in an exported DWG file ends up on the wrong layer, easing consultant interactions and accelerating the design and construction process.

Revit Architecture provides features that help integrate your work with that of consultants. Import or link DWG files directly into Revit Architecture to use as reference geometry or as the starting point for a new design, such as a site plan. Any CAD system that supports the DWG, DGN, or DXF™ file format can work effectively with Revit Architecture.

More info here: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/index?id=3781831&siteID=123112

[James]

the dwg export has been a talking point at our office, but with a trial of revit it fully exports to a 2d dwg drawing that opens fine in acad so we can still liase with clients and export to pdf etc.

the more i see of revit and tryout stuff it seems to amazing, i wish we had discovered to program sooner.

here are some examples of what you can do in revit

http://www.dgcad.com/Revit9-Detailing.asp (tutorials)

[sposton]

My firm purchased Revit nearly a year ago. There have been some growing pains, but with each project completed while using the program we become more and more convinced that we made the right decision.
We still use AutoCAD, but it is becoming less appealing to the full-time Revit users every day. There is some resistance- long time AutoCAD users have been quick to point out Revit's "deficiencies", but that too is lessening. (As a point of reference, I have been using AutoCAD since release 10, but we have some people who got into it before that.)
Overall, Revit is an outstanding program. It's not perfect, but it does many things very well.
Stephen