Autodesk’s Revit is a Building Information Modelling (BIM) tool. It enables architectural, MEP, structural, and engineering design, and provides analysis to support iterative workflows
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Revit is hands on and easy to learn. Very accurate and great for construction documentation. One can create in 2D and have elevations, sections and 3D views ready. So it is very helpful to visualize. Drawback - It is comparatively harder to draw curves and spherical …
To be perfectly honest, every architectural firm I have ever worked with was also using Revit. Revit (and Autodesk) has a monopoly on the AEC industry, so I didn't choose to use Revit. The industry as a whole made that choice. There is just no competition out there at this …
Revit has more features in compare to another software like AutoCAD. The more features get you more flexibility in your work and impact your time management. The more you do in less time and the more your quality with this software. So I think Revit is going in a good direction.
When we talk with different clients, they can't visualize what we want, having Revit with its 3D tools can give a very accurate presentation for the design along with the clash detecting if many disciplines worked together on the same project. Also, it allows for previewing a …
We select Revit when required for projects. If ARCHICAD or other BIM software is needed, we use those. I personally prefer ARCHICAD for architectural design, but it depends on clients and projects which tools are being used.
Revit is a decent product, although innovation has …
Revit is great for documentation. I also use Rhino 3D for rapid prototype scenarios that can be imported in, but in the end everything should be documented in Revit because it really is easy.
Fabrication is slow and takes more manpower to work because it has more manual work compare to Revit. Fabrication and Revit can be used for the same work but Revit will do it faster and real-time syncing method make it easy to work for multiple people and in Fabrication, areas …
Revit is very vast. It not only [has a] single discipline but also [has] multiple disciplines in a single software, so it meets all of the requirements and performs tasks with ease. Revit is the best option [that] is more user-friendly with respect to its comparable software. …
Autodesk Revit is more user-friendly than the mentioned software and is easy to create a custom family within the software. Multiple users can work at the same time in Revit, as with the other software mentioned, each user has to work on a separate file. Faster workflow and …
Revit is a more creative tool compared to others software like AutoCAD. More people can work simultaneously on Revit files but in AutoCAD only 1 person can work on 1 file. File management of Revit is good whereas in AutoCAD multiple AutoCAD files are created for the same 1 …
Revit, like AutoCAD, is the most straight forward, intuitive of the BIM software available in today's market. It is widely excepted at a norm and is the most universally used in the engineering trades that we work with. As our clients start to demand that their projects are …
Revit like AutoCAD can produce both a 3d model & 2 dimensional drawings such as plans, elevations & sections which are required for any design project to be communicated on paper for construction. But unlike AutoCAD, Revit's focus is to build a 3d model that contain smart …
Revit is one of the most powerful tools in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction Field. It is outmatched by none. There is definitely a learning curve, and it cannot be picked up by an average employee and learned without formal training. Revit can do more on the …
Revit is easy to operate and involves various families for different disciplines. It also involves one single model where different users can open, work, and synchronize at the same time, making collaboration easy. Also, users can view other disciplines in the same model making …
There are really no competitors to Revit for large complex building projects. It is essentially an industry standard, and we would not be able to complete our work or collaborate with our consultants effectively if we did not use Revit. AutoCAD is still used in the office for …
Revit has more architectural design functions, which work for rendering the structures into a polished style. SketchUp is unlikely to be used for a large structure modeling, more towards the interior design or small model demonstration. SOLIDWORKS is a more generalized software …
Revit and SketchUp can be complementary products, although many promotional materials for Revit imply that it can replace SketchUp from your workflow. The promise is that you could complete all of your design studies in Revit, and not need to rebuild the geometry in Revit. The …
AutoCAD was great back in the day but had such a wide range of uses. Revit is based in construction and runs better for that function because of it. If I was to have to switch back to AutoCAD I cannot imagine how much more time I would have to spend in order to produce the …
Revit is purely an architectural design and drafting tool. It is best used at this current time of its development for visualization purposes. It does have features for documentation purposes for building construction however extracting building data and information is not yet …
Revit is well suited for creating collaborative projects that are fully integrated into the design and construction document process. We work a lot with engineering firms who also use Revit and the program allows us to fully integrate and coordinate our models together to make sure that everything is correct. I can see where my electrical engineer has placed lighting into the model and same with my mechanical engineer and their HVAC equipment
3D Models - It's kind of a no brainer, but the key benefit of Revit is its ability to model in 3D. It's a somewhat complex modeling environment, however, it's not impossible to learn and I have seen users from a range of abilities to effectively model content in Revit.
