Hola Muchachos y Muchachas!
So, I think I might've missed doing a review on 2022 Revit - I'm sure it was fucking useless, with any 'new features' either being a total joke, or just a list of buzzwords with no actual relation to anything that has actually been changed/added - so with no further ado... A list of 2023 'changes/additions that are either a total joke and/or a list of buzzwords with no actual relation to anything in reality.
(List from: What's New for MEP in Autodesk Revit 2023)
1) "New Analytical Workflow for Electrical Preliminary Design"
This is it everyone! They've finally done it! What we've all been waiting for!
Oh wait... this is literally complete bullshit!
"this new workflow provides a way for Revit to manage the key electrical loads and distribution information, without having to physically model any part of it"
Well, there we go... we can spend more time in Revit, not actually getting anything done.
Apparently they claim that they heard from 'designers' (read: fucktards) that 'the requirements for distribution systems are defined and iterated long before it is necessary or even desirable to create a physical model'
There is literally never a time when it is actually necessary or even remotely desirable to create a model, so this part is sort of correct. While having the ability to front-load Revit with information about distribution sounds like it might be helpful, the reality is that this is just more masturbatory nonsense.
2) 'Major Pain Point Resolved for Mechanical and Electrical Designers'
Yay! They finally acknowledged that Revit has some major issues that cause serious difficulty for anyone actually wanting to be produc... oh... no.. wait.. It's just some ways to incorporate 'phasing' into a project.
Apparently people were actually modeling elements that were going to be demolished (I mean, what the entire fuck) and then were having problems with the system no 'remembering' what system it was a part of.
Out of all of the 'major pain' that Revit caused me back in the day, I can honestly say this never even occurred to me (mainly because I would never model something that is being demolished).
I do like that the note at the end ' this does NOT solve the larger problem of having independently computable states' well... fuck you, I guess...
3) 'Energy Analytical Model Improvements'
Yet another issue that I would constantly run into when the firm I used to work for would try to force me into using Revit was that I needed the energy analytical model to be improved... no.. wait.. that's not it...
Oh yeah - I needed it to let me design electrical systems quickly without constantly getting in my way. So (like everything else on this list) this does fuck all to address that.
4) 'Elevation Annotation Improvements'
And... we're already at the 'padding it out' part of the list. Apparently, previously, 'the elevation of an element such as pipe or conduit was always reported relative to its reference level'. Yes! This is what was constantly getting in the way of me being able to do anything resembling productive work in Revit!
I'm sure this was a pain in the ass for mechanical more-so than electrical, but just now, in 2023 getting around to making it to where you *couldn't* set dimension elevation to anything other than 'level' is just... a fucking stunning admission.
5) 'Other Improvements for Mechanical and Electrical Design Firms'
That's right ladies and gents... we're into the 'other' category, where a few last items get glommed together because none of them are spectacular enough to justify their own category.
There are a few other items like 'mechanical modeling/fabrication' and a section on 'Platform Improvements' - but I can guarantee that the Revit experience today is *EXACTLY THE FUCK LIKE* the experience of Revit from eight years ago when I finally told them to fuck off and went on to a more productive and satisfying job that didn't require gargling the Revit cock for 10-12 hours a day to accomplish what I could do is 4 or less hours in Autocad, while not having to deal with hairline bone fracture levels of stress.
As I've said in previous reviews, a major overhaul that actually took the *real* major pains that Revit causes would require that Autodesk acknowledge that A) Their software is low-level garbage that requires a major overhaul to be even remotely useable, and B) Require that they actually spend even five or six seconds in a production environment to see what is ACTUALLY FUCKING NEEDED to do the job that Revit is ostensibly there to help you do.
Instead, they have relied on input from Revit Cock Sockets, every one of whom I could design circles around, and produce ten times the *actually coordinated drawings* (because I actually coordinate with people - instead sitting blank-eyed and rotating my model around and around as if it will somehow magically become something other than an over-elaborate piece of trash that helps no-one, and will promptly be ignored the second 2d prints are issues (by anyone other than the sad sack motherfuckers that have to figure out how to make changes to the model when things get changed in the field).
They finish the whole thing off with what basically consists of an ad for 'Fabrication Data Manager', and to be honest, I don't even give enough of a fuck to try to figure out what the hell that even is.
As always - this is the sad state of affairs in Revitland, but you know what? Fuck Autdoesk, Fuck Revit, Fuck every single Fucking Fuck using Revit, and if you don't like it...
Fuck You.
-SkullFuck
Next time: 'One Does Not Simply Stop Talking About AI'
