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Revit is a versatile software used in various industries for a wide range of purposes. Users, including architects, engineers, and construction professionals, rely on Revit for designing and coordinating building projects. With its powerful features, Revit has become the go-to tool for creating construction drawings, performing structural analysis, and solving coordination problems. It streamlines the process of creating 3D models, generating estimates, and sending isometric models to the project management team. Revit is also extensively used for BIM/MEP coordination, allowing different trades to collaborate seamlessly and catch potential issues early on. Moreover, Revit aids in visualization, enabling studio artists to develop and bring amusement park designs to life. Contractors and manufacturers invest in Revit to stay competitive and meet technological demands. Overall, Revit proves to be an invaluable asset in the construction industry by addressing problems related to quantities, takeoff, coordination between trades, and meeting client requirements.

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54 Reviews

3d design for commercial and residential made easy and simple

Rating: 10 out of 10
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it to design houses and smaller projects for in house use. It makes it really nice because of the flexibility it offers and the features to produce the outcome we want. We customize our projects to meet our needs and Revit makes it easy and does a great job.

Pros

  • Costumize floor plans
  • 3rd renderings
  • User friendly
  • Huge library of products

Cons

  • It takes a while to make customizations but the good thing is you can store for future use.

Likelihood to Recommend

It has a huge library of products to import into the model. It is very easy and user friendly to operate. I did find it difficult to make paper layout but when we had everything standardized it made it easier as well. It has some great 3d rendering options to give detailed views ans perspectives.
MW
Matt Wipf
Wood Truss Designer in Manufacturing at GR Truss & Components LLC (51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Revit
9 years of experience
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Revit costs more than your car payment.

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I'm thrilled to be using it, but I'm not rating it at ten stars because of its appalling cost. One license is nearly $400 monthly, making it unaffordable for small businesses. At this cost, I want to look for alternate solutions that will work and I hope some soon can compete with Revit.

Pros

  • Construction drawing.
  • Conception drawings.
  • Automation

Cons

  • Price
  • Additional functionality expensive.
  • Entire third world pirates this software but I am forced to pay $400 a month.

Likelihood to Recommend

The cost is too high, which limits legitimate users. By keeping costs this high, they also limit the number of professionals using the software. If it weren't so expensive per month, it would be far more widely adapted in areas such as audiovisual security and low-voltage. I don't think they understand small businesses' very, very slim margins.
VU
Verified User
Executive in Corporate (11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Revit
3 years of experience

Easy to use, great for CD sets

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

At our firm, we employ Revit extensively for both interior design and core shell modeling, finding it to be an invaluable tool in our workflow. Typically, our process begins with the integration of a CAD file representing the space we're working with, which we then seamlessly transition into Revit for further development. In essence, Revit serves as the cornerstone of our design process, facilitating seamless collaboration, precise modeling, and informed decision-making. Through the integration of CAD files and the utilization of tools like Design Options, we're able to leverage Revit's capabilities to their fullest extent

Pros

  • Rooms
  • Design Options
  • Copy paste from other models
  • Scope boxes

Cons

  • Enscape plugin not seamless
  • Saving automatically before file crashes

Likelihood to Recommend

When I have more than one Revit file open my laptop processes slowly and everytime I open enscape it tends to crash and I loose my work. If Revit could save automatically before crashing it would be really helpful.
VU
Verified User
Professional (201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Revit
3 years of experience

Revit is a staple of the AEC industry; Proficiency is a must for a successful career.

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Revit is used to produce documentation (plans, sections, elevations etc) for construction projects. Unlike AutoCAD, Revit is model-based and not linework-based, meaning the way to work with Revit is to create 3D elements (like walls, floors, beams and columns) which will then show up on the various views they intersect with. This allows users to quickly update many views at once by directly editing the 3D model instead of having to modify the views one by one.

Pros

  • Parametric
  • Widely-used across entire industry
  • Programmable
  • Cloud-compatible

Cons

  • Expensive and new version every year. But they have a monopoly so you don't have much of a choice.
  • Aligning plans on sheets is not an out-of-the-box feature.
  • No Excel spreadsheet import functionality like you have on AutoCAD.
  • No way to print specific issuances.

