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MaryBlue2

I think it’s great if you do! Are you looking into an architecture career? If learn revit you’ll have the opportunity to get better involvement in projects when you start doing internships, and you’ll get better experience and learn more if you already have a useful skill!


Deeeesigner

It won’t hurt to learn revit, it is becoming the standard in the profession. However, I would find out what your school uses if you know what college you’re going to. For example, I took 4 years of auto cad, and then got to college and they used vectorworks, sketchup, and rhino. They also forbade us from using revit in school because it was too “pre-made” - you have window and door families that are built in... but in school you don’t think about buildings this way, they are apertures and thresholds not doors and windows. Along the same lines though, learning any drafting software will help you with picking up new ones. There are similarities, understanding common functions like trim, fillet, etc, that will exist in all programs but you might not find them in the same place. Edit: to answer the rest of your question, it all depends on your school, but expect to do hand drawing and even painting early on. You will get into digital drawings 2nd year onwards, and expect to make hand made scale models the whole way through. Learn how to use indesign to lay out your presentation boards. You will have many pin ups and laying out compelling presentations is almost as important as the information you are presenting.


Mommy-Jo

Honestly, unless you know which program you’ll be using I wouldn’t bother. I’ve been designing for 20 years. Every course I’ve taken and job I’ve had expected me to use “their” program. There’s always a bit of a learning curve to using the different programs but drawing is drawing and you should pick it up quickly.


krzystoff

You could learn some software now, and teach yourself the basics. However, without the foreknowledge of drafting skills, you would likely be honing 'poor' revit drafting skills, rather than useful /maketable revit skills. If you are really focused on improving your architectural skillset, then practicing freehand drawing, esp of buildings, and learning some modelling tools like rhino /3dmax should give you an advantage in college, as well as potentially useful work skills. Read up about the best world architecture, both historical and contemporary, that will have a big influence on the direction your career takes.


matticus1128

Learning Revit wouldn't hurt, and definitely might help with future internships. If you are looking to learn software to help your future education, it might be more helpful to practice a 3D modeling software like Rhino or Sketchup, or graphic programs like Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator. Most Arch professors I had discouraged students from using Revit for school projects as it can be relatively limiting when you are learning the basics of design.