Revit in everyday business - REDLINE INTEGRATION!

[larrytech10]

So as I continue to grow in the professional world of Revit, I think it would be invaluable to have a Redline Tab on the Ribbon through which Principals, Directors, or Designers can use their finger or a stylus on their tablets or wacoms to draw redlines in the various Revit views.

From an environmental perspective, this means no more printing drawings to get redlines. No paper = happy earth.

From a financial perspecitve, no paper translates into reduced printing supplies costs. It also translates into faster and more accurate redlines due to the fact that designers/directors can better respond to the 3D information that Revit provides. This, in turn, saves time and we all know that time is money.

Adding a Redlines Tab on the Ribbon could really spark an evolution in the workflow of Revit in our industries.

[Valkin]

Redline intergration is called using DWF to do markups.

Export sheets/views to a DWF
mark up said dwf with stylus, or mouse
links dwfs back to revit file and markup show up in revit views.

no paper used
the only problem is that it is not a live view of the model.

[Dimitri Harvalias]

the only problem is that it is not a live view of the model.

Some would see that as a positive since many of the folks who might do the markups are the least Revit savvy and you probably don't want them wandering around in a live model. :lol:

[vgonzales]

Redline and markups should be done within Revit - not outside of Revit.

[Steve_Stafford]

Inside the software (Revit) probably isn't going to be practical for some time to come. Just imagine your most magnetic principal. By magnetic I mean the guy that can reformat your hard drive by walking by. Is that person ever going to be savvy enough to deal with Revit. I'll bet they've got plenty of practical experience reviewing design documents though.

The DWF approach is "hard" enough for some project leadership to deal with. Then there is the paper vs. screen effect. Review things on screen for a month and suddenly notice an egregious error as the paper is sliding onto the outfeed tray.

DWF and Design Review isn't a perfect scenario but it's pretty close to workable, to keep as much of the process digital and connected to Revit.