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[Anonymous]

I saw some documents to compare between Revit and AC.
I study Revit from own website.
It is just copy from AC!!

I used to work with AC (and very satisfied, and like many friends from AC-forum).
As AC-user I hope, AC must be better than Revit for Architects.

I have not used Revit, but just seen from Website.
The web-site from Revit is so nice, that I must believe, Revit should be better than AC.

I like to know your opinions and also opinions from GS.

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Scott,

I didn't mean go and get lost. I think it is important that this remains an open forum, and that anyone interested in CAD can post on it.

Revit is obviously an interesting program and I have downloaded a demo following your posting, and tried it out.

I think you need to do the same with ArchiCAD.

And a note for Graphisoft here...

Why can't you download a demo version of ArchiCAD? Especially if you can download competitors' product demos

Mind you I think the new features movies are great.

[Thomas Holm]

Naftali wrote:
If I go into a Toyota Showroom to check out their cars, I don't want to have a Nissan salesman come in there and start chirping in my ear non-stop about his brand, and I don't think the Toyota guy would defend his right of free speech, either.

As Matthew says, this isn't a dealership. But for me it's easier to sort out what I'm listening to when I know the background of the guy who talks. I see a point with having the Revit guys here, as long as they're waving the true flag. To Karl, i can just say that I've been in this forum from the beginning, even if I'm not addicted - I'm just no. 24 on the total post list. Still, I have to work sometimes, and I've missed Scott's presentation. It was the smell of sales talk that aroused me, and sampling his previous posts didn't make it better. But sales talk can be OK as long as you know it comes from a salesman. I find Scott's new signature enlightening.
Actually, I find it more problematic if you say he talks down Archicad in the Revit forums. He's not an Archicad user, and if all he knows about it comes from this forum which is the place where all problems gather... that looks really biased to me... at least his credibility doesn't benefit. Oh well...

[Chadwick]

I think this has turned into possibly one of the most rediculous topics I've witnessed. Does anyone here really think Scott (no offense intended) is going to sway somebody from ArchiCAD to Revit? Personally I think the software is accountable not someone posting in a forum. If someone decides to switch to Revit it's probably because their current software isnt getting the job done for them not because of Scott's posts. Also, I've seen plenty of people trash Revit on these forums without any experience with the program.

And who listens to a car salesman anyway?

[Anonymous]

I agree. This is rediculous.
Scott and ANYONE is welcomed here. We all want the best tools, and its obvious that we have to learn a lot from the way other people work, with or without archicad...

[stefan]

This thread exploded...

I want to place an additional support vote to keep Scott and Wes here. It is appreciated (at least it is by me) to have informed users of Revit (or any other application) with an open mind on this forum.

The only thing you can accuse Scott of, sometimes, is a sense of humour

He never hid his identity, nor his lack of experience with ArchiCAD, as far as I can remember, so IMHO he adheres to the etiquette.

The remark that started this discussion, about Autodesk taking ADT back to AutoCAD for Architects is not marketing at all. It is informing and good to know. I have been teaching ADT last month, being an ArchiCAD user and I appreciate the system more for it's capabilities, but even less then before for it's complexity. It is humiliating to read in the help files about the project system of ADT, and receive an answer from my dealer that they use simple xrefs instead. I better not tell my students that. Anyways, next year, if it is in my power, we will be using either ArchiCAD or Revit, but not ADT if I can prevent it.

[Anonymous]

My vote of support for Scott. And a thing. I knew that Scott is not an AC user, but what is curious is where he is getting all the energy to write here. He is here like in a Lions cave (this is polish - Jaskinia Lwa). As an AC user I always wanted to kick your butt, but as an overall CAD guy I always wanted to hear what you have to say about Revit. Go on Scott.

[Rakela Raul]

hey, i though mister scott revit was found not guilty a year ago !!!
is this a second trial ??? no second trial allowed in the USA !!! he is already a free man and a very welcome high end software user here

[Anonymous]

One reason, if I switch to Revit, would be because of DXG-exchange (not because of Scott )
And his presence here is quite ok, because the title of theme is AC 10 vs Revit.

As Dwight made joke here, I hope one flie for every CAD in the future.

If I see through and informe about Revit, Revit is quite excellant conceptual design based CAD.
But with AC we can work realy phase to phase from concept till as built drawings (incl.BOQ).
And it builds up very logically and we can organise very fine and perfect with manager system. I think, just AC can do this job almost perfectly.

[Scott Davis]

samsung wrote:
One reason, if I switch to Revit, would be because of DXG-exchange

Are you making up some new format? 🙂 I'm assuming you meant either DWG or DXF. DXG sounds like a hybrid!

samsung wrote:
As Dwight made joke here, I hope one flie for every CAD in the future.

We are getting closer...both AC and Revit are up to date with IFC standards.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for rapid answer,

I am crazy, what is DXG?

The information about future development of Revit will help us very much, not in odrder to buy revit, but to develope AC more.
As you see, you are well come.