Revit

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.

Revit is great at producing both 2d and 3d designs and nice perspective renders

Comments: The ability to use one software to complete any project without having to switch between multiple platforms

Pros:

It's ease of use and it's friendly user interface

Cons:

It's rendering quality leaves much to be desired

Complicate algorithm lead to lot of problems

Comments: I have few experience with Architectural model since I am a mechanical engineer. moderate experience in MEP drawing, but enough experience in families which I hate in Revit.Also I have 6 months in programming with Revit using C#, and I found the object oriented classes and objects are interfered to infinity (as I guess) where it can be in easy way, this core issues lead to the complication in Revit especially as I think, in families the procedures start to solve the parameters in a way lead to unsatisfied solution where it run properly.

Pros:

Working without families, has few problems in piping connection especially (as mechanical). I think as from Architectural side few problems we have (such fix the model automatically for epsilon of errors), I create an add-ins using C# to fix this and find errors of an Architectural model or mechanical spaces.

Cons:

The illogical behavior of some functions in families and contradictions, even in 3D presentation with thin metal sheets.

Revit

Comments: It enables you to use one app to accomplish the work that would usually be allotted to multiple app users, which speeds up the work and requires less staff to use.

Pros:

The ease of use even with minimal tutorial especially if you already have a knowledge of autoCad .

Cons:

The rendering quality is not all that great compared to other apps of the same kind

Alternatives Considered: 3ds Max, Blender and ARCHICAD

Reasons for Choosing Revit: The ability to easily create 3d designs and 2d designs at the same time without spending extra time and money.

Switched From: AutoCAD

Reasons for Switching to Revit: Ease of use

Very good design software

Comments: Its exactly 2 years that I use revit for my bridge and road projects

Pros:

Révit is for the best in all the 3d design of bridges and roads. Easily adaptable for bridge and pavement engineers and what makes it exceptional is the fact that you can import a bridge designed on Infrawork to relive without worry; it adheres easily

Cons:

Revit is very very complex to use unlike other 3D design software and 2D revit is too hard to master. It takes a lot of training time to master this software

Alternatives Considered: AutoCAD and ARCHICAD

Reasons for Switching to Revit: I opted to relive because despite its complexity to use it remains the best for road projects especially