Speed things up...

[Michael.c]

A couple of things I have recently discovered:
You know how SLOW it is, panning around a floor plan (by holding the mouse button down and dragging). It's so bad that the image completely disappears, and re-appears 10 seconds later, hopefully in the spot where you want it. If not you haver to go through the same tedious precess again.
Well, this whole "pan-by-dragging" process appears to be much much quicker in a 3D view.
So here's the tip:
Go to you 3D view, then go to the dynamic view (F8) and orientate the view to top. It effectivly gives you a plan view. Now you can pan around a plan much quicker. Bingo!

And the other tip, if you orientate the 3d view to an elevation, you can effectivly draw 3D pipes and ducts from a section view, something you can't do from a normal section.

Hope it helps....

[mjdanowski]

use a coordination view also. Mechanical and electrical discipline views have to calculate hidden lines and the what not, and as such are extremely slow. I either work in a separate views (which has other advantages) or turn the disciplines onto electrical and mechanical before I need to print.

[Mcgregage]

Indeed, I am very happy about the addition of the cube, in the up coming release of mep 2009. If you have not seen or heard about this check out insidethesystem.com - Kyle B. has posted a video that got my blood pumping a little fast, it will save alot of time. Now if only I can convince Architects not to give me a 300 mb model that is useless. uh oh haha.

[Michael.c]

Indeed, I am very happy about the addition of the cube, in the up coming release of mep 2009. If you have not seen or heard about this check out insidethesystem.com - Kyle B. has posted a video that got my blood pumping a little fast, it will save alot of time. Now if only I can convince Architects not to give me a 300 mb model that is useless. uh oh haha.

www.insidethesystem.com takes me nowhere.
Is that link correct?

[Scott D Davis]

http://inside-the-system.typepad.com/

[Michael.c]

http://inside-the-system.typepad.com/

Hmmm! That's better!
Thanks.....

[Joe Fields]

Another thing that helps is unloading uneeded worksets. I've gotten into a habit of unloading all the electrical worksets except maybe lighting to streamline opening and saving. You just have to load them back in before you print if there are electrical items on your plans.

Also, remove uneeded sections, plans and 3D views as they can really bog things down.

[Stevelessoway]

Can we discuss Computer Specs?

I'm working on a machine with a:

Pentium D 3.25GHz
3.25Gb RAM
ATI X300.

I'm finding Revit almost impossible to use, panning and zooming is a nightmare. Every duct connection I make is a 10 second Wait. Progress is painfully slow.I've had a few crashes while trying to make a connection or when changing the size of an already connected duct. I'm working with a model that is only about 10mb, a small two story building.

I realize the Video Card needs an upgrade (ordered an ATI Fire GL 3700), but is it really the remedy to my issues? What are you all using and what is your performance like in Zooming, panning, making connections and just general use.


Thanks for any help.

[Michael.c]

Can we discuss Computer Specs?

I'm working on a machine with a:

Pentium D 3.25GHz
3.25Gb RAM
ATI X300.

I'm finding Revit almost impossible to use, panning and zooming is a nightmare. Every duct connection I make is a 10 second Wait. Progress is painfully slow.I've had a few crashes while trying to make a connection or when changing the size of an already connected duct. I'm working with a model that is only about 10mb, a small two story building.

I realize the Video Card needs an upgrade (ordered an ATI Fire GL 3700), but is it really the remedy to my issues? What are you all using and what is your performance like in Zooming, panning, making connections and just general use.


Thanks for any help.

Intel(R) Core 2 CPU
6700 @ 2.66GHz
2.66GHz, 3.37 GB of RAM

(Whatever all that means)

And yes, it is painfully slow, and yes, it crashes from time to time.
Luckily though, it doesn't seem to slow down Internet Explorer, so for the most part I find myself surfing the net while waiting for the screen to regenerate.
Or you could try bringing a good book to work, perhaps?

[mjdanowski]

Does anyone know if Vista x64 speeds things up a bit? (dare I ask)