All the design and construction professionals from architectural,
engineering and construction (AEC) industry are familiar with AutoCAD and
Revit. AutoCAD has been in the AEC industry since 1980 and this software has a
significant role in the evolution of the AEC industry. AutoCAD has notably
become an integral part of day to day activities if the 2D and 3D design
process.
Revit is a building modeling program and it has
entered in the AEC industry after almost 20 years of the inception of AutoCAD. The
adoption of Revit has increased sharply in recent years. Revit has many
advantageous features that attract the design and construction professionals to
use it in their construction projects. This blog will helps the professionals
where to draw lines – AutoCAD, Revit or both?
Similarities
Both AutoCAD and Revit software helps its users to
produce 2D drawings such as sections, floor plan drawings, elevations, detail
drawings, construction drawings, etc. effectively. There may be little
differences in the graphical presentations of the AutoCAD 2D drawings and Revit
2D drawings, but essentially the end outcome is same.
Thought AutoCAD and Revit both are also used for
developing 3D models but Using Revit, users can only develop 3D models for
buildings while using AutoCAD, users can develop 3D models for their architectural,
civil, structural, mechanical, aeronautical, and other types of engineering
projects.
Both of these software’s help users to make a 2D
flat image or 3D model photorealistic by adding color, shade, texture, lighting
effect, shadow effect, fixture, etc.
Differences
Though both AutoCAD and Revit helps the design and
construction professionals to do similar types of works effectively, but Revit
is specially Building Information Modeling (BIM) software that only helps in
carrying out different types of BIM modeling process. Using AutoCAD, users only
can create lines to develop basic geometry that represents the projected
object.
Within a 3D Revit model, users can include real life
information while AutoCAD does not allow users to add any type of information. In
Revit, while users work on one particular view such as floor plan, other views
such as elevation are also automatically generated at that time. If users make
any change within the Revit design, the design automatically adjusts itself
according to the change but AutoCAD does not have such facilities.
AutoCAD is very useful for creating 2D drawings where
only accurate work in needed, for example elevation detail drawing. Revit is
very useful for Architectural 3D Modeling that also helps its users to prepare construction
schedule, generate cost schedule, perform collaboration and manage all types of
changes efficiently.
In
the AEC industry, AutoCAD and Revit both are significantly used for developing
2D and 3D designs for AEC projects. Both of these software’s have become right
and left hand of the AEC industry professionals.
