Six Phases of a Revit User - reprint

Steve_Stafford · 2004-04-11, 06:34 AM

We were just talking about this the other day and it took a few minutes to find it buried in a thread....so I'm putting it back up front. Thanks to Z for expressing it so eloquently.

Phase One - Initial Excitement!!!

"Holy ****! Look what I can do with this thing!"

Phase Two - First bump

"Hmmmm...? Why won't it do what I want? That's not how I do it in (insert other cad software here)!"

Phase Three - Creamy Middle

mmm... things are going more smoothly, now......mmmmm"

Phase Four - WTF stage

The family editor "eats you up and spits you out"!

Phase Five - The Enlightenment

Things really begin to click! You understand why things are happening in your model, and better yet how to control them and avoid problems. You have conquered the family editor.

Phase Six - Zen of Revit

You have mastered nearly all things revit. You "know" what Revit "likes", and what it "dislikes" during model construction, a sixth sense, really. You spend your time exploring and tweaking advanced scheduling, OBDC, external parameters, AR3. You have a template to beat all templates, families for every situation.

Copyright 2003 Chris Zoog.

Steve_Stafford · 2004-04-11, 06:43 AM

...and now there is Phase Seven...you have MORE posts than Beegee and get to be a moderator

on Zoogdesign!!!

little hope for us all I'm afraid...

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2004-04-11, 06:34 AM	#1
Steve_Stafford Revit Forum Manager Join Date: 2003-04 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 6,030	We were just talking about this the other day and it took a few minutes to find it buried in a thread....so I'm putting it back up front. Thanks to Z for expressing it so eloquently. Phase One - Initial Excitement!!! "Holy **! Look what I can do with this thing!" Phase Two - First bump "Hmmmm...? Why won't it do what I want? That's not how I do it in (insert other cad software here)!" Phase Three - Creamy Middle mmm... things are going more smoothly, now......mmmmm" Phase Four - WTF stage The family editor "eats you up and spits you out"! Phase Five - The Enlightenment Things really begin to click! You understand why things are happening in your model, and better yet how to control them and avoid problems. You have conquered the family editor. Phase Six - Zen of Revit** You have mastered nearly all things revit. You "know" what Revit "likes", and what it "dislikes" during model construction, a sixth sense, really. You spend your time exploring and tweaking advanced scheduling, OBDC, external parameters, AR3. You have a template to beat all templates, families for every situation. Copyright 2003 Chris Zoog.

2004-04-11, 06:43 AM	#2
Steve_Stafford Revit Forum Manager Join Date: 2003-04 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 6,030	...and now there is Phase Seven...you have MORE posts than Beegee and get to be a moderator on Zoogdesign!!! little hope for us all I'm afraid...