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Prophecy99

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^_^ I miss revit. Never thought I would miss using it so much but it rocked!  I tried getting my new job to buy it , and we looked at it but its price is just alot... and in this economy... it won't happen anytime soon.   So I just wanted to say to all those who have revit. Cherish and hold it tight because 2D CAD is retro !

I actually have adapted my CAD style to a revit style way of thinking though, and that has helped alot. Dynamic blocks! I actually made a plan callout perform very similar to the revit ones minus the automatically created view =0  Attached are 2 images showing it in model space hahahah and one in the block editor and yes theres parameters just like revit !

As another note I remember when I first started revit I was drafting in a Autocad state of mind, and that soon went away within just 2 years.

Thanks all hope everyone is doing good. RIP ALLENBALL

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vector25

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just run revit in demo mode and become a revit expert.. nobody is really doing any construction work right now anyway.. someday you will be glad you did that..

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Prophecy99

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i guess thats a thought, what happens in demo mode tho? can't print? print with watermarks? or... what i thought the demo expired in 30 days?

by the way I used revit for 2-3 years with 3 versions up to 2010 with the once infamous "ribbon" tool bar so yeah I consider myself fairly advanced even with my absence

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itsmyalterego

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yep, 30 day trial, no strings attached.   No watermark.  You can still save.  It's even possible to trick your machine into allowing reinstalls with indefinite fresh trials.   Not that I endorse that... or piracy... for anything business related.  But for individuals developing their own skills and trying to stay competative in the drafting business is only GOOD for autodesk if their products are being learned, and then later applied in businesses that pay full price.

If revit isn't inaccessible to the common person and prohibitively expensive to learn, it will never be adopted.   That would hurt business more than piracy for people who only want to practice. 

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vector25

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yes there are many ways to get the demo mode to behave as if it were a full licensed version and be able to print and save- and autodesk has no problem with anyone doing that as long as they comply with the EULA- which simply states that if you use revit to make money with then you must buy a license.. but if you are not a computer expert and you don't know how to make the demo print and save- "infinitely"- then you will not be missing much if you just use the demo as is.. because if you are not selling construction documents then you really don't need to see your work on paper.. if you want to save some of the lines you have created or your pretty model- for your own reference or just to show your mom- then you can simply print screen it.. also if you are working on a project for learning and you don't want it to go away so soon- just don't shut down your computer.. autodesk WANTS you to use revit for learning- even if you need to make the program stand on its head- just don't make money with it and not give caesar his share..

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vector25

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apparently i was technically correct all along about the ribbon not being a performance improvment over the original UI- but wrong about using the ribbon in general.. because i'm still using revit 2011 and i can just as well use the original UI like i did for many years- but i now prefer using the ribbon interface.. 

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rkitect

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Prohp! Buddy! Where you been?! Yes, after the 30 day trial, you can still open Revit in Viewer mode which allows you to still use the software but you can't save or print from it.

Hey man, come hang out when you get a chance: http://revittotd.com/chat

Good to see you again!

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