Who Uses Revit?

BIM solution designed to help architecture and construction firms create floor plans, render models and share designs through collaboration.

What Is Revit?

Autodesk Revit software for BIM supports multidisciplinary teams throughout the project life-cycle more effectively than ever. A re-imagined interface puts you in control of screen real estate with new tabbed views you can dock, tile, and view on a secondary monitor. Model more of your design in a 3D view, for an even more immersive design experience.

Revit Details

Autodesk

http://www.autodesk.com

Founded 2011

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Revit pricing overview

Revit does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Revit paid version starts at US$290.00/month.


Starting Price

US$290.00/month

Pricing Details

Monthly plan: $290/month Yearly plan: $2,310/year 3-year plan: $6,235 every 3 years Contact Autodesk sales for more information on pricing

Free Version

No

Free Trial

Yes

Revit deployment and support

Support

  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support

Deployment

  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
  • Mac (Desktop)
  • Windows (Desktop)
  • Windows (On-Premise)
  • Linux (On-Premise)

Training

  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos

Revit Features

  • 2D Drawing
  • 3D Imaging
  • API
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Approval Process Control
  • BIM Modeling
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Bills of Material
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Communication Management
  • Contact Management
  • Contract/License Management
  • Customisable Branding
  • Customisable Reports
  • Customisable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualisation
  • Design Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Drafting
  • Drag & Drop
  • For AEC Industry
  • Invoice Management
  • Job Costing
  • Mobile Access
  • Multiple Projects
  • Planning Tools
  • Presentation Tools
  • Project Management
  • Project Planning
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Project Tracking
  • Project Workflow
  • Projections
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real Time Data
  • Real Time Notifications
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Status Tracking
  • Summary Reports
  • Task Management
  • Task Progress Tracking
  • Task Scheduling
  • Template Management
  • Third Party Integrations
  • Timesheet Management

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  • 2D Drawing
  • 3D Imaging
  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Accounting Integration
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Audit Trail
  • Bid Management
  • Change Management
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Conflict Tracking
  • Contract/License Management
  • Cost Estimating
  • Customisable Templates
  • Data Import/Export
  • Data Visualisation
  • Design Management
  • Design Modeling
  • Document Management
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Estimating
  • For Facility Management
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Tracking
  • Job Costing
  • Mobile Access
  • Offline Access
  • Project Accounting
  • Project Estimating
  • Project Management
  • Project Planning
  • Project Tracking
  • Projections
  • Real Time Notifications
  • Real-time Updates
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • SSL Security
  • Scheduling
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Status Tracking
  • Subcontractor Management
  • Task Management
  • Task Scheduling
  • Third Party Integrations
  • Version Control
  • Workflow Management

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Revit Reviews for UK Users

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Overall rating

4.6/5

Average score

Ease of Use 4
Customer Service 4.1
Features 4.6
Value for Money 4.2

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Amjad M.
Civil Engineer - Engineering Planner
Maritime, 1,001-5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
  • Overall Rating
    5 /5
  • Ease of Use
    5 /5
  • Features & Functionality
    5 /5
  • Customer Support
    Unrated
  • Value for Money
    Unrated
  • Likelihood to Recommend
    10/10
  • Reviewer Source 
  • Reviewed on 17/10/2019

"Future is here"

Comments: BIM will certainly change the construction industry in ways we cannot fully appreciate yet. Revit is of the best solutions that are pushing this revolution forward.

Pros: - Game-changing and full-featured building BIM design software (Building Information Modeling)
- Simplified the design process beyond belief from the days of AutoCAD
- Quantity take-offs are now byproducts of the building model, not a separate business process.
- With BIM (Not only Revit) the plans, sections and quantity take-offs are all dynamically related. Any change to one of them is immediately reflected on the others
- Works well for Architectural, Structural, HVAC, and MEP modeling.
- Easy to use yet very capable.
- Seamless integration with other Autodesk solutions (NavisWorsk, Robot .. etc.)
- Plenty of training resources online.

Cons: - The price is too steep for companies in developing countries especially since it uses an annual subscription for each user.

  • Reviewer Source 
  • Reviewed on 17/10/2019
Piotr L.
Architect
Architecture & Planning, 2-10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
  • Overall Rating
    4 /5
  • Ease of Use
    4 /5
  • Features & Functionality
    5 /5
  • Customer Support
    3 /5
  • Value for Money
    5 /5
  • Likelihood to Recommend
    8/10
  • Reviewer Source 
  • Reviewed on 18/09/2020

"Solid software"

Comments: We have 6 licenses, a mix o Revit LT and Revit. With Revit we are able to save time by creating a 3d models along with flat drawings. Basic views (in Revit LT) with reliastic materials are ok to present to our clients. In complete Revit (sans LT) you can do realistic renderings. Thats a great advantage to be able to use one software instead of 3.

