Someone (albeit unintentionally) ended up throwing me under the bus the other day.
I had a very small, but fairly involved project (among the dozen or so that I was juggling) that would've been completely done - except I was waiting on equipment information. I had already designed it once, then modified it to meet the clients requested design that the Architectural Revit Monkey (ARM) neglected to mention, or foreward to me (or anyone else for that matter - but strangely he wasn't the one who ended up throwing me under the wheel).
Instead, it was the guy who I had specifically asked for the information I lacked, and was told 'I'll let you know when I get around to it'. Instead he was halfway done (if that) and then tried to tell my boss that it was all there (in the Revit model of course).
The implication was clear - that I hadn't been getting my Revit on, otherwise I would have had seen that... it wasn't actually complete.
It was my boss jumping the gun a little bit,because nobody was even supposed to be done (the ARM hadn't even designated a room for the rest of the equipment - and even after they did, it changed locations three times).
I don't blame my boss though, because he was just trying to help saw off a project (the only way some things ever get out of our office is because we refuse to let people make careers out of them).
But, since I had reached a stopping point, and moved on to other projects, the idea that I would regularly waste time opening various models (to play 'Where's Waldo') to see whether or not progress had been made is more than a little bit ridiculous.
Against my better judgement, I had already wasted time putting lights into the Architectural model (then wasted more time bumping them around - see above), for no real gain.
They finally get all of this worked out - two days later. Then the equipment flips from gas to electric (then back again after we point out that the electrical version will require a stupidly large breaker to feed it).
This wasn't the first time I had someone (including this guy) act like I was a retard for not 'looking at the model - cause it's in the model' (cue derisive laughs), 'look at this stupid guy who doesn't know how to look at the model' - but guess what fuckfaces? Stupid guy DID look at your goddamned model, and guess what? He just made you look like his bitch, because it was either not 'in the model', or it was FUCKING WRONG IN YOUR MODEL.
The fact is, I catch other people's fuckups and oversights on a regular basis - but unlike the 'Revit Elite' I don't act accusatory. I will let them know, allow them to take a look (since, just like in a lot of cases where someone sees a 'mistake' on my drawings, I might be overlooking or misunderstanding something), and either fix or explain it (otherwise known as 'coordination' - you may have heard of it).
I do this primarily because I'm not there to feed my superiority complex, I'm there to get shit done and out the door. In my experience, if I help keep an eye out for other people (and am nice about it), they will reciprocate. When someone pulls the kind of shit I'm describing (especially when it's preventing me from getting done and moving on to other projects, then I'm hesitant to help them at all.
This had been one of the most serious side effects of an intentional smear campaign on the part of Revit users (and reinforced by Autodesk shills). Insult someone until they capitulate - but it doesn't work that way. If I had let these self-righteous shitheads cow me into joining them in the deep end of the Revit cesspool, I would be in the same fucked up situation they are in, without the ability to get anything done on a reasonable schedule - and then STILL be at the mercy of their self-imposed limitations.
Next time we'll be talking about trying to find shit in a Revit model. Until then, fuck Revit, fuck Revit Monkeys, and fuck your Revit model.
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