CHAPTER 1The Autodesk Revit World
I'm sure you've seen plenty of presentations on how wonderful and versatile this 3D Autodesk® Revit® revolution is. You may be thinking, “This all seems too complicated for what I do. Why do I need 3D anyway?”
The answer is: You don't need 3D. What do you do to get a job out—that is, after the presentation when you're awarded the project? First, you redraw the plans. Next comes the detail round‐up game we have all come to love: pull the specs together and then plot. This is a simple process that works.
Well, it worked until 3D showed up. Now we have no real clue where things come from, drawings don't look very good, and getting a drawing out the door takes three times as long.
That's the perception, anyway. ...
Get Revit 2020 for Architecture, 2nd Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
