Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Revit LT

You might have to rethink when going into Revit LT. I'm starting a list of things that matter and LT doesn't have:

1) visibility options for linked files

2) sun path

3) formats of export

4) generic models from linked files are always a little funny in LT

5) no local renderer - make it uneasy to do sunlight studies

6) NO CENTRAL MODEL

7) If you just ctrl + save a regular revit file in LT, it automatically rename it xxx_LT, without you knowing. Then when you open it again, your file will mostly likely crash. And so, you must rename it something else (anything but the default) after opening a regular file in LT. 

8) No In-Place mass (super annoying if you just need a minor mass object)

Overall, I find the LT to be super handicapped. Maybe if you've never used Revit before, it's a good starting point. But I don't think it would be a healthy learning process because you're totally missing out on the juicy stuff. And if you've had precious Revit experience, you're just going to want to pull your hair out.