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Today Autodesk announced details of the 2012 AEC portfolio and once again this is
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my yearly roundup / review of the Autodesk Revit Architecture product. Similar to last
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year, the alpha for this release started particular early, so those involved in this
feedback process got a good insight into what was being proposed. In fact when I
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visited Autodesk last year I go an early preview of some of the work that was taking
place. I was fortunate enough to sit in on one of the development meetings where the
concept scoping document was being discussed on a particular feature in this Priva cy
release. This was extremely enlightening; my overall opinion was that it was very
similar to how the AEC industry works. In our case, we are the clients, we decide what
we want and propose this to the researchers (the architect), the researchers then
work with the developers (the contractor) to see how best to actually build the design.
It is the architect as well as the contractor’s responsibilities to work within the budget
constraints and to deliver the product on time. Fair enough, this is a simplistic view 2011 release
on the situation and it is probably not as black and white as what I have described, as
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there are many factors that could and will disrupt the development process.
RST 2011 - SP2
So back to the Revit Architecture 2012; I will just be covering the Architectural and
major platform enhancements and features; I am sure others will do a better technical RME 2011 - SP2
review of Structure and MEP improvements than I will do.
So the key highlights include:-
Revit Server
Citrix Ready Release Home
Autodesk Vault Collaboration AEC Youtube Video Links
Linking Improvements
Work Sharing
Improved DWG export fidelity
Posts
Visualisation Enhancements
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Modelling Enhancements
UI tweaks and adjustments
Performance
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sites Revit 2011 modelling
Massing enhancements Vasari why? trick and tip Revit
2012 platform projects
Materials
Point Cloud Support
IFC
Revit Server
Revit Server was introduced as part of the mid-year subscription drop; my blog article
Revitoped (Steve Stafford)
back in October provides an overview of RS if you need to know more. RS has been
further enhanced in 2012 and provides new platform server support for VMWare and Buildz (Zach Kron)
Windows 2008 server release 2. More detailed historic information is available from
Don't Think: Revit (Robert Manna)
the Revit Server administration tools and there is now support for editing requests
and notifications. Another nice feature is the new command-line “RevitServerTool”, Inside the Factory
this has been provided to allow you to create a local file from a central stored on
Revit Clinic
Revit Server, without having to use Revit itself. RS also provides support of all the
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As project teams push Revit harder and the tools gets utilised on more challenging
projects the concept of linking models together has become more prevalent. The Cad Help (Dave Harrington)
original concept of one super model which can do everything has migrated to a more
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holistic and realistic approach of linking models. With this in mind, the need to
enhance the linking abilities between models has become a user priority. The 2011 The Revit Kid
release saw a number of key improvements within this area, 2012 sees these Watermans and Revit Structure
extended further. Tagging has been extended to allow you to Tag Rooms in linked
Architectural and MEP files. Spaces can be tagged in linked MEP files. Keynoting Inside the Sys tem
tags now work across all linked file types whether they are Architectural, MEP or Excitech
Structural files. Area tagging now works on linked Architectural and MEP models. The
ability to Tag Rooms alone is worth its weight in gold as this limitation causes projects Revit Zone
teams major headaches with the need to setup linked views etc to accommodate this Bim and Beam
previous limitation.
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The managed links dialog also see some minor tweaks. The Revit links tab is now Android
positioned first, Users can now sort the columns by clicking the header of the Revit 2012 –
columns. The default columns sizes have been improved to make reviewing and Cons truction
reading easier. Building on 2011, additional MEP elements categories have been Modelling
made available to the copy / monitor function. Autodes k Revit
Architecture 2012
Revit 2011 plus 1
Cat let out of the bag
Working Sharing
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I would have to say that one of the biggest areas of improvement for Revit 2012 is Collecting packaging
within the Worksharing workflow. It pulls together a number of outstanding Project Vasari -
requirements, requests and disconnected technology implementations and delivers Website
something which addresses everything that I personally saw as a shortfall in Lumion
Worksharing. A new feature called Worksharing Visualization allows you to view in
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A new view control bar has been added to each window which allows you to access
these new Worksharing graphic features. When you go into a particular mode text in
canvas is used to indicate which temporary display mode you are using.
The tool tip feature has also been expanded providing the user with more
Worksharing information as you hover over a particular element; where once you
had to wait a fraction of a second for the tool tip to appear it is now instantaneous.
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A major limitation of Revit in previous years has been the inadequate functionality of
the edit requests feature. This tool, has from my memory never been improved? AutoCAD 2012: Generate 2D
drawing views from 3D
Where project teams have been disconnected geographically or just within the office,
models. - Wednesday, May 04,
the use of instant message tools has become the norm to let team members know 2011
that you have placed a request or borrow an element or to get someone to relinquish
Toggle model/papers pace with a
and sync to central. The Worksharing monitor released a few years back did go keyboard shortcut. - Wednesday,
some way to assist, but it was really on stop gap solution. However, when Revit May 04, 2011
Server was introduced, you quickly discovered that the Worksharing monitor was not
Publish Inventor models to 3D
supported in the environment! So it is refreshing to see that Revit 2012 now provides PDF. - Saturday, April 30, 2011
balloon notifications when editing requests. When you receive request, you can use
the buttons provided to show the elements that need to be relinquished. No more Automatic ins tallation of AutoCAD
2012 add-on applications. - Friday,
throwing items at your team members to get them to relinquish borrowed items! April 29, 2011
Its pleasing to see that Workset Visibility can now be managed by view templates! Copy/Paste of solids from AutoCAD
to Fusion does n't ... - Thursday,
April 28, 2011
Tips for Managing your Revit

