Week 4 – Alex dePinhoNunes - How does Revit relate to Autocad and other drafting programs

Since the computers began to be used for the construction firms, autocad have been the most used software that companies use to design bildings. Although Many other softwares from different companies have been made and used for diverse projects, autocad is the most used software for 2D drawings. In comparison with the second most used software 2D the Bentley Microstation, in my opinon,  I can say that autocad has advantages and disadvantages. First, the most efficient thing in autocad is the easy shortcuts for every single command in the program making you be able to drawing fast than in the microstation, that you need to point click in every command that you want to use. In my opinion the microstation has the advantage of create block with a simple click in ctrl+b, and in the autocad you need to have a way complex steps to achieve this. In general the two software are very similar and very good for use in 2D, but talking about 3D they are a complete disaster. I don’t know if the Autocad 3D or Microstation 3D are still being used for companies, but they cold not be even close to reach many aspects that the Revit nowadays is able to do. First of all, these 2 old programs aren’t able to creat blocks like furniture, doors, window and etc, instead were used rectangular blocks to represent that . Second they are not capable to support complex anf big structures, the program usually crash and had a very dalay to execute commands. In comparison with revit, these 2 old programs reaaly have many disadvantages. In the revit nowadays  these two problems that I told does not exist, with revit you are able to desgn any kind of structure that you  want and is relatively esier tha other 3D softwares. The simple commands and the very intuitive interface of the program, alyed with the previously kkowledge of the commands from autocad can make the use of Revit a vary easy task for some people.

I’ve used other kind of softwares since I began to work and study in the engeneering field, I have used Smart Plan, PDMS, Smart Marine, Inventor, and some of others that are very similar and very complex to learn, and of this kind of software I definitelly think that Revit, it’s the best one. Have a good knowledge in this softaware can be a good skill that you want to have for you job in the future.