This week were asked to respond on the following question: " How does Revit relate to Autocad and other drafting programs?"
Revit is a program that is created by a company called Autodesk. The purpose of Revit is to create BIM or Building Information Model files. A BIM file is a new type of medium in which buildings from the infrastructure, utilities, and architectural plans can be designed and managed and be found in one single 3D model. In addition BIM files can be incorporated with a 4D aspect that integrates a building schedule and how work is phased out. Next there is AutoCAD. Just like Revit, AutoCAD is owned by the company Autodesk. AutoCAD is a program that allows designers, architects, engineers, etc. to create 2D plans (and 3D plans) by use of “drawing” lines and shapes. These two programs are related firstly that they are compatible due to the fact that they are owned by the same company. Secondly these two programs do allow for the ability to create 2D plans of buildings with almost similar results. However, Revit will be able to make the process of creating the building way more efficiently. This is so because in if you need to do something like draw an exterior wall, you can easily just click on wall in Revit, specify that it is an exterior wall and draw out your walls in a few easy clicks. In AutoCAD, every single line will need to be drawn out making the process, although not difficult, take longer to complete. In addition, AutoCAD will only recognize those lines as just that: lines. In Revit, it recognizes lines as actual objects, like a specific wall type, and can be edited as such. This merely touches the tip of the iceberg of the many new features that a BIM creating program like Revit has in store for designers and others alike as opposed to drafting programs like AutoCAD.
Sources:
http://www.autodesk.com/solutions/building-information-modeling/overview
http://blog.digitaltutors.com/autocad-revit-draw-line/
Responses:
dePinhoNunes: I really enjoyed your comparison between the two programs AutoCAD and Microstation. Being that I have never used Microstation before, reading your description between the two programs really helped me understand the pros and cons of each program.
Giovanna: This post did a good job in describing the advantages of a BIM program like Revit. Being a common AutoCAD, I always find myself trying to use CAD shortcuts or commands while using Revit thinking that it will work. I thought it was interesting how you described Revit as intuitive when making the switch between the two platforms can sometimes be a challenge when in reality that observation about Revit is mostly true.
Justin: A good read. You did a good job in describing how the AutoCAD and Revit are related to each other laymen's terms, but also diving into a more in depth description as well. You mentioned that one of the ways these two programs are related is that they are both programs ensure an ease in sharing and editing files now that drafting is done on the computer these days. I find it weird that, although fully true that fact is, I always seem to forget it because of how advanced technology is today.
Revit is a program that is created by a company called Autodesk. The purpose of Revit is to create BIM or Building Information Model files. A BIM file is a new type of medium in which buildings from the infrastructure, utilities, and architectural plans can be designed and managed and be found in one single 3D model. In addition BIM files can be incorporated with a 4D aspect that integrates a building schedule and how work is phased out. Next there is AutoCAD. Just like Revit, AutoCAD is owned by the company Autodesk. AutoCAD is a program that allows designers, architects, engineers, etc. to create 2D plans (and 3D plans) by use of “drawing” lines and shapes. These two programs are related firstly that they are compatible due to the fact that they are owned by the same company. Secondly these two programs do allow for the ability to create 2D plans of buildings with almost similar results. However, Revit will be able to make the process of creating the building way more efficiently. This is so because in if you need to do something like draw an exterior wall, you can easily just click on wall in Revit, specify that it is an exterior wall and draw out your walls in a few easy clicks. In AutoCAD, every single line will need to be drawn out making the process, although not difficult, take longer to complete. In addition, AutoCAD will only recognize those lines as just that: lines. In Revit, it recognizes lines as actual objects, like a specific wall type, and can be edited as such. This merely touches the tip of the iceberg of the many new features that a BIM creating program like Revit has in store for designers and others alike as opposed to drafting programs like AutoCAD.
Sources:
http://www.autodesk.com/solutions/building-information-modeling/overview
http://blog.digitaltutors.com/autocad-revit-draw-line/
Responses:
dePinhoNunes: I really enjoyed your comparison between the two programs AutoCAD and Microstation. Being that I have never used Microstation before, reading your description between the two programs really helped me understand the pros and cons of each program.
Giovanna: This post did a good job in describing the advantages of a BIM program like Revit. Being a common AutoCAD, I always find myself trying to use CAD shortcuts or commands while using Revit thinking that it will work. I thought it was interesting how you described Revit as intuitive when making the switch between the two platforms can sometimes be a challenge when in reality that observation about Revit is mostly true.
Justin: A good read. You did a good job in describing how the AutoCAD and Revit are related to each other laymen's terms, but also diving into a more in depth description as well. You mentioned that one of the ways these two programs are related is that they are both programs ensure an ease in sharing and editing files now that drafting is done on the computer these days. I find it weird that, although fully true that fact is, I always seem to forget it because of how advanced technology is today.
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