5. Relative Comparison Between various BIM software
Attribute Navisworks Synchro
Professional
Navigator ITwo Vico
Control
Ease of learning 2.5 3.5 2.5 3 2
Extent of 4D features 3.5 4.5 2.5 2.5 3
Animation Time 2.5 3.5 2.5 2.5 2.5
Animation Quality 4 3.5 2.5 2.5 3
Import & Export 4 4 4 4 3.5
Exchange with P6 & Auto
Linking
3 4.5 2.5 3 2.5
Clash Detection Rules 4 2 4 4 2
Multiple Users 1 5 1 1 4
5D & QTO capabilities 3 3 1 5 4
Source : https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/general-comparison-between-bim-4d-software-tamer-mohammed
6. REVIT
TEKLA
REVIT
TEKLA
● Revit is a multidisciplinary software .
● for Architects, Structural Engineers, MEP engineers and
surveyors.
● It is not very quick for detailing purposes.
● Revit is better in terms of concrete works.
● Revit is more user friendly compared to Tekla.
● Revit has a very clumsy interface with respect
to detail steel work
● High Level of Flexibility when compared
● In Revit file size becomes heavy
● which performs very slow in comparison to Tekla.
● Tekla is only software when compared to structural
modelling and fabrication that stands for the best
performance when compared with other software.
● TEKLA software is specialized in steel structures .
● Tekla is more accurate and quick when compared
to Revit.
● Tekla is better in terms of executing Big infra projects .
Structural Software
REVIT vs TEKLA
8. • Integrated, simultaneous
solution of thermal zone
conditions and HVAC system
• Heat balance-based solution
of radiant and convective
effects
• Sub-hourly, user-definable
time steps
• Combined heat and mass
transfer model
• Advanced fenestration models
• Illuminance and glare
calculations
• Component-based HVAC
• Built-in HVAC and lighting
control strategies
• Functional Mockup Interface
import and export for co-
simulation with other engines.
• Online energy, water, and
carbon-emission analysis
capabilities integrate with
desktop tools for visualizing and
simulating building performance
within the context of its
environment.
• Interaction with powerful 3D
feedback
• Solar, shadows and
reflections, and daylighting
analysis
.
• Detailed environmental
simulations
• ENERGY STAR® scoring
and analysis of potential for
LEED daylighting credits
.
Sustainibility Software
Autodesk Ecotech Vs EnergyPlus
9. BIM Workflow High quality 3D
visualizations
Energy analysis and
modelling
Improved planning in
the areas of space,
operations, security,
and others
Improved drawing
accuracy via field
verification and
further use of as-built
documentation
Time savings in updating
the BIM following
construction or renovation
projects versus AutoCAD
Utilizing industry
standard drawing
standards
Improved
communication with
leadership and
customers as it
relates to space
usage and layout