You'll have to maintain current versions regardless.

In other words, you can't just buy Revit 2020 outright and use it for the next 7 years. But, anything Autodesk puts you in the same boat so you can rule out AutoCAD MEP as a viable option.Īlso consider this: Revit does not support forward or backwards compatibility so it's very hard to sit on one version for years like you could with AutoCAD.

For MEP, there is no close Revit alternative, however AutoCAD MEP and Bentley Systems have some good alternatives that do support IFC. If you are Structural, I'm not aware of anything so I cannot provide comment. ArchiCAD would be the closest product to Revit as an alternative. BricsCAD has an alternative too I believe but not sure where it stands in development. For architectural design, there is ArchiCAD and Rhino. Being able to exchange an IFC format would be a key feature to BIM compatibility. There are some alternatives to Revit, depending on your discipline. Now you didn't get to explain reasons why these options should be considered.

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