Revit Technology Introduces Revit for Design-Build Firms

WALTHAM, MA � October 23, 2001 � Revit Technology Corporation today announced that the latest release of its flagship product Revit� extends the benefits of parametric building modelling to design-build firms and construction managers. This announcement coincides with the Design-Build Institute of America�s 2001 Professional Design-Build Conference in Boston, where design-build professionals will be able to see Revit�s robust technology for building design and construction. For the first time, builders have access to the most advanced information technology for building design and production in the marketplace, allowing them to deliver vastly improved results while reducing waste and cost.

Revit Technology has focused on expanding its parametric building technology into a unified system from which all participants in a construction project can derive value. With the release of Revit 4.0 and its introduction of Concurrent Building Assets (CBAs), design-builders now can seamlessly move from architectural design to construction using a single, integrated technology for costing, material specification, site and job planning. CBAs are the graphical and quantitative information created from an always-consistent parametric building model in the form required for the task at hand. These deliverables, such as plans, elevations, sections, site plans, visualizations, structural framing plans, precise takeoffs and measurements, deliver a level of control to construction projects that has never before been possible using legacy CAD systems. Revit�s Concurrent Building Assets fundamentally improve the cost and quality of complex projects, all without requiring any change to well-understood project or business processes.

The Revit parametric building model can now export to a relational database all building elements in a project, eliminating the tedious tasks of interpreting and estimating needed materials based on graphical information and tags alone. Through Revit�s compliance with industry-standard open database connectivity (ODBC), the data is accessible in almost any database management system, report writer or spreadsheet. Assembly and material databases remain coordinated with the building model, and edits performed to any view are updated throughout the model. In addition, coordination with the model does not overwrite any user-provided fields that may have been added to the databases, making it possible for end users to easily link a Revit project with scheduling and project management software.

"Revit is the only CAD system that delivers model-based information to the building disciplines. With Revit, we are empowered to control project scope, cost, time and quality using a single, integrated model that presents graphical and non-graphical data with equal efficiency," said Ken Stowe, director of project services of G.B.H. Macomber Construction of Boston. "Designers continue to work the way they always have. But, because the model always understands the real-world impact of a designer�s choices, it�s easy to generate documentation for takeoffs, materials and assemblies that are accurate and ready to use."

Revit 4.0 also allows design-build firms and construction managers to plan phasing of job site work and model temporary structures related to construction such as scaffolding. Job site phasing incorporates methods to determine what materials should be ordered when and how to efficiently move to project completion. By incorporating temporary structures into the building model, construction engineers can plan for space and materials considerations and ensure that the materials are included in the ODBC-compliant database.

New functionality specific to structural engineering is introduced in Revit 4.0, enabling structural engineers to define and lock structural elements into any building model and be sure that all drawings and views are coordinated. Site and landscape design functions are also added with this latest release, enabling full bi-directional associativity between the building, its foundation and the surrounding site.

New analysis capabilities such as area schemes, advanced color fill standards and BOMA building area measurement standards are included in Revit 4.0, ensuring pinpoint accuracy in area measurement and related schedules. Multiple measurement schemes allow users to create a range of area reports.

A table of UNIFORMAT assembly codes and descriptions is introduced in Revit 4.0 and is available for all building elements within Revit, simplifying selection of codes and corresponding assembly descriptions. UNIFORMAT data can be placed in schedules and tags and exported via ODBC to an open relational database to assist in estimating and construction.

"With Revit, the single act of design creates multiple formats of data. This translates into unlimited value for the design-build industry by eliminating tedious repetition, saving time and cutting costs," said David Lemont, CEO of Revit Technology. "Revit�s parametric building modeller is the industry�s solution to provide a data store into which all the information about a project can be entered and from which different building professionals can see and manage the information they need."

Revit release 4.0 is expected be available to subscribers in worldwide English at our web site in late November 2001. Revit 4.0 will support both metric and imperial projects. Local layering standards for export to legacy CAD systems can be installed based on the user�s preference. Unlike legacy CAD vendors, upgrading to new releases of Revit is painless. Current subscribers may request a Revit 4.0 CD-ROM at no charge. For as little as US$149 (UK�122) monthly, for a single annual subscription charged to a major credit card, subscribers to Revit�s parametric building modeller have access to all value-added enhancements, instructor-led Internet-based training, customer support, upgrades and maintenance. Revit subscriptions are available monthly, quarterly and yearly and can be aggregated to achieve additional savings. There are no upgrade costs to current subscribers, as a Revit subscription includes all new releases and upgrades. Revit 4.0 is the 10^th release of Revit since Revit 1.0 was released in April 2000, demonstrating both the value of subscription and the rapidity with which Revit Technology has innovated in parametric building technology. Pricing for a Revit subscription in countries outside the U.S. and U.K. is available from local Revit Solutions Providers. 

Founded in 1997, Revit Technology Corporation is revolutionizing building design with Revit � the first parametric building modeller developed for the AEC industry. Revit�s advanced parametric technology offers unprecedented ease of use in a product that has been designed to enable architects, engineers, owner/operators and construction professionals to transform the entire process by which buildings are designed, constructed and operated over their lifecycle. With offices in the United States and United Kingdom, and Revit Solutions Providers throughout the EU, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific, Revit�s revolutionary building technology is in use by leading architectural, building and construction management firms such as Little & Associates Architects, George B.H. Macomber Company, NBBJ, and WAT&G. Investors in Revit Technology Corporation include Dassault Systemes S.A. (Nasdaq: DASTY, Bourse de Paris), FleetBoston Financial Corporation (NYSE: FBF), Atlas Venture and North Bridge Venture Partners.

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