Structure 2012 Analytical
Model - Thursday, April 28,
2011 - rss @autodes k.com
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Webcast: Model-based Design at

WisDOT - Thursday, April 28,
Another minor improvement is the introduction of a Starting View. We at HOK along 2011 - (Pete Kels ey)
with many other firms, choose to have a starting view. This view in our case is a New Assemblies capability for
drafting view which indicates project details and is the neutral view we encourage all precas t workflows in Revit Structure
our users to save in. 2012 - Monday, April 25,
(Autodesk)
Your Autodesk Des ign Review 2012

WikiHelp Awaits! - Thurs day, April
21, 2011 - (Chris Blocher)
Robins & Morton: Carolinas Medical

Center - Friday, April 08,
This ensures that everybody gets the same view when they create a new local copy (Autodesk)
and experience has shown that this view opens quicker than having to wait for a
large 3d view to appear on the screen. Therefore, the new Starting View command
allows you to specify which view appears by default when you open the file. Another
minor tweak is the ability to change the Workset parameter without first needing to
borrow an element. 2012: Cascading Sequences for
Autodesk Products - Tues day, May
Finally, the most potentially useful as well as “dangerous” feature is the ability to 03, 2011
disable Worksets. This really has been a long standing request, because once Revit Add-In Hotfix - Tues day, May
Worksetted, officially you were unable to disable Worksets. Technically this is not 03, 2011
true, as this functionality has been lurking around in the background for some time,
How prior vers ion support affects
but it has never been exposed to the user. Whilst it will be a very useful feature, licens e usage in Autodesk 2012
without careful and proper management it could spell disaster if it gets into the hands Suite products - Monday, May 02,
2011
of the Revit novice! Therefore, this feature has been hidden out of the way and has
been integrated into the detach from central workflow. When detaching from central How to download a previous
you can detach and preserve Worksets or you can detach and discard Worksets release of an Autodesk Design &
Creation Suite - Monday, May 02,
which in effect turns it back into a standalone file. 2011
How to download a previous

