White Papers

Learn more about the technical aspects of Autodesk® Revit® Structure. These white papers provide technical information that can help you get the most out of Revit Structure software.

Revit Platform Technical Note

Like any design instrument, the Revit® platform’s performance can depend as much on the knowledge, skill, and practices of its users as on the hardware environment provided for the software. To address both areas, the Revit platform team has assembled this collection of white papers, recommendations, and modelling best practices incorporating research by both internal development teams and our community of dedicated structural engineering software customers.

Revit Platform Technical Note (pdf - 954Kb)

Multi-User Collaboration with Revit Structure Worksharing

Learn about the capabilities of worksets, including techniques that help firms implement successful multi-user worksharing on Revit Structure building information models.

Multi-user Collaboration with Revit Structure Worksharing (pdf - 214Kb)

Revit Structure Interoperability with AutoCAD

This introduction to Revit Structure is written for structural engineers and drafters who use AutoCAD® software. It highlights some of the main concepts in Revit Structure, comparing and contrasting them to familiar AutoCAD concepts and explaining how Revit Structure and AutoCAD can be used together.

Revit Structure Interoperability with AutoCAD (pdf - 1264Kb)

Interoperability between Revit Structure and AutoCAD Architecture

Structural engineers who use Revit Structure software can coordinate their work with architects who use AutoCAD® Architecture. This paper examines the strong integration between the two applications and describes the benefits to architectural and structural firms using these structural engineering software solutions together.

Interoperability between Revit Structure and AutoCAD Architecture (pdf - 1341Kb)

Coordination between Revit Structure and Revit Architecture

Structural engineers who use Revit Structure software can coordinate their work with architects using Revit Architecture software. This paper examines how building information is shared between Revit Structure and Revit Architecture users.

Coordination between Revit Structure and Revit Architecture (pdf - 623Kb)

Effective Collaboration Using Revit Structure and AutoCAD MEP

Structural engineers using Revit Structure software and mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineers using AutoCAD® MEP can improve their design coordination and collaboration. Learn how.

Effective Collaboration using Revit Structure and AutoCAD MEP (pdf - 1091Kb)

Maintaining BIM Integrity in the Structural Engineering Office

A key benefit of building information modelling (BIM) is the ability to share digital model data among members of the design team. This paper examines the role of the structural engineer in the BIM process and explains how the integrity of the building model is maintained during the structural engineering process.

Maintaining BIM Integrity in the Structural Engineering Office (pdf - 674Kb)

Revit Structure and BIM

Revit Structure extends the Revit building information modelling into structural design. This paper examines the value of structural engineering workflows supported by building information models.

Revit Structure and BIM (pdf - 510Kb)