Revit 2022
by: Eric Wing
Revit Mapping Customization
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tell ya, in my AutoCAD days, this would be an easy one! So much customization needed to be configured before software was released or templates were created that I could write a book on it! Everything needed to be mapped. For example, take a look at the two images in Figure 1. The one on the left is Revit, the one on the right is AutoCAD. Yikes! The screenshot in Figure 1 isn’t the entire dialog and the categories aren’t expanded. The one on the
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right is pretty much it. The reason for that is the fact that Revit follows more of the windows based rules than does AutoCAD. For example, fonts. Autodesk decided to create custom fonts called SHX, whereas windows based fonts are TTF (True Type). That one decision forces you to map where these fonts are stored. Plotting is another debacle. I can go on and on, but I should stop giving AutoCAD the beat down. I should thank Autodesk for giving me a great career by enabling me to explain this stuff to people.
AUGIWorld Magazine | October 2021 augi.com