release of Autodesk
s oftware - Monday, May 02, 2011
DWG Exports
DWG export fidelity from Revit has been well…….fine for the purpose it was intended
for! I have said for a long time that it’s ok, but will never provide the same quality you
would get if it was drawn in AutoCAD in the first place. But it has been a long
standing request by many to improve the output that Revit provides. Now this creates Search
a tricky challenge as you are trying to convert the output from one technology
pow ered by
suitable for use in another technology. We are often the executive architect and we
produce the designs in Revit up to DD or stage D (RIBA); the local architects we
often work with don’t have the latest technology, so AutoCAD is often their delivery
tool. So in this occasion the best quality dwg export is the order of the day. As more
firms become Revit enabled this will be less of an issue.
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Revit 2012 sees improvements across the board; the export user interface has been tweets
updated, pre-sets can be saved once you have configured the output to your retw eet
requirements. The export settings can be transferred between projects, using the
Transfer Project Standards command. Revit 2012 is now able to export style based
dimensions; this will ensure that the dimension text is controlled by the text style and
the tick mark is controlled by the arrow heads properties; no more proxy graphics to
represent dimensions in the DWG export.
Lines, Patterns, Text and Fonts, Colours, Geometry type, Units can also be
customized to a far more granular level of detail. In the case of Lines types you can
map Revit to use a .LIN file and Hatch Patterns you can map to a use a .PAT file. All
this should help to improve the clarity of DWG exports from Revit. I do hope it will
meet most users’ needs, especially where you need to match to existing DWG CAD
standards. But I will reiterate, whilst it is a major improvement, you shouldn’t take for
granted that this will resolve all your DWG clarity problems, there are some very
complex CAD standards out there!
General Platform Improvements

Revit 2012 release also sees a number of improvements to the user experience. You
will find that the highlight and selection colours have been updated. Another obvious
improvement is the New Grip Graphic; these now appear visually better on the
screen. The temporary Dimensions graphics have been tweaked and these are now
blue rather than black. These are just minor tweaks, but they do improve the
interaction experience and it genuinely improves the fit and finish of the product.
The Graphic Display Options Dialog box has also gone through a major overhaul.
You are now able to create a View Template directly from this reconfigured Dialog.
After user feedback from Revit 2011, there are now a number of additional visual
styles such as:
Realistic with Edges mode with Realistic views.

Ambient Occlusion for Hidden Line mode.
Ambient Occlusion along with Shadows for Consistent Colours mode.
Another sneaky little gem is the ability to print Ambient Occlusion! You will also find
the introduction of Ghost Surfaces. This is a new graphic mode which will display
surfaces with 30% transparency. This is particularly useful and will provide the user
with additional control over complex 3D visualisations. The Ghost Surface feature
can be applied to whole view, by category, by element or as a filter. Below you can
see the image has had the Ghost Surfaces applied.
One of the foremost benefits of working in Revit and 3d is the ability to generate
assembly 3d views and 3d details. I have said it many times, but give somebody a 3d
isometric of an assembly and they will have a better understanding of how the
components go together. The guys over at Lego have been doing this for years!!!
So Revit 2012 now includes a new 3d view lock feature which allows you to lock to an
orientation of a 3d and then tag elements within the view. The user has 3 possible
options available; save orientation and lock the view, restore orientation and lock the
view, unlock the view. This is control via the View Control Bar.
Whilst I am on the subject of 3d, final Revit 2012 sees 3dconnexion device support.
You will need to install the current drivers for you 3dspace mouse, but when you do
an appropriate 3dspace mouse icon will appear on the Navigation Bar.
When Autodesk switched to the Ribbon, one rather nice feature in 2010 was the
ability to have Type Selector positioned in the Ribbon. Revit 2011 stole us of this
feature and the Type Selector migrated its way to the Properties Palette. But I am
glade to say the Type Selector in the Ribbon is back. If you right mouse click over the
type selector in the Properties Palette you can add it to the QAT (Quick Access
Toolbar) as well as the Ribbon.
Schedule and legends views can now be created directly from the project browser.
Just go to Schedule / Quantities or Legends in the Project Browser, right mouse click
and choose from the drop down menu.
Other user experience tweaks include the ability to export Family Types from a
Project to a TXT file, import types into a family from TXT file, save all families from a
project or a family, customizable equality text, a number of improvements to
Dimension Leaders and a new Round Function for Formulas.
As with every release of Revit, Autodesk strive to improve the product performance.
Purge Unused now includes unused Imported Categories and Object Styles, loading
elements into memory now has multi-threading support. Also Multi-threading has also
been extended to the calculation of silhouette edge graphics as well as graphical
representation of model elements in open views, when changing view properties of a
view.
Core Modelling
You will discover various number improvements that were implemented in Revit
2011’s massing tools have migrated their way into 2012’s project environment. The
solid-solid cut tool can now be used on family instances.
The workplane Viewer is now available in the project environment and you can now
use Adaptive Components in the project environment; you will discover that shape
handles have been provided to improve the placement and positioning of AC’s.
Although it should be not that there are some restrictions on the use of AC’s, you will
only be able to use AC’s in Revit Architecture, no Revit Structure or Revit MEP
support for the time being.
The creation of surface sub-regions on non-planar surfaces in the Conceptual

