Revit is BIM?

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

I would like to ask a general question.

In Vietnam, BIM experts said that Revit is not BIM. But as in the picture I attached below, Autodesk said Revit is a BIM. Thus these experts correctly and why they say so?

[ennujozlagam]

hello, Revit is a program/software. 

BIM is a descriptive term for technologically advanced processes in building design. BIM is characterised by the creation and use of geometrically coordinated 3D ‘objects’, enhanced by associated computable data. The data is typically interrogated in a 3D environment, and is manipulated to describe a building project in many ways.”

Using a 3d model to generate documents, extract quantifiable data & coordinate design between disciplines

[Anonymous]

Hi Ennujozlagam,

Thank you for your reply to my question. 

Do you see my photo attached below does not?
Autodesk says Revit is a BIM. Why?

[Johan_Ekstrom]

Well it says that Revit is BIM software. Not that Revit is BIM. See the difference? 

Revit is a software part of BIM. BIM is something larger. A workflow, if you will, with reusable information collaborating. 

[ennujozlagam]

@Anonymoushello, its up to you on how you understand/interprete it. @Johan_Ekstrom is correct. see the difference. thanks

[Anonymous]

Thanks @Johan_Ekstrom 

yeah your explanation seems reasonable.

Thanks a lot.