History of Revit Software

Revit was originally called Charles River Software and was founded in Newton, Massachusetts, on October 31, 1997, by Leoind Razi and Irwin Jungreis.

Leonid and Irwin were key developers of PTC’s Pro/Engineer software for mechanical design.

Revit was developed specifically with architecture in mind and was purpose-built for architects by architects.

The company was renamed Revit Technology Corporation in January 2000.

In 2002, Autodesk purchased a competing software called Revit, from Massachusetts-based Revit Technologies for $133 million.

With their Revit platform, Autodesk is a significant player in the BIM market together with Nemetschek (makers of ArchiCAD, AllPlan and Vectorworks), and Gehry Technologies with CATIA-based Digital Project.

Several versions of Revit was released over the years since it was founded.

VERSION HISTORY

Charles River Software

• 0.1 1999 11(Early Adopter 1) Released in November 1999
• 0.2 2000 01 (Early Adopter 2) Released in Jan 2000

The company was renamed Revit Technology Corporation

• 1.0 2000 04 Released in April, 2000
• 2.0 2000 08 Released in August, 2000
• 2.1 2000 10 Released in October, 2000
• 3.0 2001 02 Released in Feb,2001
• 3.1 2001 06 Released in June, 2001
• 4.0 2001 11 Released in November, 2001
• 4.1 2001 01 Released in January, 2002

Autodesk acquires Revit Technology Corporation

• Autodesk released several versions of Revit since 2004.
• Revit Structure was introduced in 2005.
• Revit MEP was introduced in 2006.
• After 2006 release Revit building was renamed as Revit architecture.
• Since 2013 till date different disciplines rolled out combined into one product called the Revit.
• Revit LT with number of features like rendering and multiuser environment removed was introduced in 2012.

Revit is available in different languages such as-:

Revit — English, German, French, Japanese, Polish, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Chinese simplified, Chinese traditional, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Czech.

Revit LT — English, German, French, Japanese, Polish, Italian, Spanish, Korean.

Currently Available programs of Revit are-:

• Autodesk Revit
• Autodesk Revit LT