Environment, which first appeared as part of the subscription drop, has been
enhanced further. It is accessible via the Split Face tool in the Geometry panel. This
allows you to draw on the surface of non-planar surface and apply different materials
to the sub-region using the Paint tool. An essential feature when apply materials to
masses for energy analysis exercises.
A long standing request from the Revit community is to allow families to cut other
families. So 2012 now allows face-based void families to be hosted on and cut
Structural Framing, Columns, Structural Foundations or Generic model families within
the Project. Also, families which just contain voids only and don’t actually cut anything
in the family itself can be used to cut walls, floors, roofs, ceilings as well as the family
types mentioned previously. This starts to resolve a number of use cases such as
holes in beams or the ability to automatically cut an opening in a worktop when
placing a sink.
Revit and Construction

As the Revit platform starts to take its grip on the AEC industry as the BIM technology
of choice, Autodesk is starting to ensure that Revit can be utilised in other parts of
the AEC workflow. A number of contractors have made a serious investment in Revit
and are utilising the tool in their workflow. If anybody has seen what Tocci
Construction are doing with Revit, you will know exactly what I mean. Therefore, to
start to move into this arena and to address the complexities and finesse of
Construction Modelling, Revit 2012 introduces the ability to Create Parts and Divide
the model. These features are purely focused at construction engineer who needs to
split the model into smaller component parts.
Parts are produced by breaking down the compound components which make up
walls, roofs, ceilings and floors. When you select a wall for instance and choose to
create parts, the wall will break down into its individual component layers. The
individual parts do retain the geometric relationship with its original element.
However, Parts do have their own properties, so they can be scheduled and can be
modified independently. By enabling the grip handle functionality available from the
properties palette you can pull the various layers around. Once Parts are made, you
can then use the Divide Parts Command to divide the compound Part further by
using sketch lines on the active workplace.
Assembly and Assembly views have been introduced to resolve certain pre-cast
construction workflows. To generate an assembly, you select the elements you want
to group as part of your assembly, and then choose the Create Assembly Command.
Once you have created the assembly and named it, it will appear under assemblies
in the project browser. You can then generate views from the assembly by clicking on
the create views commands. This allows you to create shop drawings of components
which are independent of the main model.
Both these features have massive potential; it will start to allow for more granular
detailing. A word of warning though, these feature are only available in Revit
Architecture and Structure; when you break your model into parts it will add weight to
your model as the original element is still retained. I joked last year when I saw this
feature that I could see some going mad and breaking everything and anything
without understanding the consequences!
Massing Tweaks
There have been a couple of useful tweaks to tools in the Conceptual Massing
Environment. You can now have Formula Driven Components. What this means is
that you can use conditional formula parameters and apply this to a divided surface.
A new parameter called “Family Type:Divide Surface” allows you to drive the display
and type of a pattern or a component.
The other minor improvement is the control of parameter values for points hosted on
line or curves. Previous to 2012, whilst you could host a point on a line, the
parameter was normalized between a value of 0 to 1. This got even more confusion
on circles as the value was expressed in radians. Now you can still express the
normalised segmented length between 0 and 1, but you also have additional
parameters for segmented length, normalized segment length, chord length, angle,
non-normalized curve parameter and normalized curve parameter.
More Material Changes

