Shlomi Lavi / updated: Aug 26, 2020

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What is Autodesk Revit?

Main category: Computer aided design

Autodesk Revit is a 3D design, modeling, and simulation software solution for your business. The software was designed by Autodesk, Inc., headquartered in California, United States. Its services and applications are crafted for parts and assembly modeling, animations, simulations, and other 3D aspects of business operations.

Autodesk Revit rating -

The rating of Autodesk Revit is 3.8 stars out of 5 and the total score is 83 out of 100. The rating and score are based on ITQlick expert review. We publish unbiased reviews, learn more in our score and rating methodology page

Typical Customers

The software is useful for all businesses, regardless of the size and industry. Due to this reason, it has found wide deployment in a variety of business dealing in different industries and with varying specialization. Main intended users of the software include architects, engineering firms, and industrial designers.
Autodesk Revit is particularly useful for civil engineering modeling which is an integral part of constructing bridges, highways and even smaller projects. It has been widely deployed in such industries and sectors as construction, software, AEC and other engineering industries.
Some major customers of Autodesk Revit include Suretank, Ltd., Greenpoint Technologies, Inc., Electrical Components International, Zep Solar, and Clark Technology Systems, Inc.

Features

The software offers a wide range of simulating and 3D features including both basic and advanced features. Important modeling features of the software include 2D drawing, 3D solid modeling, advanced surfing, conceptual design, composite material design, and mold design.
Surfacing features of the software that you can benefit from include curvature analysis, draft analysis, revolving, and click and drag geometry. For the purpose of efficient sheet metal design, you have the applications of bend lines and tables, placement sketches, toggle flat display, and weld table.
Animation and simulation features of Autodesk Revit include assembly animation, photorealistic images, circuit simulation, motion simulation, stress analysis, and structural validation. You also have the productivity features of archiving, command line, and design-model consistency. Finally, the software also offers you various tools and applications for cost estimation and documentation.

Autodesk Revit 5 Pros

• You have the facility of both 2D and 3D analysis and simulation on the software.
• Unlike its competitors, the software offers both plastic part design and metal part design.
• The software offers automatic updates and automatic views for 2D modeling and simulation.
• The software follows all the major documentation and drafting standards.
• Bidirectional associativity of the software ensures that any change that you make in the design is automatically reflected in the entire model.

Autodesk Revit 2 Cons

• The software only offers on premise deployment model. In this model, it only supports Windows.
• There are no features of organic shapes, copy surface, and minimum radius analysis in the surfacing features of the software.

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Competitors & Alternatives

Two noteworthy competitors of Autodesk Revit are AllyCAD and BricsCAD. AllyCAD is suitable for medium businesses and offers relatively limited features compared to Autodesk Revit. For instance, it does not have the features of composite material design, electrical cable and conduit design, and mold design in its assembly modeling features. All these features are available on Autodesk Revit.
Unlike Autodesk Revit, AllyCAD does not offer any module for sheet metal design services. There is also no cost estimation module on AllyCAD. 2D modeling features are similar on both solutions.
Feature on BricsCAD are also quite limited when compared with Autodesk Revit. While this solution does offer a separate module for sheet metal design, it does offer the features of forming tools, hole tables, placement sketches, and punch tables in this module.
Parts and assembly modeling module of BricsCAD is also limited compared to Autodesk Revit. In the animation and simulation modules, BricsCAD does not offer assembly animations, walkthrough animations, circuit simulation, motion simulation, and stress analysis. All these features are available on Autodesk Revit.
Documentation and cost estimation features on both BricsCAD and Autodesk Revit are similar. Both solutions offer similar productivity features. . The full list of competitors can be found here.

Autodesk Revit Pricing Information

The cost of license starting from $1,323 per license. On top of the total cost of licenses which is easy to calculate - what is the REAL total cost of implementation? You need to add the cost of training, customization, data migration, and other 'hidden cost'. ITQlick pricing score is 7 out of 10 (10 is most expensive). Find here the REAL total cost breakdown for Autodesk Revit

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Autodesk Revit specifications

ITQlick Score:	83/100
ITQlick Rating:	(3.8/5)
Company:	Autodesk
Address:	Autodesk, Market Street, San Francisco, CA
Pricing:	Starting from $1,323 per license
Website:	Visit Autodesk Revit website
Typical customers:	Small business, Medium business, Large business
Platforms:	Desktop
Operating Systems:	Mac OS, Windows, Linux

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Shlomi Lavi

Shlomi holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information System Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 15 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant, and implementation expert for small, medium and large size (global) companies.