General inventor question

[ohiocad]

We're looking into Inventor (and Revit), as some of our clients are moving toward Revit, and BIM in general, and are requiring subs to go along with them.

What some of our clients specialize in is building facades, and our drawing packages have to span the area between the architectural design drawings, and the mechanical based cut-the-metal-drill-the-holes-at-this-dimension production drawings.

The theory some of them have been leaning toward, is Revit, for the general design, involvement with the architect, etc. But, from what I have seen (admitted, exp. with Revit is quite limited), there isn't an easy way to build the required level of detailing into Revit to put out a complete set of shop drawings.

On my limited description, how well would Inventor play with Revit, going back and forth for the shop drawings with design changes, etc.?

 

[mflayler]

Have a look at some of Rob Cohee's videos of Revit and Inventor interoperability and usage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4qgZPv0O_Y

 

[ohiocad]

mflayler,


Thank you for the response, I had actually already gone through most of his videos on there, as well as many others that came up in the search. They addressed a lot of my questions, but I am looking for additional opinions from others in similar industries.

I know the marketing info says that the files can go back and forth with no trouble, but is that marketing, or does it really work that easily? If I'm going to try to sell this to management, then I'd like to have multiple real-world users that have gotten it to work.