There have been some fundamentals changes to how material work. Whilst much of
this work is on-going and will not be immediately obvious to the user this is the first
steps of a large project to focus on delivering models with Physical Materials. The
Paint tool has undergone a change, so when selected it will automatically open the
materials dialog box to allow you to preview the material before applying to an
element. The Remove paint tool allows you to remove materials you have already
applied. You can also schedule materials that have been applied by the Paint tool.
The management and control of material has been upgraded; for instance you can
now create property sets for materials. These are collection of properties that are
used to define the aspect of the material. The management of property sets are
managed through an overhauled Material Properties Library Dialogue. This work has
accumulated into the ability to have libraries that can be present in a project or an
independent file which can be shared between users as well as other Autodesk
applications such as 3dsmax. With this change we can again create customized
libraries for project or for your office, something which was not possible when
Autodesk changed from Accurender to MentalRAY. Finally, the icing on the cake, you
can now purge unused materials from a project, no more keyboard combinations of
selecting and deleting one at a time!
Point Cloud Support

One of the most exciting features in Revit 2012 is support for Point Cloud data.
Times have changed; one of the outcomes of the recent global downturn is that
clients are now looking to refurbish their existing building stock rather than finding a
green field sight and plonking down a new building. Refurbishment has a direct
correlation with the sustainability agenda; what could be more Green than taking an
existing building and refurbishing to meet current regulations and requirements?
Maybe that is a rather unsophisticated view on the situation, but when talking with
many of our clients here in London, this is how they are thinking. Therefore, how
does the notation of BIM interface with the world of refit and refurbishment? How do
you capture what already exists and utilize this to develop the BIM?
The concept of laser scanning it nothing new; the use of the technology has certain
accelerated in recent years, with more and more surveying firms offering laser
scanning services. But capturing the data is one thing, utilizing data to develop a
Revit model has, up until now, been extremely challenging.
Revit 2012 sees the use of Autodesks propriety point cloud engine to access large
point cloud datasets. The following raw formats .las, .xyb, .pts, .ptg, .fls, .fws.are
supported. You are able to insert a Point Cloud file via the Insert > Managed linked
tab but due to the nature and size of point cloud files they are referenced into the
project rather embedded.
Once linked into a project, a point cloud file behaves like any other model element. It
will appear in views and can be selected, rotated, copied, deleted and mirrored. You
have the capability to link multiply point cloud files and you can obviously control the
display of the cloud file via Visibility / Graphics. All the normal Revit rules apply so,
plans, section as well as section boxes can cut through the cloud file which is
particularly useful if you need to isolate a particular areas of the cloud data.
Okay, so you have the cloud data linked into the Revit project, what next? Geometry
can be used to snap to planar surfaces that are dynamically detected in the point
cloud. Revit will only detect planes that are perpendicular to the current workplane.
The snap tool feature streamlines the model authoring process from the cloud data.
There are also various API enhancements which I am sure, will open up opportunities
for more enhanced geometry creation tools to be developed by third parties
developers. I have heard through the grape vine that the new Point Cloud feature will
happily manage Point Cloud datasets up to around 30 gigs. Whilst many may never
utilise this functionality, I do foresee many firms who do refurbishment making good
use of this powerful feature.
IFC Tweaks
The IFC export engine has been tweaked and is now “layered” on the Revit API. This
has allegedly addressed a number of export bugs. I personally have mixed views on
IFC; I so want it to work, but without the necessary appetite from AEC firms to sit
down and work together to get it completely working , then it will still remain what it is
today. Autodesk is the biggest player in the AEC software market, you would certainly
think it was in there interest to drive the IFC discussion and put some real effort in.
More and more countries are demanding BIM, with the deliverables being of an open
standard. Therefore, if Revit is to be the BIM authoring platform of choice, the IFC
output needs to be the best it can possibly be. I am aware there is much work taking
place in the background with the IFC schema, so I do hope I can report back in the
near future on the efforts.
Summary and Final Thoughts…..

