CAD MEP vs REVIT MEP?

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From what I've seen in residential consulting (several story apartment buildings, smaller health care facilities), AutoCAD is used significantly more than Revit. I had only seen Revit used in just a few congested areas of one or two buildings. When building owners or developers are concerned about cost, they're not going to ask for plans in Revit.

With that said, it may be much more common in industrial facilities. If you have an opportunity to learn Revit, it definitely isn't a bad skill to have.

 
Just regular old AutoCAD for everything around here. We have some architect clients that have made the switch to Revit. We have it and are able to use it when we have to, but have not become proficient yet. We have several architectural cleints that have tried, and ditched, Revit. It simply is not necessary for your standard commercial work. As stated above, it would be very helpful on industrial jobs or several story bldgs. to help coordination between trades. Just not for your run of the mill church or grocery store design.

 
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