tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569516199116206255.post8082441663980927570..comments2024-03-28T12:34:22.899-05:00Comments on Do U Revit?: Railings from hell - 1Dave Baldacchinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00431940617680243953noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569516199116206255.post-41597151007648856572008-10-31T10:10:00.000-05:002008-10-31T10:10:00.000-05:00I would not let it degenerate into unproductive ne...I would not let it degenerate into unproductive negativity. It's good to see that I'm not alone in the frustration though. Tools are there to help us design and document. If they're difficult and cumbersome to use and I'm in charge of my own business, I couldn't justify the tool's use. By taking decisions about what not to model based on how inadequate or difficult a tool is means we'll never Dave Baldacchinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00431940617680243953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569516199116206255.post-15721463176787653892008-10-31T08:30:00.000-05:002008-10-31T08:30:00.000-05:00Now that I have "Cantanker-ized" the railing tool,...Now that I have "Cantanker-ized" the railing tool, I feel that I must come to the defense of Revit. Often I see discussions of legitimate shortcomings in a process turn to an allout bashing of the process in general.<BR/>I'm not saying that this thread has gone that way (or even would)but let's give Revit its due. It offers the TOOLS you need to build your design digitaly. In some cases it does aErikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05930332092459194929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569516199116206255.post-63385122036833430602008-10-30T17:38:00.000-05:002008-10-30T17:38:00.000-05:00Railings are just another one of those features th...Railings are just another one of those features that just can't seem to get squared away. I really don't get it. <BR/><BR/>I have looked at ArchiCAD real hard because of its so much more robust than Revit (in my lowly opinion), but ArchiCAD is so, so hard to use, when you compare it to revit. There are a million and one settings....the price you pay for robustness I guess.<BR/><BR/>Still, Revit Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569516199116206255.post-24884637215553660492008-10-30T11:48:00.000-05:002008-10-30T11:48:00.000-05:00I can't stand the railing tool. As you said ...I can't stand the railing tool. As you said in your post it's not very user friendly. I've also run into situations where it just absolutely will not do what I need it to & I have to resort to using masking regions in section & elevation. In the perfect Revit world I should not have to do that.alleycatbabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11755173177194157187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569516199116206255.post-49045980610148478122008-10-29T22:11:00.000-05:002008-10-29T22:11:00.000-05:00Thanks Erik, that's a word I hadn't heard of befor...Thanks Erik, that's a word I hadn't heard of before and does a great job at describing this tool!<BR/><BR/>You see, typically if I'm planning stairs I offset the run at a landing by a thread distance (trick passed on to me by a PM). This way you eliminate "goosenecks" and the railings work a lot nicer. This is ideal for switch-back stairs, but when it comes to utilitarian stairs that turn at 90 Dave Baldacchinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00431940617680243953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8569516199116206255.post-1163317081999046772008-10-29T21:12:00.000-05:002008-10-29T21:12:00.000-05:00Isn't this tool just one of the most cantankerous ...Isn't this tool just one of the most cantankerous that Revit has to offer? I was REALLY Excited about the offset profile till you revealed the "spoiler." This is one part of Revit that needs serious work. Oh and legends... Oh and ... Well, enough of that. Thanks for letting me borrow the soapbox.Erikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05930332092459194929noreply@blogger.com