Likelihood to Recommend

Revit is particularly well suited for multi-story buildings as the 3D model will allow you to quickly create all the plan views and elevations you need for your projects.
For one-story buildings, the advantage of being able lessened as it can be as fast to manually draw the linework as it is to model the buildings.
AC
Antoine Carpentier, E.I.T
Structural Engineer in Engineering at Forefront Structural Engineers (11-50 employees)
Vetted Review
Revit
5 years of experience
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Revit - For new age construction

Rating: 9 out of 10

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Revit as a BIM Modeler for our international clients in their construction. We use Revit for whole deatail modeling for MEP&F services. We use Revit for Spooling, preparation of 2D sheet , shop drawings and implementation with another software like evolve and sysque. We produce our clash free model with Revit some part of 2D clash free model were produced. We use Revit for Trimble point , hanger placement, sleeve placement etc. I can say Revit is the Base software of BIM Modeling

Pros

  • The base modeling is start with Revit.
  • Now Revit is the best software for any BIM projects like residential tower, warehouse, park etc
  • Revit user interface is easy to understand and making your work easy is an another best thing about this software
  • Only Revit can do the whole BIM projects if it is a smaller one.

Cons

  • I think the software charges should be less .
  • The online tutorials about the Revit should be organised by the Autodesk
  • File transfer protocol should be improve.
  • Add some basic Revit faimiles in software itself.

Likelihood to Recommend

Revit can make your construction so easy with BIM . With implementation of BIM in your project, your construction cost is less than your previous one . You can upgrade your model with Revit. Clash free construction is good for you. Many services will be added with this software with clash free in a smart way .
AK
Abhijeet Kumar
Executive Engineer in Engineering at Pinnacle Infotech (1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Revit
2 years of experience
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Comprehensive Designing Tool

Rating: 9 out of 10

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It simplifies the process of drafting, and 3D modeling in a way that's amazing, plus the features it has are endless. For example, you can work in different views at the time. Also, you can have a live section, in such any update you do in the layout, will be automatically reflected on the section. You can enter information about any material/object you use in a project and then get cost analysis/other data by doing so. In some places, it is mandatory for the public sector projects to use BIM software, and working with a team is definitely easier, as many people can work on the same file and then update it without interfering with someone else's work. When you're starting to learn and adapt to the software it is useful that you can customize its platform. You can save templates so any time you start a project you'll have the same text font, arrow style, layouts, etc.

Pros

  • HVAC Design.
  • Infrastructure Work.
  • 3D Pipework.
  • Calculating heating and cooling loads easily.

Cons

  • For new users, it will be quite complex hence recommending a more friendly user interface.
  • It opens slowly when you are working on a heavy file.

Likelihood to Recommend

If you are planning to do a small-mid-sized project with great presentation tools for your client, then Revit is the best and optimum tool to guarantee satisfying results. As such the client can imagine how the final work on-site will be in order to reduce time spent commodification and by default increasing the profit and reducing the effort. Also, if there is a big team working on a certain project, then they can easily and efficiently use this program in such any update would be reflected and they can notice any change which allows collaboration.
Mo
Mahmoud obaid
Graduate Mechanical Engineer in Engineering at AECOM (201-500 employees)
Vetted Review
Revit
4 years of experience
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Bring your design perspective live with Revit!

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I and my team have used Revit on a trial and hit basis to explore the tool's functionality. The sole reason was gaining a deep knowledge of Building Information Modelling (BIM) in a more collaborative environment and Revit fits perfectly. This digital design software has helped our students to gain insights into structural designing in a collaborative manner.

Pros

  • Differentiating 2D and 3D designing.
  • Realistic visualizations that relate to real-world applications.
  • Repository of design elements to plug and play.

Cons

  • The application is not intuitive and while editing it can be a tedious task as most of the perspectives are isometric.
  • Integration with 3 party elements can be an added feature.
  • Rendering process is slow and can be made little quick.
  • For every section there can be a tutorial link on how to use this feature.

