Hello, this is my first time using this AUGI forum. I hope this is an ok place to place this thread. I've been doing 2D residential design for 13 years and I'm tired of drawing my elevations. I own ADT 2004 but just use it as plain autocad. I love autocad but I want to switch to what ever is the best system for us residential designers. I've been talking with the guys at VisionREZ and they are great people and the plug in seems like it will work well and it sounds like they have good ideas for future versions. I have one of my employees trying out the Revit demo and he thinks that it is pretty cool. From what I've read everyone seems to like Revit also.
My biggest issue is that I create floor framing plans, roof framing plans along with a typical set of construction documents. Of course I do it all with layers and in model space but it is just 2D. I want to continue creating my framing plans but of course in 3D so I can create quick and accurate building sections.
Right now I can create a very nice set of CDs for a typical 4000s.f. house from beginning to end in the 70 hour range if the client has a good idea of what they want in a design.
I love AutoCAD and that is what attracts me to VisionREZ because I can keep using AutoCAD with it but I'm not afraid to switch to Revit if it is truly the better way to go. I have already decided I do not have time to just learn ADT and customize it to work the way I want it. I'm just a two man shop and do around a 100 jobs per year so I need to stay productive for the most part.
Any input would be very much appreciated!