AutoCAD is as important for AEC professionals as Revit in fact they cannot execute construction projects without the absence of any of the software. The similarity between the two is that both AutoCAD and Revit are designed by Autodesk and both are used by design and construction professionals for executing preconstruction engineering services.
As AutoCAD has transformed and revolutionized drafting process similarly Revit has transformed modeling process. The adoption of AutoCAD and Revit has tremendous impact on the development and productivity of Architecture, Engineering and Construction industry. If we peep back a few years and analyze the condition of AEC industry it was certainly not doing that good. It used to take longer time to execute construction projects if compared to current scenario wherein with the assistance of preconstruction engineering services onsite project execution has become really convenient.
Earlier manual drafting used to be performed by AEC professionals which largely had chances of human errors in the drawings generated manually by the professionals. Similarly prior to the adoption of Revit, in the conventional modeling process design and construction professionals used to develop dummy models for the project in question wherein they were not allowed to explore different design options. Since it was not at all convenient to make changes in the model, they never used to be successful in experimenting with the different design options for the upcoming building.
On the other hand Revit provided a huge platform to experiment with multiple design options since it doesn’t take much effort to implement change in a digital model. BIM modelers with the assistance of Revit software revolutionized the process of design development. Revit promotes the collaboration of design development team and this ultimately ends up in the generation of effective models.
Since the time AEC professionals have become familiar with Revit they have also started to develop effective design for the construction of green buildings. 3D models can now be generated quickly and effectively with the support of Revit which ultimately results in speedy construction on the proposed location.