“Most practices think that the platform is not meeting current industry requirements,” the letter reported. The complainants are concerned by the lack of a progressive overall development plan, and a paucity of productivity improvements. Primary concerns cited in the letter include: These firms are at the leading edge of BIM adoption, pushing the use of 3D in design through to fabrication and now feel hampered by lack of development, all while the cost of ownership increases.” The firms reportedly use more than 5,000 seats of Revit in total, to the tune of $22 million over the past five years.Īccording to Godwin’s press release, the letter “comes as a reaction to years of successive Autodesk development and business decisions which have frustrated its most advanced customers.

Spearheaded by Iain Godwin of Godwin Consulting, the letter was based on a June survey of IT directors and digital design leaders in firms that use Autodesk Revit, including Zaha Hadid Architects and Richard Rogers, Stirk, Harbour + Partners. Autodesk Responds to Revit Customers' Concerns 31 Jul, 2020 By: Cadalyst Staff The developer of the building information modeling (BIM) software addresses criticisms leveled by architects who are frustrated by rising costs, licensing changes, and other issues.Īutodesk responded today to the complaints of a group of 25 architectural design firms that took the software company to task in an open letter to Autodesk President and CEO Andrew Anagnost.

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