Inventor = Modeling · Revit = Information ?

Last Saturday I read an article over at RCB (RobiNZ CAD Blog) titled “Why doesn’t Revit have a model browser?”….and it reminded me of my first experience with Revit, and why I need to revisit the program.

That  first experience with Revit came when the Autodesk VAR for the company I worked for at the time (this was 4ish years ago) tried to convince my boss that Revit was the “way to go” for ship interior structures. He gave the company a trial version to check out, and it fell upon me to giver-a-whirl……which I did. I found that it could not create the shapes of the rooms we needed among other things. The specifics elude me, but the program was shot down pretty quick.

Things may have changed in the interim, but I find it unlikely.  Yachts are a meld of transportation, extreme luxury, limited space, and bodacious angularity that does not lend itself well to pre defined structural paradigms. Other people seem to have come to similar conclusions:

Athié | Wohnrath Earns Autodesk BIM Experience Award

Inventor Woodworking Co. StructureCraft Creates Roof for Richmond Olympic Oval

A More Recent Look

I also gave Revit a look-see when I was designing a home about a year ago. I almost immediately ran into a snag –but for the life of me, I can’t recall what it was. It may have just been impatience on my part, but I do believe it had to do with modeling capabilities.

 So ….. I intend to revisit the program next week to see just what the skinny really is. I’m going to gather some topographical info at a construction site over the holiday weekend, and give the program a shot starting on Tues.  I already designed this particular structure in Inventor, so it will interesting to compare the two, as well as test their interoperability.

I’ll post some first thoughts on the Topo stuff then. Have a great Holiday if you have one coming, otherwise, carry on.