Autodesk Revit

autodesk.com/products/revit
Construction Management
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BIM software to design and make anything

How to Replace Autodesk Revit

Overview

Autodesk Revit is a Building Information Modeling (BIM) software that enables architects, engineers, and construction professionals to design buildings and infrastructure in 3D. It streamlines project management with instant revisions to plans, elevations, schedules, and 3D visualizations while enabling collaboration across multidisciplinary teams. The software supports the complete lifecycle from design through construction and operations with integrated analysis tools and parametric accuracy.

Features

48 features across 8 categories

Analysis(7)

Analysis with InsightPremium

Use advanced simulation engines and building performance data integrated in Revit to assess daylighting, whole building energy, heating and cooling loads, and more

Analytically Driven Modeling

Use accurate and versatile structural analysis tools to assess and adapt design intent as your model develops. Automate analytical representation, run multiple analyses from a single intelligent model

Bidirectional Linking with Analysis

Integrate analysis results into the BIM process and work in an iterative design workflow

Electrical Preliminary Load AnalysisPremium

Electrical engineers and designers working in Revit can now use an architect's PDF, DWG, or Revit geometry to perform preliminary load calculations earlier in the design process

Embodied CarbonPremium

Understand the carbon impact of your projects from concept design using the Revit add-on for Insight. Run carbon reduction scenarios and make informed design decisions

Insight IntegrationPremium

Insight lets you optimize building performance with centralized access to performance data and advanced analysis engines

MEP Systems Analysis

Systems Analysis optimizes your HVAC systems design and modeling, letting you make data-driven design decisions

Also in: Lexion, Ironclad, Juro

Collaboration(5)

Autodesk Docs Collaboration

Coordinate your project and collaborate with consultants on files hosted in Autodesk Docs

BIM Collaborate ProPremium

Support collaboration and a common data environment for coordinating projects with consultants on files hosted in Autodesk Docs

Cloud Worksharing

Revit cloud worksharing and BIM Collaborate Pro support collaboration and a common data environment

Mobile App

Sync your data to the Autodesk Construction Cloud mobile app to ensure that members of your team can complete tasks from anywhere on the jobsite, with access to project data even when offline

Worksharing

Save, sync, review, and update work to a centrally shared model in the Revit project collaboration environment

Also in: Notion, Airtable, Obsidian

Design Tools(14)

Architectural Modeling

Add architectural elements to the building model, including walls, doors, and windows, or define custom components and families to meet any modeling need and level of detail

Conceptual Design Tools

Articulate form in the Revit massing environment with free-form tools for profiling and massing. Refine geometry parametrically in the project environment

Construction Modeling

Derive construction insight from design models. Split and manipulate wall layers and concrete pours and prepare shop drawings for fabrication

Electrical Design and Documentation

Design, model, and document electrical systems. Keep track of electrical loads throughout the distribution system

Generative DesignAIPremium

Quickly produce design alternatives based on goals and constraints that you define

HVAC Design and Documentation

Design complex duct and pipe systems to express intent, and model duct and pipe systems with mechanical design content

Informed Design for RevitPremium

Customize and add accurate, manufacturable building product templates into your designs for immediate validation and faster design cycles

Multidisciplinary Toolsets

Design and document projects across industries with Revit's multidisciplinary tools, reducing rework time and promoting collaboration

Multistory Stairs

Quickly create and modify multistory buildings by connecting stairs to the levels in your project

Parametric Components

Place walls, doors, and windows in an open, graphical, and parameter-rich system for design and form-making

Plumbing Design and Documentation

Create sanitary plumbing systems with sloped piping and layout piping systems to design and document intent

Point Cloud Tools

Use scanning tools to capture existing and as-built conditions and import into Revit as point clouds

Site DesignPremium

Create toposolids and site elements with new modeling capabilities in Revit. Use snap to 3D points for underlay geometry, including linked DWG files, to ensure precise alignment

Structural Steel Modeling

Model connections with a higher level of detail using a variety of parametric steel connections in Revit or by creating your own custom steel connections

Also in: Spline, Visme, Zeplin

Developer Tools(4)

Developer Tools, Solutions, and Combined Ecosystem

Extend Revit functionality with Dynamo, API access, developer solutions, and BIM content on the Autodesk App Store

Dynamo for Revit

Automate and optimize BIM workflows with an open-source graphical programming interface that installs with Revit

