Autodesk Impression

Basically its Photoshop for Architects

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[autodeskdk]

let's clear things up a bit....

-autodesk impression is nothing like sketch-up

-you can compare sketch-up to 3d studio max, or maya

-autodesk impression is just for presentation purposes (NOT MODELING)

[autodeskdk]

i dont know if you're refering to impression.... but its not a modeling software.... it's more like photoshop... for .dwgs

[wretcheddog]

hey does it work as well with revit?

[kaiserwilhelm]

@minglewithenthusiasm It is definitely a 2d editor. basically what it does is that say if you have a 3d drawing you can chose to import model space, etc. the layer tool makes it so you can do different layers on something to make different effects. it's basically an illustration creation program. I use it to make patent drawings.

[kaiserwilhelm]

@autodeskdk haha, WOW I can't believe someone would compare that. The only thing similar is the visual styles in the real time modeling environment look.

[Talazorn]

@minglewithenthusiasm from what i know, it is solely a 2D editor. It opens any dwg drawing but if it is 3D, impression sees is as a 2d drawing (you cant orbit or anything like that).

[pooanddoo]

@CrisNMP

Got it a while ago. Thanks though.

[CrisNMP]

@pooanddoo

There's a hotfix for W7, google it

[democracysupport]

sketchup pro and layout is so much better

[minglewithenthusiasm]

Can I safely assume that this is a 2D editor? Can I also assume that if you make a 2D CAD drawing, that the program would work with it? And how does the layer tool work? Has anyone encountered any issues with that?

[pooanddoo]

Not compatible with Windows 7.

Autodesk just chooses to ignore this incompatibility. Very frustrating.

[hla27b]

I loved autocad until version 2000, when they were so profound and powerful and influential that they could have changed the whole computer industry to enable easier design of things. Instead they just made their products more gimmicky. And we are still designing things on what is basically a typewriter interface with a rodent attached to it. And by the way you don't design things first and then decide how they will look in the last 30 minutes, if you really care that is.