Autodesk Revit

By audience

Architecture

• Authors the architectural BIM model with parametric walls, floors, roofs, doors, and windows that update automatically across plans, sections, and elevations.
• Produces coordinated construction documentation directly from the model, so any model change propagates to every drawing sheet and keeps views in sync.
• Builds and manages loadable families and types to standardize doors, windows, casework, and furnishings across projects.
• Generates room/area schedules, door and window schedules, and material takeoffs that read live data straight from model elements.
• Develops design intent in 3D and runs interference/visual checks against structural and MEP models linked into the host file.

Structural Engineering

• Models the analytical and physical structure—columns, beams, braces, slabs, foundations, and rebar—using structural framing families and parametric constraints.
• Links the architectural model and uses copy/monitor to track grids, levels, and elements, flagging when the architect's model moves out of alignment.
• Exchanges the structural model with analysis tools (e.g., Robot Structural Analysis) for sizing and code checks, then brings results back into the BIM model.
• Produces structural drawing sets, framing plans, sections, and rebar/quantity schedules driven directly by the model.
• Detects clashes between structural framing and architectural/MEP elements before documentation is finalized.

MEP Engineering

• Models mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems—ducts, pipes, conduit, cable tray, and equipment—with connectivity and system definitions.
• Runs built-in engineering calculations such as duct/pipe sizing, pressure loss, and electrical loads using the system data in the model.
• Links and coordinates against architectural and structural models to route services through available space and avoid clashes with beams and structure.
• Generates MEP schedules, panel schedules, and equipment/fixture takeoffs from model element data.
• Produces coordinated MEP construction documents and connects to Navisworks for whole-building clash detection.

By phase

Concept & Planning

• Builds early massing and conceptual forms to study building footprint, floor area, and program before detailed modeling begins.
• Uses area and room schedules to validate program requirements and space allocation against the brief.
• Generates quick plans, sections, and 3D views to communicate design options to stakeholders.
• Establishes the project's grids, levels, and shared coordinates that anchor all downstream multi-discipline modeling.

Design

• Serves as the primary BIM authoring tool where architectural, structural, and MEP models are developed in parallel and linked together.
• Drives multi-discipline coordination via linked models, copy/monitor, and interference checks to resolve conflicts during design.
• Develops parametric detail with families and type catalogs, refining elements as the design matures.
• Keeps plans, sections, elevations, and schedules continuously synchronized with the evolving model.
• Exchanges data with analysis and rendering tools to test structural, energy, and visual performance.

Pre-Construction

• Produces the coordinated construction documentation set—drawings, sheets, and schedules—issued for permit and tender.
• Generates quantity and material takeoffs from model schedules to support estimating and bidding.
• Exports the model to Navisworks and BIM 360/ACC for federated clash detection and constructability review across disciplines.
• Refines families and details to a level of development suitable for fabrication and construction handoff.

Construction

• Acts as the source of record for shop-drawing-level detail and as-designed geometry that field teams reference.
• Supplies the model to coordination and field tools (Navisworks, BIM 360/ACC) so RFIs and changes can be checked against design intent.
• Issues revisions and updated documentation from the model as design changes occur during construction.
• Feeds model-based quantities and fabrication-level families to detailing and prefabrication workflows.