AutoCAD Revit LT Suite 2014 Crack File Only 32 Bit
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By the way, your suite is no longer being sold. Check the product page. It's on there but open and read what Autodesk says about future upgrades..."when they become available". Now ask your reseller or Autodesk what they will give you if you remain on subscription. Tight lips and no promises. They can't say but an Autodesk representative told me they won't know until the 2014 products are released. Why pay subscription renewals when Autodesk can't even tell us what we'll get for our discontinued product suite.
Hello - From my understanding - the changes in your boxed product is because you were getting duplicate programs. Structural Detailing is built on AutoCAD. There really was no reason to get vanilla AutoCAD when you already have Structural Detailing AutoCAD. To me - that made sense.
as for the Suites themselves - you are right - they are no longer selling the AutoCAD Revit Suites. Those with existing suites will remain on those suites. The reason for the change is to move people to the Building Design Suites.
As for the 2014 release - no one knows what is happening with that. No information is available for new releases until Jan. And there would be a legal embargo so resellers cannot talk about them until they are released. So do be to hard on resellers.
My problem is with how the vanilla AutoCAD 2013 from the ASD 2013 installation disc is recognized. When I first installed the ASD 2013 disc there was no icon for ACAD.exe, I had to find the launch icon in the program files and put it on my desktop manually. In 2011 and 2012 the installation of ASD added the icon automatically. Nonetheless, in the 2011, 2012 and 2013 versions when I open the ACAD.exe launch icon it says AutoCAd Structural Detailing across the top...not AutoCAD. When I try to load HDI drivers for AutoCAD from my plotter manufacturer the installation says "No AutoCAD product found". Similarly, when I try to download a fix or service pack for AutoCAD from Autodesk it says I don't have AutoCAD.
I've been told that I can download AutoCAD 2013 in subscription center. I sign in and see my 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010 products. whether installed already or not they are all there...except AutoCAD 2013. In the 2013 folder I only have AutoCAD Structural Detailing and Revit Structure.
I am curious how many people still use AutoCAD for all their construction documents. I have a full time job in construction management, but work as a freelance drafter/designer for a couple of architects who still use AutoCAD LT. Most of these projects are higher end residential with complex roofs that half multiple slopes going all over the place. I'm getting a little nervous that my freelance services might become obsolete in the near future if I stick to AutoCAD only. Have you had success transitioning into other software programs for custom residential design? Is AutoCAD the best option for the work I do? Thanks.
Yes, Revit is on the top of my list, but I feel it focuses more on commercial design. I usually have pretty complex framing plans and feel like Revit will only let me detail to a certain extent. Other programs I have looked into:
Still using AutoCAD Architecture. The office has the full Building Design Suite which has Revit included. The office did one high end residential project using Revit. Myself and one other drafter become productive with Revit. The remaining higher ups are afraid to even open a file up with it so the office does not do any projects with it.
Work for a company that does a reasonably wide range of projects. Large and small. But no residential. It's a mix of Autocad and Revit. They like to claim they are a Revit company, but there are some projects for which Autocad will always be the more efficient program.
If anything, BIM is very useful especially for small residential projects. The times you have to redraw everything all over again just because the clients or your boss want a wall or window moved, even a few inches, arrgh. While using BIM, Archicad or Revit whatever, you just move that one single element and everything magically updates in your drawing set, so you have more time to figure out the detailing. I actually even quit a job once because they told me during my interview they worked with BIM and then when I started they didn't even have Revit installed on their computers, they had only one licensed copy still in a box on a shelf somewhere. I had to draft like a cadmonkey in autocad, so obviously quit after my trial period. Was the most horrible working experience, all we were doing is redrawing the same stuff and setting up layouts to print. The office split right after I left...apparently I wasn't the only one fed up with this 90s way of working 16 years onwards and we actually beat them at a pitch at my new job, that was rather satisfying tbh.
Lot of firms use CAD especially if they deal in existing buildings as so many existing commercial buildings are documented in cad and lots of consultants are still in cad. CAD is also less expensive per licence and doesn't require such a monster of a PC to work on as Revit.
