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The Revit Mind and What Revit Wants

6,000 of us graduating while there are still 20,000 more experienced architects looking for jobs too?!… what do we have that those 20,000 architects do not? The Revit Mind. The Revit Mind does not sim…

2011-11-28 · Luke Johnson
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Top 7 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Expect too much from Revit

Actually, there is only one main reason. Biased and overly optimistic blog posts and marketing dogma do not really benefit long-term Revit adoption. They often lead to inflated expectations. These bal…

2011-11-24 · Luke Johnson
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Revit Makes You Happy

Well, it can make you happy. A lot of it depends on your attitude. Nice feel-good comment on Autodesk BIM Blog quoted below: Revit also plays in your personal life a great role. Both agree, Matthias S…

2011-11-24 · Luke Johnson
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Combine your skills and become a Revit professional

To become a true master of Revit is to know What Revit Wants. You need to have the right Revitude. When you know what Revit wants, you can combine your skills and work effectively. You can use the sof…

2011-11-10 · Luke Johnson
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Three years of What Revit Wants

Today is the 21 October 2011, exactly 3 years after I started publishing this blog. I want to thank you all for following me and for offering some great comments over the past few years. I thought you…

2011-10-20 · Luke Johnson
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Project Planning and What Revit Wants

A recent post over at Revit Scratchpad deals with the issues of ‘user expectations’ and the importance of setting up a Revit project correctly from the beginning. Check it out:Revit can be amazing at …

2011-08-22 · Luke Johnson
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Demo Is Not a Phase (Revit OpEd says What Revit Wants)

What does Revit Want when it comes to demolition and phasing? Revit pro Steve Stafford provides the answer: Demo is not a phase in “Revit land”. It’s a phase in “People land” because people do demolit…

2011-08-15 · Luke Johnson
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Complaining whingers and What Revit Wants

When users complain, moan, whinge about #revit, they need to find a mirror & look in it, cos more often than not, its u the user not #revit via David Light Twitter / @davewlight: When users complain, …

2011-08-04 · Luke Johnson
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Revit Wars, Revit Trek or Revit Gate

Which do you identify with? In Revit Wars, you are in a battle for your life. It seems that you are the little guy, but you are up against a huge, monolithic, impersonal empire. Each time you move, so…

2011-07-12 · Luke Johnson
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Excuses used to avoid Revit adoption

Revit wants its users to be passionate about good design, technology, co-ordination and quality documentation. Sadly, many people are looking for excuses to avoid Revit adoption. When I say ‘sadly’ – …

2011-07-10 · Luke Johnson