Rant: everyone says use Revit for shop drawings but I went back to AutoCAD at my last job and the fabricator said it was cleaner

Leo Lopez · 2026-09-15T11:40:02.070943+00:00

Spent 3 weeks fighting a Revit model on a 12,000 sq ft steel job in Tulsa before I redrew it in AutoCAD in 2 days and the shop foreman said the dims were finally readable, so am I crazy for thinking 2D still wins on fab drawings?

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Rant: everyone says use Revit for shop drawings but I went back to AutoCAD at my last job and the fabricator said it was cleaner | Drafters - The Community Guide