finally, I have seen Revit 9 presentation at our office (we have invited a reseller just to be informed what is actually happening out there).
A very interesting, although short 3 hours presentation went through the rough features and procedures, one more thing I should say, with a really small project so the speed and teamworking could not be checked. However, it seems to be a very capable solution in my opinion.
A completely different approach towards tools. RV9 tends to address all different structures such as curtain walls, foundations etc by specific separate tools as oppose to AC where the tools can be used in more flexible or creative, if you will, fashion. I personally consider RV9 approach more restrictive as you have to rely on the factory improvements of each individual tool not allowing you ‘improvising’ in case of some tool shortcomings (now how good we are at this one!). Nice window/door graphic editor, capable doing simple programming that actually allows you to get GDL functionality, a little bit clunky way: let say we have a window with mullions and transoms so if you want to show just the mullions you simple hide (turn the visibility switch off) the transoms + simple formulas for parameters, sort of the parameter script (limited though) as we know it in AC.
The linking of elements with constrains, well, I do not know, it just does not work on big projects and why would you bother. When you start from the scratch you do not know what is going to be linked to what, I like to keep the things a bit loose in the model and tied them down just before concrete poring….Yes but no…
The interface, oh my goodness, now I really appreciate GS effort in this field, RV9 interface is in deed dreadful and I do really mean it. Everything looks like an Excel spreadsheet when you are filling your tax declaration in. I am afraid that RV9 suffers from the intuitiveness of Windows 3.1. I have read somewhere on this forum that someone was complaining about cluttered AC interface, well, you’d better to not try this one mate…
As we are on the AC forum some thoughts and comments:
The AC navigator/publisher is far superior to RV9 (by default, I suppose, because RV9 has got a really poor intuitiveness).
A GDL graphic editor would be a very good answer to RV9 families editor, to make the scripting and creating elements available for more people in the office.
The AC Profile Manager could work for any profiles like mullions, frames, transoms or virtually any element (I believe that is a goal of GS)
The tracker is a substantial answer (for the start) to RV9 dynamic dims.
We need to have those independently movable wall skins no matter how much computing power it needs…
STAIRS!!!, I will not comment on this, we all know that is a shocker in AC… RV9 has got this sorted nicely I must say.
I can’t thing of anything else at the moment, may be later..
::rk
