Revit vs Archicad: Which BIM Tool Fits Your Studio?
Ask ten architects which BIM tool a practice should standardise on and you will hear the same shortcut: pick the one your last office used. That answer survives because switching hurts, not because it is right. The two programs were built by different companies with different ideas about how a building should be described, and those ideas still shape how your Tuesday afternoon goes. The real split is less about features than about three things: the computers your team already owns, the people who receive your models, and how much work beyond architecture you carry in house. Revit and Archicad both produce a coordinated 3D model that generates drawings and schedules. What differs is the road each one makes you take to get there, and how well that road connects to everyone else on the project. Short answer Revit is the better fit when your team works on Windows and exchanges native files...
