Construction use of Revit
January 19, 2019

Construction use of Revit

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Revit

In my current role as a general contractor office, I utilize Revit to view and access the design intent models from architects, and engineers. Our department has about half a dozen people and we also create supplemental models to provide additional useful information for 3D coordination. Previously, I worked for a design consultant where I prepared construction documents for commercial and private businesses, as well as private residences. In my previous job, the drafting/modeling department was just me with two to three other engineers.

Pros

  • Unified modeling (actual objects rather than lines)
  • Decent out-of-the-box templates.
  • Basic Rendering
  • The ability for multiple people to work together on one model.

Cons

  • Ballooning of file size, and error management
  • Inability to save to the previous version
  • It's allowed our department to access the native design files.
  • We can create construction models based on the design files.
Revit really is the industry standard for design software, at least for the United States. There are other platforms out there but you run into compatibility issues when trying to work across other software types. It's great for anything like home design, light commercial, large hospitality, or healthcare type buildings.

Revit Feature Ratings

Plan distribution & viewing
5
Plan markups & sharing
5
Document sharing
3
Collaboration & approvals
3
As-built drawings
3
Takeoff tools
3
Job costing
1
Cost databases
1
Cost calculator
1
Bid creation
1

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