B3 - Advantages of Revit / BIM

What are the current advantages of Revit/BIM?

“BIM is poised to be a major innovation in architecture industry in the 21st century, and Revit supplies oxygen to this wonderful innovation. There are number of reasons behind the increasing acceptance of Revit software in architecture industry.”

Building Information Modeling is a revolutionary progress in Architectural Engineering and Revit. As a combination of BIM and 3D modeling, it has the highest market share in the pie of BIM software industry. The reasons behind its widely acceptance are as followed:

1.     Revit is not only a draft-based software offering simple geometry elements such as dots, lines and circles but also an efficient tool to create 3D walls, doors and windows. With this quick design, people are able to get a general idea at the early stage and try out different schemes.

2.     In Revit Architectural model, every element is connected with each other. Any components need modification can be changed accurately as well as their related components so it will avoid time wasting on dull repetition.

3.     Plan, section and elevation views make visual analysis more reliable. Designers can use the 3D model to determine materials, color finish, lighting layout, fixed facilities and pipelines etc. from design perspective, thereby check exact location of each component to ensure the quality of design.

4.     BIM database contains detailed information. As a result, generating a variety of forms is very easy. Designers can use it to estimate project budget and contractors can refer it to increase accuracy of material shopping list.

5.     Revit also allows multi-users work on the same project simultaneously and merge their changes so everything can be stored in a single file. This flexibility is what AutoCAD lacks.

Revit shows advantages significantly especially in large and complex projects. Many companies invest the Building Information Modeling for better design and documentation, but business benefits go beyond design. It wins work from marketing, has greater efficiency that increase profit margins and better insight that improves project quality.

References

“Top 7 Reasons to Use Revit”,

http://www.architecturalevangelist.com/tips-and-tricks/top-7-reasons-to-use-revit.html

Comments:

Jiaao Wu – Your conclusion talks about three aspects: more accurate draft drawing, more automatic adjust and more comprehensive export. I totally agree with your opinion. What’s more, your analysis is detailed enough to illustrate your idea with some specific examples.

Yu-Sen Liu – You talked about both advantages and possible future benefits of Revit including 3D printing, 3D Virtual holographic interfaces, and motion tracking interfaces. I was totally surprised at those applications you mentioned as I have no idea about virtual holographic at all. It makes me realize Revit is just the beginning of BIM. More complicated technologies will be applied with the help of BIM.

Justin Hileman – Your topic focused on similarities between Revit and AutoCAD, that is “point cloud viewing and editing”. These two programs are related because of their purpose and use. Meanwhile, you pointed out the differences, for instance, Revit allows users to estimate cost. Your blog shows me a new point of view than mine.