Schedules - 3D is great, but the ability to quantify your geometry is contains valuable data if modeled correctly. If you model how you will build it, Revit has the ability to give very accurate schedules which includes quantities, and any data you would like to incorporate into your model.
Industry Standard - Revit is the industry standard. With that being said, it really help to use software that is compatible with other agencies for collaborative model review.
There are often several ways to draw certain things, but the object will have different capabilities based on the way it is drawn. This can be confusing when trying to use the object.
The way objects are drawn is not always user-friendly. This program would be difficult for someone to figure out on their own without having any Autodesk background.
There should be a better way to track changes in the model. Often times the architect will not share a model during construction to avoid sending changes that aren't finalized or complete.
We will almost certainly be renewing all of our current seats of Revit and will likely be adding seats as we look to get more and more of our staff trained and using Revit. The software is starting to become the standard for our projects as we move forward as more and more of our clients are requesting or accepting use of it
It is a professional environment, but far from easy and overly complex in many places. The system is often too deep in settings and overrides (see Visibility/Graphics in combination with linked files, filters, color overrides and view templates). I don't really like the dialog-in-dialog interface and its spartan looks. But it works well overall if you know what you are doing.
Revit seems to always be available when I need it. I have not experiences an outage. There are occasions where we need our internal IT department to trouble shoot a file on our Revit dedicated server and that sometimes causes a delay however that is not a software access issue
Revit is a fairly graphics heavy piece of software. It is powerful in its capabilities but as a result it takes a lot of the graphics card, the memory, etc. For all that it can do and the specs of my computer I find it pretty good from a performance standpoint
Autodesk has always had a good support system in place. There is a massive user base for Revit, and there are thousands of forum threads and other discussions online about any and every problem that you could ever run into. For being such a large program with so many different options, there aren't many roadblocks or pitfalls that users can fall into.
The training was Revit Essentials and it was very beneficial. I would say that it is best to get the training right before you know you will be using Revit as learning the basis then applying what you learned immediately is the most effective and best value for your money.
The online training is hit or miss. I feel that its better to be live to be able to pace and ask questions to a live person as you are learning hwo to do things. Its not natural to learn Revit especially if you know AutoCAD so my suggestion is the live training
Implementing Revit as your main drafting software (i.e. moving to BIM from CAD) may be a tough decision if you have learned drafting. It is a different way to approach and think about developing a project. However, if you are able to adapt to a new way of thinking and get used to it by working through a few projects than it is as efficient as CAD in most areas in general and will also be both better/worse in some areas
Revit like AutoCAD can produce both a 3d model & 2 dimensional drawings such as plans, elevations & sections which are required for any design project to be communicated on paper for construction. But unlike AutoCAD, Revit's focus is to build a 3d model that contain smart information for construction. So for Revit the 2 dimensional drawings becomes a byproduct. In addition to the required drawings needed on paper to communicate the design, Revit offers so much more information in the model for all engineering disciplines.
While I am not directly involved with the deployment of Revit, it seems that our internal IT department has appreciated the ability to increase or decrease the number of seats. I have never had an issue with the deployment if and when needed, especially regarding the availability of a set
It's positive. It saves quite a bit of field time when used correctly, and lets us make sure we have proper room for all equipment and ductwork.
Helping minimize field 'thinking' time is an immediate add to the bottom line. 1 guy designing on the front side saves down time of 5-10 guys waiting in the field. Cost savings on labor is apparent.
Coordination time is also cut down, saving on office time. It's easy to spell out what your plan of attack is. All these savings directly add to bottom line profit by not expending labor.