Pros: Quite intuititive. A lot of options to create ready to use templates. Realistic views of ongoing project. If something is missing you can create it with ease. Basic programing haleps to create parametric obejcts.

Cons: Requires company to create its own libraries of object. Built in libraries are beyond horrible.
Fine tuning takes time.
Pesky errors (dimension line lost reference and it will not tell which)

  • Reviewer Source 
  • Reviewed on 18/09/2020
Luiz fernando G.
Arquiteto
Architecture & Planning, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
  • Overall Rating
    5 /5
  • Ease of Use
    5 /5
  • Features & Functionality
    5 /5
  • Customer Support
    5 /5
  • Value for Money
    4 /5
  • Likelihood to Recommend
    10/10
  • Reviewer Source 
  • Reviewed on 13/04/2021

"Revit is the future"

Comments: Revit handles 3D better than its competitors
Whether it's a plan, section, facade, perspective or 3D section, Revit can handle everything. It is very simple to create, for example, levels (floor, roof, ...), draw axes (future walls) without risk of error.
Revit is used by architects and all other areas of construction to reduce design and maintenance risks. It also allows you to anticipate project performance even before construction begins, to create better quality concepts and to improve delivery conditions. No matter how complex a project is, Revit can manage your entire design from start to finish.

Pros: Revit is a BIM (Building Information Modeling) software, which allows you to model a building's data in 3D. Revit works in plan, section, facade, perspective, orthogonal view, 3D section and bill of materials.
Revit: The World Reference in Data Modeling
Revit is a tool that allows you to document a building from its virtual conception to its maintenance, once completed. The function of the Revit BIM tool is twofold: centralizing the data relating to the entire building, as well as the geometric and non-geometric design.
Revit reduces modeling time because making changes is very simple. The software takes its name from this idea ("Revise-It"). Revit also uses "families" that can be downloaded to model a building more quickly. Families are collections of objects (furniture, lights, heaters, etc.), and textures that will feed the architectural project. Revit adds standard textures allowing you to render faster and make changes later.

Cons: It has usability considered complex, especially for designers with little technological affinity.

  • Reviewer Source 
  • Reviewed on 13/04/2021
Brian W.
Electrical Design engineer
Architecture & Planning, 201-500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
  • Overall Rating
    3 /5
  • Ease of Use
    1 /5
  • Features & Functionality
    3 /5
  • Customer Support
    1 /5
  • Value for Money
    4 /5
  • Likelihood to Recommend
    8/10
  • Reviewer Source 
  • Reviewed on 14/07/2020

"Hard to use electrically"

Comments: Overall Revit is a great program that is an essential tool in the MEP industry. Any time I start a new project I hope that the arch is using Revit over autocad

Pros: Overall revit has alot of good features for integrating engineering systems with a project. having families link between arch/mech/plbg/fp/elec models and have parameters that interact with each other helps to maintain consistent coordination.

Cons: Electrically revit seems to lag behind quite a bit. Lighting design is still quite difficult to implement in a model. Quite frequently electrically you have to work against revit to get the proper info to show up which can be frustrating. i hope new systems to help display lighting controls are implemented.

  • Reviewer Source 
  • Reviewed on 14/07/2020
Andrew D.
CAD Teacher
Education Management, 51-200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
  • Overall Rating
    4 /5
  • Ease of Use
    4 /5
  • Features & Functionality
    5 /5
  • Customer Support
    3 /5
  • Value for Money
    4 /5
  • Likelihood to Recommend
    8/10
  • Reviewer Source 
  • Reviewed on 04/02/2021

"Powerful, but space consuming"

Comments: Overall is definitely positive. Program allows students to learn basics (and more) of architectural design. Some more expansive tutorials would be nice as only beginner workflow has really proven useful for students.

Pros: It is very easy for beginning users to become quickly proficient by following tutorials. The software is also very robust. Students can design, furnish and create renderings/walkthroughs all within the same program. They can also import any components not included in the software from a number of support pages as well as some vendors who have created .rvt files of their products that allow it to be put into the space digitally with all correct measurements.

Cons: Very robust, but takes up so much disk space it sometimes freezes computer before even opening. A LT version may be beneficial, but an entirely online version, even if it's a "light" version, would be preferred. Students aren't using all available features so it would be nice if the education version took less space, so students could have access on computers other than the one lab with enough computing power to run the software.

  • Reviewer Source 
  • Reviewed on 04/02/2021