Revit Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Reviews & Insights

Score9.3 out of 10

226 Reviews and Ratings

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Business Problems Solved

Revit is a versatile software used in various industries for a wide range of purposes. Users, including architects, engineers, and construction professionals, rely on Revit for designing and coordinating building projects. With its powerful features, Revit has become the go-to tool for creating construction drawings, performing structural analysis, and solving coordination problems. It streamlines the process of creating 3D models, generating estimates, and sending isometric models to the project management team. Revit is also extensively used for BIM/MEP coordination, allowing different trades to collaborate seamlessly and catch potential issues early on. Moreover, Revit aids in visualization, enabling studio artists to develop and bring amusement park designs to life. Contractors and manufacturers invest in Revit to stay competitive and meet technological demands. Overall, Revit proves to be an invaluable asset in the construction industry by addressing problems related to quantities, takeoff, coordination between trades, and meeting client requirements.

Reviews

24 Reviews

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Revit in Architecture

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

September 22, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Revit is used to create architectural drawing sets as well as to test programming and concepts. I use Revit almost daily and it is integral to our work.

Pros

Drawing Sets
3D Modeling
Plan Graphics

Cons

Stair customizability
Railing customizability and function
lineweight communication with autocad

Likelihood to Recommend

Revit is the ultimate software for doing for architectural drawing sets. There can be issues collaborating in a 3D model on large teams but it is the best option out there. It is good for existing building documentation, drawing details in 2D and 3D views. Great for looking at conflicts between building and MEP trades.

Verified User

Employee (Architecture & Planning company, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

The best BIM based process software

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

September 12, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Revit quite often as an architect since it's one of the most used BIM process based software. It is not as intuitive as other ones but it permits to do many things. As a restoration-oriented researcher in the field of architecture it also permits a very easy interface with point clouds acquired by laser scanner technologies.

Pros

Creation of 3D models with a BIM process
Upload of point clouds and their management in the software
Creation of parametric families (that is to say parametric objects)
Integrated Rendering (with powerful rendering machines)
Real time co-working

Cons

H-BIM: Revit has high potentialities for this purpose, since it already allows a good interaction with point clouds. Nevertheless a BIM based software for cultural heritage still consists of a great challenge. The BIM process is specifically designed to create projects from scratch. We need to consider the perspective of those who need to create models based on reality. These are models that do not have objects that are all perfectly identical, objects that are strictly parametric. If this logic remains unchanged, then it should be easier to change individual instances and reproduce the defects of the existing building.
Creation of parameterized objects: the process can be sometimes not really intuitive. The lockers which characterise the creation of parameterized objects interface may be not easy to manage when there are many solids one next to the others.
Interaction between different Revit versions should be easier

Likelihood to Recommend

Revit is a highly effective programme for creating BIM models. It allows for effective management and interaction with point clouds, and its strong point is undoubtedly the creation of parametric families. It also has a function that allows users to work on a project simultaneously, even remotely, and enables the creation of realistic renderings thanks to the possibility of connecting very powerful rendering engines. Equally important is the fact that students, teachers and researchers can access free versions.

Marta Inama

Research grant in Research & Development at Università degli Studi di Ferrara (Architecture & Planning, 1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

5 years of experience

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Revit Feedback.

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

September 9, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Revit to model interior design intent for a commercial project. It allows us not only to design models but also to store information about the project and all its specifications for the design. Additionally, it enables us to visualize the design in 3D using Enscape and obtain realistic renderings for our clients.

Pros

Efficiency
Ease of use.
Information storing.

Cons

Limited in shape modeling.
Hard to explore very complex ideas.
Crashes frequently for larger projects.

Likelihood to Recommend

Great for quickly getting ideas into actual, realistic models. Although it requires a lot of coordination, it is a relatively great tool for group collaboration, allowing multiple people to work on the model simultaneously. Sadly, Revit is not a great tool for modeling unique complex designs compared to other programs like Rhino.

Taylor Johnson

Interior Designer at HKS Inc. (Design, 1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

A great product for complete building design

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

September 5, 2025

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Revit is the main program our firm uses in our day to day work activities. It is utilized to create design options, renderings, and final construction documents for clients. We have used Revit to create drawings for projects as small as 100sf to projects that house manufacturing and lab uses and are a collaborative effort with outside firms.

