Alright, we've established that Revit MeP is total shit - even those using are quick to point out the lag (on machines that far exceed the recommended specs), unintuitive interface, bloated/corrupt files, and of course - repeated broken promises from Autodesk about fixing the myriad problems and shortcomings.
The drawings that I have seen firms developing look like utter shit. Information is strewn across multiple sheets rather than being concise and easy to read.
This is primarily due to Revit's inability to be convinced that - yes, I really do want to have things displayed *exactly* the way I want them shown, and for good reasons (not that I need reasons).
Instead, sheep have allowed themselves to have their design processes, construction document formats, and other standards dictated to them by a piece of software.
Rather than having a fully functional, customizable, and USABLE set of software ready to go - this piece of badly coded bloatware was foisted on the design industry, while a massive advertising campaign to switch everyone to 'BIM' (with Revit being Autodesk's attempt at 'BIM').
Experienced designers who did not 'drink the kool-aid' (in an oddly self-aware cult mentality) were immediately compared to those who were hesitant to switch from hand drawing to CAD drafting (more on that next time), and as developers, government agencies, and other clients bought into the BIM craze, they were placed into a very tough spot indeed.
A steep learning curve often gets cited as a reason for seasoned veterans resistance. It is steep indeed - but made infinitely steeper by the fact that nothing in Revit is even remotely intuitive.
'Training' suddenly popped up all over the place - giving many struggling designers who had been throwing themselves (or who were being thrown) againt Revit some false hope. Without exception, these were all basically seminars where tutorials and videos (already available for free online in most cases) were shown by a presenter with no actual knowledge of the subject.
Even Autodesk's official training was a massive ripoff (both in terms of $$$, time, and lack of practical knowledge conveyed.
Most of the 'training' focuses on how 'Revit is not drafting software' (no shit), and how it was necessary to approach using it with a different mindset.
Obviously, many users jumped in with both feet - unconcerned with sacrificing time, profits, and mental/physical well-being for the reward of having 'panelboards that fill themselves out' (had it years ago), a model that coordinates between disciplines (assuming that any of those disciplines have their information entered correctly), and to be able to brag online about having accepted the Revit shaft deep inside of their eyesocket.
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