Dynamo for Structural Engineering

Computational design gives structural engineers, designers, and detailers tools to build structures with minimal energy and make their own design tools

Revit API

Tap into the core functionality of Autodesk Revit, enabling you to automate tasks, extend features, and create custom workflows to streamline your building design and modeling processes

Also in: Jobber, Hugging Face, 1Password

Documentation(8)

Annotate and Detail

Communicate design intent effectively with tools for tagging, dimensioning, and illustrating in 2D and 3D

Constructability Details

Augment design-intent models with the detail necessary to meet the requirements of construction teams

Documentation

Create project sheets and add your drawings and schedules to them. Customize title blocks and manage revisions

Fabrication Documentation

Document model layout more effectively. Document, schedule, and tag fabrication elements

Fabrication Service Conversion

Use the Design to Fabrication tool to convert design-level model elements to construction level-of-detail elements

MEP Fabrication Detailing

Create fabrication-ready models in Revit. You can model and coordinate MEP LOD 400 components

Reinforcement Detailing

Create 3D reinforcement designs for cast-in-place and precast concrete structures. Produce reinforcement shop drawing documentation with rebar schedules

Schedules

Use tables to better capture, filter, sort, display, and share project data

Integration(4)

Import/Export 2D Sheets

Bring AutoCAD files in or out of Revit, and prepare sheet sets for export to fabricators, subcontractors, or other project stakeholders in the format they need

Interoperability

Revit imports, exports, and links with commonly used BIM and CAD file formats, including IFC, 3DM, SKP, OBJ, and STEP

Linking with Steel Fabrication

Interoperability between Revit and Advance Steel helps provide a seamless BIM workflow from steel design to fabrication

Navisworks Interoperability

Open a Navisworks coordination model directly in Revit to coordinate your design with the work of teams that use different software

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Project Management(3)

Issue Tracking

Track your constructability issues across design with the Revit Issues Add-in as your team makes changes

Phasing

Define project phases (including demolition and renovation) and apply phase filters to views and schedules to show the project during various stages of work

Revisions

Track changes and revisions made to your building model after sheets have been issued

Also in: monday.com, Obsidian, Smartsheet

Visualization(3)

Twinmotion for RevitPremium

Start Twinmotion directly from Revit. Sync design data and immerse yourself in the intuitive creator environment to bring your design to life as photorealistic stills, scenes, and animations

Visibility Settings and Overrides

Control visibility by hiding, revealing, and highlighting building elements. Use overrides to customize appearance

Visual Styles

Explore, validate, and communicate design decisions visually. Revit renders with high quality and precision through the Autodesk Raytracer rendering engine

Also in: Ironclad, Obsidian, Smartsheet

Pricing

Annual Subscription

Popular
Annual (1-year or 3-year)
  • 30-day return policy
  • 33% savings over monthly pricing
  • 8x5 support
  • Single sign-on (SSO)
  • Usage reporting
  • 3-year protection from price increases (3-year option)

Monthly Subscription

Pay monthly
  • 15-day return policy
  • No long-term commitment
  • Flexibility to respond to staffing changes
  • Can change to annual anytime

Flex

Pay as you go
  • Buy tokens and pay daily rate
  • Access 100+ products
  • Share token pool
  • Flexible for changing software needs
  • Default group assignments

Business Plan

Custom
  • Designated Customer Success Manager
  • Fast 24/7 support
  • Expert coaching and learning plans
  • Success planning

Enterprise Plan

Custom
  • Tailored, proactive partnership with Autodesk
  • 24/7 support with case manager
  • Custom tools, tracking, and reporting
  • Unlimited access
  • Flexible licensing options

Free Trial

Free
  • 30-day free trial
  • Start your project and try Revit

Cost Calculator

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Build vs Buy

Should you build a Autodesk Revit alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 48 features.

Buy Autodesk Revit

Better Value
Monthly costContact Sales
3-year totalVaries
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$24,000
Maintenance$360/mo
3-year total$36,960
Dev time~2 months

Buying Autodesk Revit saves ~$36,960 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 48 features and a BuildScore of 5/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

11 known integrations

Advance SteelAutoCADAutodesk App StoreAutodesk Construction CloudAutodesk DocsAutodesk InsightBIM Collaborate ProDynamoMcNeel RhinoNavisworksTwinmotion