Pros

Modeling 3D building components
Creating components in a central model space allowing for the creation of views without needing to redraw elements.
Creating detailed construction drawings

Cons

Revit tables can be hard to use for beginners
Complicated wall joins (where the walls meeting are different heights or at an angle) often break or are displayed incorrectly
The split face function for applying materials to specific areas often needs to be redone if a wall moves even slightly
Some BIM360 lower folder permissions do not always work for every person assigned to a folder.
The "component" feature can be clunky when creating custom components that include angles and curves.

Likelihood to Recommend

Revit is very well suited to creating designs and construction documents for standard buildings. Buildings that need to utilize phasing in their construction process are also well suited to this software.

Revit is not as well suited to buildings that have irregular shapes or components that need to be highly detailed.

Verified User

Employee in Professional Services (Architecture & Planning company, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

6 years of experience

Revit costs more than your car payment.

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

June 11, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I'm thrilled to be using it, but I'm not rating it at ten stars because of its appalling cost. One license is nearly $400 monthly, making it unaffordable for small businesses. At this cost, I want to look for alternate solutions that will work and I hope some soon can compete with Revit.

Pros

Construction drawing.
Conception drawings.
Automation

Cons

Price
Additional functionality expensive.
Entire third world pirates this software but I am forced to pay $400 a month.

Likelihood to Recommend

The cost is too high, which limits legitimate users. By keeping costs this high, they also limit the number of professionals using the software. If it weren't so expensive per month, it would be far more widely adapted in areas such as audiovisual security and low-voltage. I don't think they understand small businesses' very, very slim margins.

Verified User

Executive in Corporate (Information Technology & Services company, 11-50 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Easy to use, great for CD sets

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

June 11, 2024

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

At our firm, we employ Revit extensively for both interior design and core shell modeling, finding it to be an invaluable tool in our workflow. Typically, our process begins with the integration of a CAD file representing the space we're working with, which we then seamlessly transition into Revit for further development. In essence, Revit serves as the cornerstone of our design process, facilitating seamless collaboration, precise modeling, and informed decision-making. Through the integration of CAD files and the utilization of tools like Design Options, we're able to leverage Revit's capabilities to their fullest extent

Pros

Rooms
Design Options
Copy paste from other models
Scope boxes

Cons

Enscape plugin not seamless
Saving automatically before file crashes

Likelihood to Recommend

When I have more than one Revit file open my laptop processes slowly and everytime I open enscape it tends to crash and I loose my work. If Revit could save automatically before crashing it would be really helpful.

Verified User

Professional (Design company, 201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Revit - Documentation King

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

November 9, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Revit is being used as a firm wide standard for every project. In general it acts as the primary location for storing empirical information about each project. We have been using Revit for many years and we see a lot of repeat business so in many cases we end up upgrading and re-using Revit models from over a decade ago. As we get into documentation, Revit also acts as our collaborative platform where architects, MEP engineers, and structural engineers are able to see each others up to date work and coordinate accordingly. Also to state the obvious, everything is BIM and makes it really great to be able to document three dimensional buildings from two dimensional points of view.

Pros

associates parameters with elements in the model that can be shared, scheduled, measured, and referred to.
leverages BIM elements for smart tagging (material tags, keynotes, glass types, etc.)
construction documents. it is the king of documentation in my opinion.

Cons

Revit has room for improvement in the modeling area. everything you model is "workplane based" meaning it needs to have some origin on a workplane. while workplanes can be at obscure angles and such it makes it difficult to sometimes quickly model things that other, more geometric based software can hammer out in 5 minutes. One example i can think of is a simple handrail that is curved in both elevation and plan simultaneously. this would be very easy to do in Rhino via sweeping, but in Revit not so much because the curving geometry passes through and transcends multiple "workplanes"
i think the site components could use an overhaul. it would be great to be able to add sidewalks and stuff to toposurfaces easier.

Likelihood to Recommend

Revit is king of documentation. it allows collaboration via cloud or server and holds a high level of efficiency for those who master it. While it may lack in modeling, other software can help out and easily be imported into the Revit model space to be documented in Revit. Over the past few years I have seen a dramatic interoperability jump for Revit, meaning it reads imported geometry quite well. It also is really nice for the CA phase of design because it has a built in smart revision system.

