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Introducing Revit LT 2013 When Project Spark was introduced to Autodesk Labs, it seemed only a matter of time before Autodesk launched an entry-level BIM modelling tool. This month Project Spark left the lab environment and manifested itself as Revit LT. by Martyn Day
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run pilot projects and deal uilding Information Revit LT with the cultural issues of Modelling (BIM) softAutodesk conversion. ware providers Price: £1,100 stand alone, Having had such a dire would have us believe £1,500 as a suite with market for the past five that the technology is widely AutoCAD LT included years (thank you for the adopted and spreading fast. Free trial: usa.autodesk. com/revitlt/trial debt bubble dear bankers), The reality is that we are still many architectural firms in the early adopter stage and the mass market has yet to make that have been operating on very low margins move. It is true that many firms are active- and the idea of re-equipping and investly learning about BIM, considering how to ment in BIM has often been put on the
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back burner. 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. On page 31 we have news of ArchiCAD’s Solo entry level offering and now Autodesk enters the scene with Revit LT. It is now possible to equip an architect with a BIM modelling tool that costs less than £1,500. www.AECmag.com
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