So in summary and in my humble opinion, Revit 2012 is overall a positive release. It
has some superb features particularly around large team workflows and the support
for point cloud data is an excellent move. There is also Citrix Support as well as
Autodesk Vault support. I will cover these features in a future article, as I am currently
testing these in my office.
Will Revit 2012 keep the die-hard Revit user who wants long standing items like
better text tools, improved typography and site, stairs etc….happy???? hmmmmm
probably not! But I would have to argue that whilst some of the improvements to big
ticket modelling items have yet to appear, there is still plenty in this feature rich
release to make most users content.
But a word of warning Mr Autodesk; some of these long standing requests really do
need to be addressed over the next 1 to 2 releases. I see users fighting with some of
the trickier tools on a day to day basis and I feel their pain. However, I have a
pragmatic view on much of this now as I have come to realize that there is no utopia
and Rome really wasn’t built in a day. As the Guinness Ad says, good things come to
those that wait. Nevertheless, improving model quality and construction assembly by
providing flexible, easy to use software tools most be the end game. Without this,
there will always be an excuse by some diehards that this “BIM thing” is just not worth
doing.
One final point; the content and views expressed in this article are purely my own.
Some will be thinking, does he get paid for writing this stuff???….nope I don’t. My
passion for the Revit technology and BIM has become engrained in my DNA; it’s just
what I do. It’s what makes me wake up of a morning and travel to work :-)
Posted by David Light at 12:02 AM

Labels: Releases, Revit 2012
37 comments:
Jason Grant said...
You never mentioned Galaxy... :) All the hype and no galaxy.
12:14 AM
Joe Stott said...

Wow David, you have been busy. Thank you for your excellent write up of
the new feature they look great. looking forward to getting 2012 installed
on m workstation and giving them a go. Keep up the good work. :)
12:36 AM
Alfredo Medina said...

Thank you, David, for this nice and comprehensive summary of the new
features! Keep up the good work!
2:12 AM
Don Rudde r said...

You rock David... GALAXY!!!
3:00 AM
carrucha75 said...
Thanks David! Wonderful i appreciate your opinion thanks again
4:25 AM
Dav e Baldacchino said...
Awesome review David! I'm now going to delete my post that I spent the
last 2 1/2 hours writing up...
6:00 AM
v ladixel said...
Best time of the year is here again. great post , would you know the
release date?
6:49 AM
Goog said...
eagerly waiting for it.
Thanks
6:50 AM
Julie n BENOIT said...

Very well done, thanks!
btw, you did this only during the webcast? ;-)
6:52 AM
Julie n BENOIT said...

very well done, thanks!
btw, you did this only during webcast ? ;-)
6:54 AM
Romanich said...
Thank you for very interesting post!
8:45 AM
e rlendba said...
Some nice features such as family cutting family.. but frustrating that they
do not take the poor line graphics seriously. So far its mostly the large
projects that benefit from revit, but it could be utilized in so many more
refined projects if it had the same graphical qualites as autocad or
microstation.
Erlend AA Dip
9:13 AM
Raghave ndra Bhat said...

Excelent!
Waiting to use Revit 2012
10:04 AM
Boba Fe tt said...
What is the status with multi core processor support and 64-bit
optimization? I understand this is a major re-write of the code, but it needs
to be done to support these huge files.
Thanks for the blog.

1:16 PM
Paul Munford said...

This is a really comprehesive review David. Thanks very much for taking
the time to write it.
I look forward to learning more about Revit assemblies in particular.
I have linked to your post from my Blog:
Autodesk 2012 product line announced today
2:01 PM
Dzung said...
I LIKE THIS!
2:20 PM
Jose f said...
Nice post, thanks.
PepaR
2:24 PM
Ke lly Cone said...

Well done - as always! Linking to your post...now!
3:14 PM
Patrick Villella said...

Great article, David. You did a really nice job summarizing these great
new features, while still making a good case at the end to give users some
of the long requested features they need to be more productive.
While it's hard to pinpoint that one 'golden' feature that's going to make
everyone jump up and down, there are certainly a host of great
improvements and refinements that will make life much easier for many
designers.
It was nice to see you so active in the beta forums. I, like you, love this
stuff! See you in the forums.
Patrick Villella, LEED AP