Andrew Huss

Junior Architect in Professional Services at Hollis + Miller Architects (Architecture & Planning, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

4 years of experience

Why go anywhere if Revit is there ...Most versatile software in architechtural point of view

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

September 6, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Revit is used by our architectural design team to create an optimum model that all departments and trades can use to complete their work like structural team uses for load and stability of the structure, MEP department uses for pressure and electrical appliances fitting, estimation department and management department uses these architectural drawings for the purpose of evaluating cost and managing schedule.
we generally used revit for various purposes but some of them are very useful for cut down our precious time
(a) templates which can I used from its predefined library so that my time gets reduced so much in arranging doors, windows and others furniture in no time and you can also render it at any time
(b)revit is it works on different layout level like you can create a series of sub layout in it and can see their effect combinedly after creating individually for example: if you creates some structure in first layout section then you can see it in 3D and in any elevation also without creating in other levels so it will make my job faster
(c) we generally solve problems which I faced using the same file by different architects on the same worksheet making it best fit to customer

Pros

Determining the cost of the material you are using in your structural project after selecting your wall and paint you are using in your structure, AutoCAD - Quantity take-offs are now byproducts of the building model so that you can find the optimum cost of your project
Rendring is the second best thing that REVIT can provide in such a convenient way without lagging the system so that we can show a realistic view to our clients of what we want to serve them.
For the fresher it will provide complete guidance if you are a student you can make your free account and learn from their video tutorial so that you can learn their all features customization in lesser time

Cons

You cant save a file to lower versions of the software i.e A Revit 2017 file can only be opened in Revit version 2017 or higher. That file cannot be opened in Revit 2015 software. Backwards compatibility would be great to have, just like some other Autodesk products example AutoCAD.
Rendering is also good but missing DYNAMIC RENDERING as it posses in some others software of its domain like in LUMION pro
In my view it has also some price high so it gets not as much popularity it should be
It must possess some troubleshooter option if someone failed to load its library of items then it will reinstall automatically without showing any error as I think most of the users suffers this problem which primarily not having a Revit experience

Likelihood to Recommend

It does also allow for some means of previewing a building during design. Effectively a virtual prototype. To show appearance and functionality. Things like 3d views help people who can’t imagine a physical shape from just orthogonal views to see problems and solutions. Things like rendering and walkthroughs (like with the enscape addon) also help to show an impression of the final building to more easily explain to a client what they’re going to get.
It’s able to handle multiple people drawing on the same model at any one time. Its method of allowing this is to “check out” elements through its borrowing functionality in the worksets. This has its own issues though, e.g. if you’re drawing a wall that wants to attach to another which someone else has “checked out” there’s a fail message and both parties need to synchronize their models (effectively saving and reloading).
In REVIT you should have a backup copy of your model because that very same person who deleted it didn’t even notice the stuff they also deleted - it wasn’t displayed in their drawing. They’ve saved the file and there’s now no longer an “undo” function.
Its method of reusing fully complete model portions (groups) is a complete waste of time. They keep breaking, they never work as expected, and can cause such frustration as to induce screen abuse.

Bhupesh Pant

React Developer in Engineering at Boxinall (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

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Revit: A team player

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

August 12, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Autodesk's Revit is one of the main software used at our organization and is used in all aspects. From Structure, Architecture for the installation of mechanical, plumbing, electrical & fire protection services in our building. Our organization's main aspect is building information modeling and Revit serve as a great tool to perform these task efficiently. As many of the team members work on the same file, Revit becomes a good option for work-sharing locally and globally.

Pros

Easy to create shop drawing.
Many members can work on the same file.
Ability to create many work sets.
Many process can be automated.

Cons

Need more accuracy like CAD fabrication while modeling.
Advance family creation tools would be better.
Disconnection of elements while working.

Likelihood to Recommend

Revit is well suited in cases where a quick model of the building is required including aspects of the modeling of various MEP elements, their self coordination, and coordination with other services. It helps to generate quick shop drawings and this process can become even faster using add-ins. Revit does an average job when you compare the production of actual components in a workshop.

