Adam Smith published a book named “Wealth of Nations” in 1776 Wealth of Nations is an investigation into the nature and causes of national economic development. Smith writes that greater productivity is derived from manufacturing. In a visit to a pin factory he observed that the traditional craftsman might manufacture just one pin a day. […]
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Autodesk is always looking for ways to communicate with Architects (not an easy job) and they are developing another. It is called Diana. They have observed that architects and engineers have a difficult time figuring out which Autodesk product would be best suited for their design needs. So here is a stab at answering the […]
I attended the South Coast Revit Usesr Group last week and had a great time. The turnout was very large, about 35 people or so. It could have been the topic – Revit Families. It was a general discussion of various areas related to Family creation and use. Steve Stafford did a fantastic job of […]
1. Revit does not read or write native DWG files. They must be imported and exported. 2. It can create very large files since everything is in one file 3. It does not contain any of the familiar AutoCAD commands 4. It has a different interface from AutoCAD 5. It may be a little harder […]
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1. Sections and Elevation are generated as events in ADT and must be updated if any building changes are made 2. It does not read Revit files 3. It does not create a cohesive, single model file. The model is divided into separate files. 4. System requirements may exceed your current machine. Check to make […]
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I am sure that there are many reasons, but here are just a few on my top 5 list… 1. You will be working in a true building model environment (one model, one file), not many files with xrefs and such like ADT. 2. Divide your work among users via Worksets. Even though you are […]
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I get a lot of questions on the reasons that drive the decisions to choose one platform over another. I have collected a few that you may want to consider related to choosing ADT over Revit. 1. ADT works in native DWG files, Revit does not. Revit can however, export and import DWG’s. 2. ADT […]
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Why move from AutoCAD to Revit Series 8.1? Here are my top 20 reasons to move from an older release of AutoCAD (or ADT) to the newest release of Revit Series (which includes a seat of AutoCAD). 1. Work in a true building model environment 2. Automatic Interference checking 3. Automatic creation and updates to […]
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