Likelihood to Recommend

The best suited environment for Revit is where the design has to be turned around within a few days or weeks. As the application has collaborative features other users can also use it. For me, it is best suited for shop drawings or simple building designs.
HA
Huma Ali
Center Head at iNIFD (51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Revit
1 year of experience

Revit - Documentation King

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Revit is being used as a firm wide standard for every project. In general it acts as the primary location for storing empirical information about each project. We have been using Revit for many years and we see a lot of repeat business so in many cases we end up upgrading and re-using Revit models from over a decade ago. As we get into documentation, Revit also acts as our collaborative platform where architects, MEP engineers, and structural engineers are able to see each others up to date work and coordinate accordingly. Also to state the obvious, everything is BIM and makes it really great to be able to document three dimensional buildings from two dimensional points of view.

Pros

  • associates parameters with elements in the model that can be shared, scheduled, measured, and referred to.
  • leverages BIM elements for smart tagging (material tags, keynotes, glass types, etc.)
  • construction documents. it is the king of documentation in my opinion.

Cons

  • Revit has room for improvement in the modeling area. everything you model is "workplane based" meaning it needs to have some origin on a workplane. while workplanes can be at obscure angles and such it makes it difficult to sometimes quickly model things that other, more geometric based software can hammer out in 5 minutes. One example i can think of is a simple handrail that is curved in both elevation and plan simultaneously. this would be very easy to do in Rhino via sweeping, but in Revit not so much because the curving geometry passes through and transcends multiple "workplanes"
  • i think the site components could use an overhaul. it would be great to be able to add sidewalks and stuff to toposurfaces easier.

Likelihood to Recommend

Revit is king of documentation. it allows collaboration via cloud or server and holds a high level of efficiency for those who master it. While it may lack in modeling, other software can help out and easily be imported into the Revit model space to be documented in Revit. Over the past few years I have seen a dramatic interoperability jump for Revit, meaning it reads imported geometry quite well. It also is really nice for the CA phase of design because it has a built in smart revision system.
AH
Andrew Huss
Junior Architect in Professional Services at Hollis + Miller Architects (51-200 employees)
Vetted Review
Revit
4 years of experience

Revit and its best uses

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Revit is used by all of our organizations. Everybody uses Revit. We are creating and designing the 3D Model of multiple buildings in our organization. I'm using Revit to create the 3D model for mayo groups hospital in ARIZONA. I'm working with a team of 25 people and Revit gives us the real-time syncing function to help us to divide the work.

Pros

  • Real time syncing function help us to work multiple people on single file.
  • The Revit link option helps us to link the other Revit file in the background and help create the model.
  • The family creation in Revit with the setting of various parameters. The parametric family is a good thing
  • The Worksets method which help us in the differentiate in various services.
  • Phase fitters this feature provides us to create models in their phase ex exiting phase, new construction.

Cons

  • Inference check option can be better this doesn't allow us to coordination.
  • The rendering process take to much of the time.
  • Revit lacked in accuracy This give the result which some time are not accurate.

Likelihood to Recommend

To create a 3D model of building and coordinating their services and making clash-free model. Clash-free model helps on-site so Revit is well suited for Modeling and coordinating. Creating the assembly in Revit and spooling process of Revit without the plug-in is very difficult and Revit is not suitable for Revit.
LP
LAV PANWAR
Senior Engineer in Engineering at Pinnacle Infotech (501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Revit
3 years of experience
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Best software for virtual construction

Rating: 9 out of 10

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Revit is being widely used for digitalizing the construction by means of drafting the services on [a] computer before the construction on site. Generally, we do MEP modeling in Revit and later on perform clash coordination followed by shop drawing/spooling/quantity takeoff/scheduling. (Depends upon the requirement). Revit provides the platform to model things in 3D and later on visualizing.

Pros

  • 3D Architecture, structure, mechanical, electrical, plumbing modeling
  • Inter service clash coordination
  • Shop drawings
  • Spooling
  • Scheduling, quantity take off

Cons

  • Inter service clash detection can be more easy to use
  • Standard fittings can be available as per manufacturer's standard
  • Some add-ins (Ex. quick select) can be added in the algorithm of Revit

Likelihood to Recommend

Well suited: -Creating MEP modeling with great/convenient user interface. -Collaborative environment (Multiple users can work on a single file).
Less appropriate: -Sometimes at some location slope [the] drainage pipe changes without disturbing that line. -In some cases, while drawing a service, Revit crashes and closes automatically without saving the work.
VU
Verified User
Team Lead in Engineering (1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Revit
4 years of experience