Revit 2026

[Lars_Jeppesen]

So is anyone else looking forward to seeing what innovative features will come with...2027, like me? (after seeing what 2026 is bringing us...)

[mhiserZFHXS]

The topography updates are massive. That'll make modeling sites much easier. I don't do much structural or MEP work, so I'm not sure what the impact of that will be. But yea, a lot of the stuff seems like pretty low-hanging fruit. Still no sign of a lot of features that have been asked for for a long time.

[HVAC-Novice]

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@Lars_Jeppesen wrote:

So is anyone else looking forward to seeing what innovative features will come with...2027, like me? (after seeing what 2026 is bringing us...)

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As someone who got burned by the Schema error, I won't upgrade before end of the year once all SP were published. Service Packs also bring some new features. 

I mainly do MEP, so there isn't much reason to rush things with 2026. The wall layer feature seems useful. But again, maybe it needs SP1 or SP2 to be "good"? 

It looks like Autodesk looks every year into the ideas forum and says "Let's not do any of that, not even the easy or most reasonable ones."

Here is what you MAY see if you keep paying subscription fees for the next 35 years:

https://www.autodesk.com/blogs/aec/roadmap/?redirected=1&redirected=1

[mhiserZFHXS]

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@HVAC-Novice wrote:

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It looks like Autodesk looks every year into the ideas forum and says "Let's not do any of that, not even the easy or most reasonable ones."

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I mean, as the guy that posted the "recess subdivisions into toposolids", they look at SOME ideas. But yea, legends seem like a zero priority item for them. Parameters and formulas are still pretty basic and could use a lot more functionality.

The updates to toposolids LOOK like they could be very significant, even beyond recessing subdivisions. So MAYBE they spent a load of resources on that. But we'll see what the result is once I actually start testing them and then using them in projects.

But as you said, we are also extremely hesitant to jump into R26 after the disaster that was R24. Autodesk really screwed up their reputation with that one. But as per usual, with the insane subscription model being used across the tech industry now, they really face no financial impact from that, so the suits probably couldn't care less. They get their money whether we upgrade to R26 or not.

[HVAC-Novice]

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@mhiserZFHXS wrote:

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@HVAC-Novice wrote:

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It looks like Autodesk looks every year into the ideas forum and says "Let's not do any of that, not even the easy or most reasonable ones."

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I mean, as the guy that posted the "recess subdivisions into toposolids", they look at SOME ideas. But yea, legends seem like a zero priority item for them. Parameters and formulas are still pretty basic and could use a lot more functionality.

The updates to toposolids LOOK like they could be very significant, even beyond recessing subdivisions. So MAYBE they spent a load of resources on that. But we'll see what the result is once I actually start testing them and then using them in projects.

But as you said, we are also extremely hesitant to jump into R26 after the disaster that was R24. Autodesk really screwed up their reputation with that one. But as per usual, with the insane subscription model being used across the tech industry now, they really face no financial impact from that, so the suits probably couldn't care less. They get their money whether we upgrade to R26 or not.

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I don't work with toposolids... but from what I can tell, the new toposolid features look like what should have been part of the toposolid to begin with. It basically is a fix to an incomplete feature.

Autodesk basically gets good grades based on % improvement. The best way to get high % improvement, is to start very very low. 

I've seen that with many all-new features. Autodesk takes years to make them actually useful (or Autodesk abandons them).

I'm optimistic that by end of 2025, R2026 will get some new features, and bugs will be fixed. At least by then I will have an overview if R2026 is usable in production. IIRC, route analysis (egress path) feature started out WITHOUT multi-paths. What the Hell? Who at Autodesk thought multi-paths aren't needed? Let's not forget all the decades we needed to use workarounds like railings to do routes. 

[sbavgi3ZHCZ]

Honestly to put it bluntly i didn't find anything new for Revit 2026 Arch, feels like they moved couple of buttons here and there, some interface updates, fancy stuff nothing real, nothing major. With AI tools, there is so much that can be done, very innovative ideas can be implemented. It is clear, their focus is on other (and/or) new products within Autodesk, not so much on Revit, and Revit arch.  And then why update each year with new version, instead change to a new update model that is not yearly, One were a new version means REAL updates, major updates. This reminds me of protests where group of architects raised voice demanding major updates few years ago.