The target market appears to be smaller projects, smaller practices or single practioners with Autodesk revealing that “Revit LT is ideal for single users who do not need to collaborate in the same project file simultaneously with others.”
It is now possible to equip an architect with a BIM modelling tool that costs less than £1,500.įirms will be attracted by the low price at a time when investment in Building Information Modelling (BIM) is achieving serious momentum.
On page 31 we have news of ArchiCAD’s Solo entry level offering and now Autodesk enters the scene with Revit LT. However, with looming legislation and technically savvy firms investing, the time seems ripe for the software companies to provide a lower point of entry to BIM. Having had such a dire market for the past five years (thank you for the debt bubble dear bankers), many architectural firms have been operating on very low margins and the idea of re-equipping and investment in BIM has often been put on the back burner. It is true that many firms are actively learning about BIM, considering how to run pilot projects and deal with the cultural issues of conversion. The reality is that we are still in the early adopter stage and the mass market has yet to make that move. Price: £1,100 stand alone, £1,500 as a suite with AutoCAD LT includedįree trial: /revitlt/trialīuilding Information Modelling (BIM) software providers would have us believe that the technology is widely adopted and spreading fast.
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