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Kari Joined: 26 Oct 2006 Posts: 8	Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 1:24 pm    Post subject: Revit vs AutoCAD Hello, Most of my design project is assigned using Revit not AutoCAD in school. Why is that? Just because Revit is user friendly?
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Antisthenes Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 756 Location: Phoenix	Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:19 pm    Post subject: because they want to train you to replace autocad users who don't want to learn revit maybe? it is not really a vs thing its a & thing that guarantees sales and market dominance. think inside the (auto)box ;O _________________ The most necessary/useful piece of learning is that which unlearns what is untrue: 'evil' may be acquired, Happiness through virtue which is based on knowledge!/?
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nanrehvasconez Joined: 25 Feb 2008 Posts: 329	Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 4:58 pm    Post subject: Revit is the architectural version of Autocad, Autocad is the dominant CAD progran for all kinds of applications, to enormous to be mastered by students, and some times by professionals who use auto cad for decades.
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MA2PA Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 38	Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 11:20 pm    Post subject: At my university they use standard Autocad and Visualization, is there any true advantage to using Revit specifically?
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Antisthenes Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 756 Location: Phoenix	Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:44 pm    Post subject: if you want to do any state/federal work they require BIM models now _________________ The most necessary/useful piece of learning is that which unlearns what is untrue: 'evil' may be acquired, Happiness through virtue which is based on knowledge!/?
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rohit_tak45 Joined: 19 Jul 2008 Posts: 5 Location: india	Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:03 am    Post subject: well as per me autocad is for draftsman....n revit is for architects....so....
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teamjdc Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 344	Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:43 pm    Post subject: rohit_tak45 wrote: well as per me autocad is for draftsman....n revit is for architects....so.... Oh brother! I hope that makes you feel better because that's all that statement is worth... ...and only to you and your mother. Get over yourself. BIM is just a different kind of CAD.
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Madimel Joined: 06 Feb 2008 Posts: 163 Location: Scottsdale, Arizona	Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:03 pm    Post subject: I guess that is how they differentiate between Architects and Drafters in India. No wonder the US don't offer reciprocity for Architects from India.
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rohit_tak45 Joined: 19 Jul 2008 Posts: 5 Location: india	Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:26 am    Post subject: well, thanx for clearing my confusion...
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Antisthenes Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 756 Location: Phoenix	Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:21 am    Post subject: it's not true the draftsman and the architect know both and more in this day and age. like Rhinoceros to get more complex geometry into Revit. _________________ The most necessary/useful piece of learning is that which unlearns what is untrue: 'evil' may be acquired, Happiness through virtue which is based on knowledge!/?
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Archifrenzy Joined: 23 Jul 2008 Posts: 15	Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 5:53 pm    Post subject: at our school, we mostly use AutoCad and 3d max, i wonder how many schools use that as well. i mean since all im reading to this moment is autoCad and Revit. _________________ Create your chances, Create your self.
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Antisthenes Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 756 Location: Phoenix	Posted: Tue Jul 29, 2008 2:12 pm    Post subject: dare a school take any risks to say no to only the monopoly? there are many more choices i'd like to see a school save by using IntelliCAD and Blender _________________ The most necessary/useful piece of learning is that which unlearns what is untrue: 'evil' may be acquired, Happiness through virtue which is based on knowledge!/?
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wolfarchitech Joined: 10 Jul 2008 Posts: 8	Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:20 pm    Post subject: Revit is the next step to what seems like the very very long road to what BIM should be. It has been catching on in the professional world more and more in the past couple of years. Both are owned by Autodesk. The market is swinging toward Revit so I think it is best that your school is preparing you for that.
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svenglezz-ASMEIL Joined: 18 Nov 2004 Posts: 99 Location: Toronto	Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:07 am    Post subject: hmmmm..... Catching on in the professional world? last couple of years? Got some proof/link to back that up? And what field are you talking about? Architectural? Structural? Mechanical? Electrical? Interior? Landscape? or Others? And remember you can BIM in most cad programs just use the ASMEIL system for free _________________ ASMEIL Drawings and M&E Designs
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Jimbobidybone Joined: 18 Jun 2009 Posts: 17 Location: Derby, UK	Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:14 am    Post subject: I do have Revit on a 30 day trial and have allways used AutoCAD, from what I gather Revit Automates alot of the cumbersome tasks in architectural design, e.g. schedules material selections and specifications, where this initially appears to be a very good thing, I have experienced people who are using revit getting very lazy and just presuming that Revit is doing the job right, the reality is it still needs alot of manual imput and if people ignore things i can visualise alot of law suits in the future if people become too dependant on it! Due to revit in essence doing alot more architecturally for it's users i would say that for large industrial / commercial projects it would be a fantastic tool (if used properly) as it seems to help alot with the project management and quality assurance side of things, However if you have a smaller residential project e.g house design for example I personally would stick to AutoCAD Architecture, as it allows the basic very efficient drafting methods of AutoCAD (Revit seems too cumbersome to draft efficiently) and allows for building pretty much whatever 3D model or construction detail you require using it's conventional methods. To sum it up, If you are more interested in Commercial / Industrial Architecture learn Revit, as larger companies who do large scale work will likely be tending towards it. If you are more interested in Residential learn AutoCAD Architecture, by doing so i'd suggest you'd make yourself more useful and hence more employable by companies. hope this helps ;p _________________ James Pegg Please check out my site www.jrpcad.co.uk.
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