CADsoft Consulting
www.cadsoft-consult.com
4:09 PM
Matt said...
Excellent review
7:25 PM
Brian said...
Great stuff. I have been waiting a long time for the ability to purge un-
used materials. Wish you could merge similar materials. Thanks for
putting together this preview.
2:24 AM
carrucha75 said...
Thanks David, I really appreciate your comments here
4:14 AM
Ron76 said...
Great news, thanks for posting all the information.
But I would have really loved to see Revit for Mac, too...
4:10 PM
a. schindle r said...
Hi,
my name is Andreas Schindler, i got this link from Todd B., HOK SA. and i
really appreciate your comments.
Im curious about Revit 2012, therefore i was very happy to read
something about it.
i support your opinion about basic abilities and fundamental necessarities
like site, stairs etc.
These are the things that "normal" users need, and if its not or bad
working, the users comments, also to the management, sound in a way
that Revit will be kicked, and the way goes back to Autocad (Happens
here in the office 1 Year ago)
So also my postulation to Mr. Autodesk is.. "Serve the basics! The Funny
things are for afterwork....."
Thanks
Andreas Schindler
9:46 AM
Olive r said...
Thanks for this in-depth commentary on the new release. I cannot wait to
get it installed on my computer.
Keep up the good word... work... whatever. :)

10:59 AM
Gale n said...
Great write up David!
I agree fully, a lot of perks and quality of life improvements. (For new
users the slight tweak to Rotate will be fantastic!) But I too was looking for
the big you have to have this feature. I think the Constructability and the
Worksharing Tools will eventually become invaulable, but at this time
users will have to tweak their process to get the most use out of them.
3:34 PM
timothy said...
another ridiculous .5 release
I can't believe there hasn't been any update to the fact that you cant TRIM
SPLINES and that you sill can't work in a perspective view... come on
Autodesk, what are you doing with our money?
7:03 PM
SF Architect said...
I am intrigued by Revit as an Archicad user. One thing I don't like is not
being able to modify roofs and slab in 3d as I can in archicad. Is this a
new feature of RVT 12 or has it been requested.
I am amazed it is not there!

2:31 AM
cle tus said...

soooo, that was neat and all about 2012 Revit new features, but where is
the big secret announcement....
Also, you mentioned Tocci Construction neato things they are doing... do
you have a link?
...or is that only for cool people...If so, I'm probably out of luck as I am not
cool. hehe..
Seriously, The Server, Point Cloud and the IFC tweaks are helpful.
9:34 PM
Rick Fe ineis said...
Gre at write up David! It is the most comprehensive one I have seen yet
on Revit Arch 2012.
I'm providing this link to all of our students that are contemplating our
Revit Architecture 2012 online training. Several have commented that

they
also appreciate all the time that you have spent on this.
Please keep up the good work!
Rick
12:34 PM
JTB said...
Great article, thank you very much for this!
However, I must say that all these great new features for worksharing are
useless for us single licence owners... Also, the new materials and
rendering improvements would be great, but after buying MAX and
Maxwell, it is really difficult to go back to RPCs and mental ray...
And yes, you're right that some really important issues must be addressed
in 1-2 releases... Important things that I could never do without precious
forum help.
6:40 AM
John said...
really, no text editor improvements?...really?!? I would take a wordpad
level of functionality, we're talking 1980s technology for gods sake.
6:39 PM
G said...
David, as has already been mentioned multiple times, thank you very
much for the in depth review of Revit 2012. As the BIM Manager in my
current office, I always look forward to the new releases and enhanced
features that help improve our workflow.
Thanks Again!
3:21 PM
Silleke Suarez said...

Thanks David for your time in writing this review. Can't wait to get hold of
this version.
- Silleke
5:11 PM
BIM Troublemake r said...

Nice write up. I have been too busy with project work to have time
exploring 2012. Now i know what to look for!
1:13 AM
naruto said...
I agree that the Graphical Line Quality Needs to be improved.
3:22 PM
Frank said...
Sadly, Autodesk does not like .ifc because it hops that their .rft file
becomes the main file in the BIM world.
Autodesk dreams of a world, where everyone uses Autodesk products -

please no competitiors, as Autodesk rules the world! Autodesk likes to
take advantage of others ideas and sells them in their name. This has to
stop. Thanks.
3:57 PM
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So the key highlights include:-

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Arch I Tech (Phil Read & Eddie

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I look forward to learning more about Revit assemblies in particular.

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Keep up the good word... work... whatever. :)

I am amazed it is not there!

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Rick Fe ineis said...

Revit Architecture 2012 online training. Several have commented that

Please keep up the good work!

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