Revit Review
July 10, 2017
Revit Review
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Revit
Revit is primarily used within the VDC department in our organization. We use it for a variety of different things such as building a model in Revit and taking it into Navisworks to do BIM/MEP coordination, utilizing it for small design projects or, or just utilizing its 3D capabilities to better explain a project to a client or partner on the project.
- It does a great job of creating a smart model where the plans/elevations/sections are all linked to the 3D model.
- It has the ability to do rendering straight out of the program.
- Being able to link to other models as well as there being a library of models out there to import into your own.
- Sometimes can be hard to do some finishing details and modify your model in custom ways.
- When making actual details/there is much more work to be done after cutting the section.
- The renderings turn out good if you know what you're doing but can take a long time to do.
- It allows us to build models ourselves which we can utilize in house.
- We can utilize models provided to us from architects and engineers.
- It allows us to always have the ability to work with what we are provided and not have to ask for a CAD file or something else instead.
Revit's great for building a smart model that has a lot of information included in it. I actually prefer doing most of my 2D drawings in it as well instead of using AutoCAD. SketchUp however allows you to do more custom designs with ease and has less restrictions however the model you produce out of SketchUp is not a true BIM model.