I am very excited for this class, Revit seems like a very useful program that will be helpful in my future as an architect. I have some experience with computer drafting and modeling programs that will hopefully contribute to my understanding of Revit.
I have experience using AutoCAD. AutoCAD was created by Autodesk, which is the same company that designed Revit. I am very comfortable with AutoCAD with two dimensional designs, as I have used it for a number of years. The user interface for Revit appears to at least be superficially similar to that of AutoCAD so hopefully this experience will translate to understanding Revit.
One thing I have not done with AutoCAD, however, is utilize its three dimensional design tools. It would be interesting to become better acquainted with this design tool as well in order to better understand the advantages and disadvantages of the two different approaches to three dimensional modeling.
The only other three dimensional modeling program I have used in the past is Google Sketch up. I have only used Google Sketch-up once, however, to create a space that was actually rendered in order to create a final image for a project. Furthermore, it was done for a very simple building, and I rendered it using only the "Dennis Effect," in Photoshop. The majority of my sketch up experience has been with creating spaces that I later traced in pen and then rendered with hand media.
Revit is different from Sketch-up, however, in the way that Sketch-up uses lines and geometric volumes in order to create three dimensional designs, and Revit assembles actual building elements to create a three dimensional volume. Hopefully, however, my Sketch-up experience will help me in understanding Revit.
I am excited to learn Revit because it will be an additional way that I can visualize my designs in three dimensions, and it will also be an additional three dimensional modeling tool that I hope will allow me to create final rendered images that are superior to other three dimensional modeling programs.
I have experience using AutoCAD. AutoCAD was created by Autodesk, which is the same company that designed Revit. I am very comfortable with AutoCAD with two dimensional designs, as I have used it for a number of years. The user interface for Revit appears to at least be superficially similar to that of AutoCAD so hopefully this experience will translate to understanding Revit.
One thing I have not done with AutoCAD, however, is utilize its three dimensional design tools. It would be interesting to become better acquainted with this design tool as well in order to better understand the advantages and disadvantages of the two different approaches to three dimensional modeling.
The only other three dimensional modeling program I have used in the past is Google Sketch up. I have only used Google Sketch-up once, however, to create a space that was actually rendered in order to create a final image for a project. Furthermore, it was done for a very simple building, and I rendered it using only the "Dennis Effect," in Photoshop. The majority of my sketch up experience has been with creating spaces that I later traced in pen and then rendered with hand media.
Revit is different from Sketch-up, however, in the way that Sketch-up uses lines and geometric volumes in order to create three dimensional designs, and Revit assembles actual building elements to create a three dimensional volume. Hopefully, however, my Sketch-up experience will help me in understanding Revit.
I am excited to learn Revit because it will be an additional way that I can visualize my designs in three dimensions, and it will also be an additional three dimensional modeling tool that I hope will allow me to create final rendered images that are superior to other three dimensional modeling programs.
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