What’s New in Revit 2025

 

Autodesk’s Revit 2025 release brings a host of powerful enhancements and new features that promise to revolutionize workflows for AEC professionals across disciplines. This version significantly expands capabilities in site design, concrete and steel detailing, carbon analysis, and interoperability, while also addressing numerous community-requested improvements. From the Toposolids upgrades to the introduction of Total Carbon Analysis for architects, Revit 2025 demonstrates Autodesk’s commitment to innovation and user-driven development. As we explore the key advancements in this release, we’ll see how Revit continues to push the boundaries of Building Information Modeling (BIM), offering tools that enhance productivity, support sustainability, and improve collaboration across the entire building lifecycle.

Site Design and Topsolids Enhancements

Revit 2025 introduces significant upgrades to site design tools, particularly in the realm of Toposolids:

• The Model by Face tool now allows creation of Toposolids using any non-vertical surface of a Mass element, offering greater flexibility for complex topography design.
• New excavation tools enable precise cutting of existing Toposolids using floors, roofs, masses, or other Toposolids. This includes new excavation volume parameters and the ability to host face-based families on exposed excavation sides.
• 3D point snapping to underlay geometry, including linked DWG files, ensures precise alignment during site modeling.
• Contour lines can now be visualized while editing Toposolid shapes, streamlining the grading process.
• A new smooth shading feature eliminates the triangulated mesh look, giving Toposolids a natural, continuous surface appearance.

Concrete Detailing Upgrades

Structural engineers and rebar detailers will benefit from several enhancements:

• Parametric splicing for typical rebar allows automatic splitting of long bars based on pre-defined lengths or manual application of splicing profiles.
• New options for lapped, end-to-end, or staggered layouts in splicing to match design, fabrication, and construction requirements.
• Individual bar handle constraint controls prevent unexpected changes to reinforcement models.
• Improved annotation control in bending details saves time and reduces errors.
• Schematic bending details with tags provide rich information for fabrication and installation of bars.

Interoperability and Compatibility Improvements

Revit 2025 focuses on enhancing data flow and compatibility:

• A new IFC category mapping experience simplifies IFC file exports.
• Expanded support for STEP files (ISO 10303) with Link and Export capabilities.
• Introduction of several new horizontal coordinate systems to support infrastructure and civil workflows.
• Export support for the latest gbXML 7.03 schema, improving HVAC system modeling for building energy simulations.

Documentation Efficiency

New features to streamline the documentation process include:

• Sheet Collections: A new Project Browser feature allowing flexible sheet groupings without custom parameters or additional software.
• Improved Project Browser navigation with keyword searching within elements listed in collapsable nodes.

Structural Analysis and Steel Connections

For structural workflows, Revit 2025 offers:

• Enhanced local coordinate systems for improved interoperability.
• New productivity features for steel connections, including splitting framings and columns.
• Integration of assembly and part marks from Advance Steel through smlx transfer.

MEP Workflow Updates

MEP professionals will find improvements across various stages of their workflow:

• Early-stage design and analysis enhancements.
• Improved stability for detailed fabrication models.
• Continued development of the cloud-based Fabrication Data Manager (Technology Preview).

Total Carbon Analysis for Architects

A groundbreaking addition to Revit 2025 is the Total Carbon Analysis capability:

• Integration with Autodesk Forma for early-stage embodied carbon analysis.
• The next generation of Autodesk Insight, offering flexible dashboards for both operational and embodied carbon analysis.
• A new Revit to Insight analytical workflow, helping architects visualize design trade-offs and support scenario-driven insights.

Informed Design for Revit

Lastly, Autodesk has introduced a new add-in called Informed Design for Revit, aimed at unlocking industrialized construction for building designers and manufacturers. Key capabilities include:

• Template discovery for exploring building product templates.
• Customization tools to tailor building products to specific requirements.
• Certainty features to confirm design decisions are accurate and manufacturable.

Revit 2025 represents a significant step forward in BIM technology, offering a wide array of new features and improvements that cater to the diverse needs of AEC professionals. From enhanced site design capabilities to groundbreaking carbon analysis tools, this release demonstrates Autodesk’s commitment to driving innovation in the industry.