I'm a 30+ year user of AutoDesk products and I'm a bit concerned about the increasingly cozy relationship between AutoDesk and Epic Games. I think it would be wise for Epic Games to survey Revit users and compare the results between those users feelings about Revit (the product) verses AutoDesk (the company). I could be in the minority, but I would find the results interesting whatever they are.
Hello ,
Thank you for posting in the community and your concern about the relationship between the two companies. We at Epic Games are happy to listen to our users and look for feedback and on-going input.
We want to provide the proper workflows for as many solutions and knowing what you are interested in always helps the conversation. We have live webinars/events where we invite questions and feedback as well. We also invite suggestions/ideas to our road-map here, which allows us to gather a lot of information: https://portal.productboard.com/7pu88c9kpmqtzt8hwg6arujh/tabs/4-under-consideration
We are always looking at supporting common workflows and here is a list of the current supported design applications:
Please let us know how we can best provide answers to your concerns. Looking forward to hearing back from you.
Kind regards,
Vincent B.
As I review my original message I can see that I wasn’t clear at all about my concerns. First, I ignored why I was fearful of your AutoDesk collaboration. Second, I would never ask you not to do business with AutoDesk. They are the dominant player in the architectural software arena. You must play ball with AutoDesk.
In hindsight it might have been better just to state the following:
In a previous career I managed a large AutoDesk license agreement, software updates, and compatibility issues for a large university with over 350 buildings on campus. So, whenever any software developer, or AutoDesk tells me they are changing things to make my life better, it usually backfires. Experience tells me that change comes with some pain, and expense.
In my current role, I previously created my 3D models in Revit and did all my renderings with Enscape (API embedded direct link). I liked both products but not the cost. When I discovered Twinmotion two years ago I was able to dump both Revit and Enscape and my renders got better with lower expense. With my new geometry software and Twinmotion I can do exactly what I want to do without any direct link.
I have heard complaints that without a direct link the native materials from Revit (and some other software) don’t export into Twinmotion. I say, thank you. Most of those materials aren’t that good anyhow. I would rather start with the raw geometry and paste the great Twinmotion and Quixel materials into my scene. Your materials are much better! And, I like the fact that Twinmotion is a free-standing platform. When you are tied to another product, upgrades can become problematic.
So, please don’t let AutoDesk (or any other developer) convince you that you can make my life better by making some changes that suit their needs and ultimately limit how I (and perhaps others) like to work. Thanks.
Hello ,
Thank you for the follow-up and the details on your experience and work. We appreciate the feedback and look forward on making more great improvements to Twinmotion.
Kind regards,
Vincent B.