Originally Posted by
TroyGates
The way I see it is that Revit was built by another company upto version 4.x. So Autodesk has only had it for 2-3 versions. I'm sure when Autodesk purchased Revit they probably had discussions about its interface. I don't think they could justify redesigning a program after its been established for so many releases. Sure they can modify it and evolve it over time, but a drastic change would cost lots of money, not only from Autodesk but from its users as well (think training / downtime).
I generally like the interface, but it needs more customability for the user. For instance I use it on a laptop and on a dual 19" monitor system. On the laptop, sometimes I can't see all the options on the Option Bar. On the dual monitor system I can't really use the 2nd monitor effectively.
What I would like to see is the Design bar, Project browser, and most dialogs to be dockable toolboxes like Visual Studio .NET. They can dock on left, right, top, or bottom, turn into tabs when multiple toolboxes are docked together into a container, and can be pinned or allowed to slide away.
I would also like an option to have tabs showing the different windows opened when they are maximized. This allows quick ways to switch back and forth between open windows. I know this can be done with the Project Browser, but if you dock the browser into the Design Bar like I do to get more room for the modeling windows on the laptop, you have to scroll and click + signs constantly.
Another thing that happens when you dock the Project Browser above or below the Design Bar, you can't get to all of the buttons on the Design Bar. There needs to be a clickable arrow to scroll the buttons up and down similar to the Outlook bar.
The most far fetched idea I have is to go into a SDI Environment like Visual Basic IDE can. This is the best interface I've seen for a program in which you want to have many windows, toolbars, toolboxes, etc open on multiple monitors. I can drag any window or toolbox to anywhere on any monitor. Its wonderful.