Foreword

“It’s time for a revolution” proclaimed the Revit release 1 video as Revit burst on to the scene to music that drowned out the competition on the 2000 AIA Convention floor. How time flies. Seventeen years later, Revit remains revolutionary. Not only is adoption of Revit and building information modeling (BIM) growing at a breakneck pace around the globe, but the benefits of a BIM-centric design and construction have set new efficiency expectations that have become the standard in architecture, engineering, and construction.

This year, we celebrate 15 years since the acquisition of Revit by Autodesk. Given the timing, we want to take a moment to reflect on how far Revit has come since those early trailblazing days. These screenshots ...

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