Keshav Mot

Senior Engineering Executive in Engineering at Pinnacle Infotech (Information Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

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Revit at practical use

Rating: 7 out of 10

Incentivized

August 11, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Revit is used as a service tool by my organization which provides mechanical engineering services to clients. Revit is a tool to create 3d model of HVAC model, plumbing model, architecture model and structural steel frame model. The above can be simulated in a real-time environment such as sunlight, construction site consideration etc

Pros

3d space creativity
Economical
Issues are targeted before construction of any building

Cons

Some options of revit are stubborn which can be used for some limited application
Revit uses a lot of computer memory
To automatically backup your file with certain time interval

Likelihood to Recommend

Revit is more user-friendly compared to other software it helped on projects where I need to switch between 2d space to 3d space, sections of elements or building can be viewed easily.
It is difficult to create 3d family or any equipment. Sometimes Revit decides whether the two entities will be connected or not as if in practical purpose the entities are connected.

chetanya pohekar

Senior Mechanical Engineer in Professional Services at Pinnacle Infotech Solutions (Information Technology & Services, 201-500 employees)

Vetted Review

2 years of experience

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Why go anywhere if Revit is there ...Most versatile software in architechtural point of view

Rating: 8 out of 10

Incentivized

September 6, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Revit is used by our architectural design team to create an optimum model that all departments and trades can use to complete their work like structural team uses for load and stability of the structure, MEP department uses for pressure and electrical appliances fitting, estimation department and management department uses these architectural drawings for the purpose of evaluating cost and managing schedule.
we generally used revit for various purposes but some of them are very useful for cut down our precious time
(a) templates which can I used from its predefined library so that my time gets reduced so much in arranging doors, windows and others furniture in no time and you can also render it at any time
(b)revit is it works on different layout level like you can create a series of sub layout in it and can see their effect combinedly after creating individually for example: if you creates some structure in first layout section then you can see it in 3D and in any elevation also without creating in other levels so it will make my job faster
(c) we generally solve problems which I faced using the same file by different architects on the same worksheet making it best fit to customer

Pros

Determining the cost of the material you are using in your structural project after selecting your wall and paint you are using in your structure, AutoCAD - Quantity take-offs are now byproducts of the building model so that you can find the optimum cost of your project
Rendring is the second best thing that REVIT can provide in such a convenient way without lagging the system so that we can show a realistic view to our clients of what we want to serve them.
For the fresher it will provide complete guidance if you are a student you can make your free account and learn from their video tutorial so that you can learn their all features customization in lesser time

Cons

You cant save a file to lower versions of the software i.e A Revit 2017 file can only be opened in Revit version 2017 or higher. That file cannot be opened in Revit 2015 software. Backwards compatibility would be great to have, just like some other Autodesk products example AutoCAD.
Rendering is also good but missing DYNAMIC RENDERING as it posses in some others software of its domain like in LUMION pro
In my view it has also some price high so it gets not as much popularity it should be
It must possess some troubleshooter option if someone failed to load its library of items then it will reinstall automatically without showing any error as I think most of the users suffers this problem which primarily not having a Revit experience

Likelihood to Recommend

It does also allow for some means of previewing a building during design. Effectively a virtual prototype. To show appearance and functionality. Things like 3d views help people who can’t imagine a physical shape from just orthogonal views to see problems and solutions. Things like rendering and walkthroughs (like with the enscape addon) also help to show an impression of the final building to more easily explain to a client what they’re going to get.
It’s able to handle multiple people drawing on the same model at any one time. Its method of allowing this is to “check out” elements through its borrowing functionality in the worksets. This has its own issues though, e.g. if you’re drawing a wall that wants to attach to another which someone else has “checked out” there’s a fail message and both parties need to synchronize their models (effectively saving and reloading).
In REVIT you should have a backup copy of your model because that very same person who deleted it didn’t even notice the stuff they also deleted - it wasn’t displayed in their drawing. They’ve saved the file and there’s now no longer an “undo” function.
Its method of reusing fully complete model portions (groups) is a complete waste of time. They keep breaking, they never work as expected, and can cause such frustration as to induce screen abuse.

Bhupesh Pant

React Developer in Engineering at Boxinall (Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

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