I would find a way to get some Revit time on a regular basis so you can learn how the software works and how to negotiate the many little challenges and quirks you will encounter when modeling a project. Best way to learn it is to challenge your self and the software.
We are still primary on CAD as most of the work we do is renovations. Few of our projects are sufficiently complex for us to recover the time and effort it takes to model them in Revit. That doesn't stop people from jumping on the Revit bandwagon. I'm starting to see some firms in my town pushing BIM on clients that probably don't really need it. Autodesk is doing the same thing. Revit is the wave of the future, because Autodesk wants it that way. Everyone needs to get familiar with Revit, because it is well on its way to becoming the prevalent architecture software.
Thank you all for your comments. I agree, thisisnotmyname, Autodesk is out there to sell and make you feel like a loser for not jumping on the whole BIM thing. I know a lot of small companies that buy the package that includes Revit and they have never touched it.
dsc, that seems so foreign to me, to design a three dimensional project with only 2D drafting tools available and only in the final stages, when the design is already finalized and only to make some pretty pictures, would you introduce 3D modelling software. We use 3D modelling in all stages of the project from concept all the way to the details.
^^yes tintt complex details are worked out and represented in 3D alongside their traditional 2D format. Now with more and more suppliers providing their products also as IFC-objects it becomes easier to work like that.
Well the details are three-dimensional puzzles that need to be worked out one way or another, so if you can work with virtual three-dimensional objects in your BIM-software of choice you can better solve those puzzles I suppose. We provided the contractors or consultants with both traditional 2D drawings and an IFC model (mostly due to old-fashioned building regulations/contracts and traditional division of responsibilities still largely based on 2D drawings). Not sure if it saves time, can't compare it with other ways of working since I don't have that much experience with other ways of working but it does increase the time you can take for yourself to actually design since the 3D model is not frozen to be worked out in 2D drawings but can stay dynamic for much longer.
I have done residential work in Straight Autocad, ACLT, and architectural desktop for nearly a decade. for the last five years, I went back and forth between Cad and Revit. Then three years ago made a full commitment to go to Revit and have never looked back. I really do not agree that it is quicker and easier to do anything in cad than in revit. You can literally do anything in Revit that you can do in cad. Plus so much more.
The problem with Revit and other BIM tools is that they become so complex it is a really steep learning curve. and like CAD there are multiple ways you can do things each with their advantages and disadvatages. Until you have a knowledge base that allows you to use the tools correctly all these options are stifling.
But to answer the question. Autocad will alway have a place. I link in a lot of cad files. and knowing how to draft, and manage linework is important. plus as you see there will always be a lot of firms that do not make the transition. But not knowing Revit will become more of a problem. Not learning or using it is like saying your just going to stick with VHS cause it works, and you have it all setup. Ten years from now you will not be able to present the same quality drawing product. For residential this is not as big an issue since most clients are one off. But for commercial work my drawings are compared to others and contractors demand a BIM model now. No way around it.
arivas208 - I am in a similar situation, all of the practices I have worked for previously have only used AutoCAD (small residential firms) but now I am out on my own doing freelance work I find it so tedious and time consuming. I know I need to learn BIM but the software can be expensive and you need a pretty powerful computer to run some of it.
If you have any interest in residential, shop around your local area as if you are looking to do a high-end remodeling project. So many of the freelance clients I've gotten are people who do huge additions or renovations but don't have an in-house staff for their construction documents.
Little late to the game on this thread, but I've been using AutoCAD Architecture since it was ADT 3.3. I utilize it in full BIM fashion - same thing you can do in Revit - but no draftsman knows the software where I'm at. They either know 2D AutoCAD and/or Revit. I'm pondering the move to Revit only to remain relevant and to be able to find assistance with projects, because there's no way I will return to plain 2D drafting. I can photo-realistically render my projects with ACAD too, and I just find that after using ACAD for 23 years, it would be disheartening to have to make a lateral software move "just because".
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