Autodesk Revit 2026: your ultimate BIM tool with broad collaboration options 

New Features - what's under the hood of Revit 2026 

The new version of Autodesk Revit 2026 BIM is here - delivering a number of major enhancements that significantly speed-up and refine everyday work across professions. From architects to structural designers and MEP specialists, there's something to make life easier for everyone. The key themes of this year's release? Significantly faster graphics, new Scan-to-BIM workflows, new automation options, more accurate terrain and reinforcement modelling and better collaboration thanks to IFC and Twinmotion. We've summarised the highlights for you. 

Revit 2026 further extends the capabilities of the Data Exchange feature, which facilitates data exchange between different tools such as Revit, Inventor, Tekla and Rhino. New features include precise positioning of data during exchange, improved performance during export, and support for the so-called federated view in Power BI - the ability to view multiple exchanges in a single dashboard. This allows users to efficiently compare model data across tools and gain insight into project progress. 

There is also improved control of the display of coordination models, scale overrides in title blocks, and the ability to turn off automatic creation of backup folders when loading linked files in projects with work sharing enabled. 

Further advances include greater stability of boolean operations (e.g. cutouts using voids - hollow shapes), which is addressed by automatic fine geometry shifting - called perturbation. When editing the shape of floors, roofs or toposolids, the ability to copy and paste points and edges is a pleasure, as is the new threshold for the number of terrain points (adjustable up to 50,000 points). 

The ability to create walls by room or by existing segments - including support for selecting segments from linked models - contributes to faster design of construction structures. Structure compounds can now be created without a load-bearing core wall section, and the priority of each layer can be manually adjusted, which helps for more accurate wall and floor material relationships. 

When creating drawings, you will be pleased with the new ability to save and share view positions using Saved Positions. These can be transferred between projects, aligned by anchor points (e.g. top left corner, centre) and automatically place viewports when changing views. This significantly speeds up and unifies documentation creation across the project. 

Structures: more precise reinforcement and easier steel handling 

Structural designers will appreciate parametric reinforcement bending - a new feature that makes it easy to design cranked rebars even in tight spots while maintaining full control over its shape. The bends are fully controlled by the reinforcement type and can be easily copied to other similar elements. Steel structures have also seen major changes, from more intuitive editing of custom connections to Point-to-Point steel modelling, which simplifies visual geometry control, maintains automatic connection of elements, and allows for more accurate reporting and fabrication. With this method, the start and end of elements in space can be precisely defined without the need for manual adjustments or breaking connections. 

Also new is the ability to set the default steel plate material by project unit, as well as new parameters such as weight and area of coatings for steel elements. 

MEP: Cable setup for non-US users, unified zones and better display of specializations 

Revit 2026 brings full support for multi-wire cables and moves from the US AWG standard to a more universal approach. This allows electrical designers to directly adjust cable type and size according to local codes and practices - a major benefit, especially for non-US users. And it's not the only new feature for electrical installations - Revit 2026 strengthens the design, scheduling and routing of electrical circuits overall, including precise routing to equipment in nested families. 

The zone creation feature has undergone a significant expansion. Revit 2026 unifies previously separate HVAC and system zones into one tool. Zones can now be created not only by selecting spaces, but also by sketching, which speeds up the work especially for more complex layouts. New features have also been added to increase the information value of the zones. 

In addition, visual standards for MEP categories such as Fire Protection, Audio Visual Equipment, Signage or Medical Equipment have been improved. These elements are now consistently displayed relative to other MEP elements even in plan views regardless of the cutting plane, simplifying coordination across professions. 

System requirements, ARKANCE support 

The new Revit 2026 is now available in all supported language localisations. Its system requirements have not changed much since the last version. With the new accelerator, the performance of the graphics card becomes more important. Don't forget the expiring support for Windows 10 by Microsoft. In addition to Revit 2026, a lightweight version of Revit LT 2026 has been released and Revit can of course still be used within the BIM design suite Autodesk AEC Collection. Download your update or trial from your Autodesk account and install it. 

Last but not least, extended ARKANCE support, certified training and consulting services for BIM implementations are also important. ARKANCE offers a number of additional tools for Revit in the Be.Smart series, local templates, libraries of BIM families, material libraries and other add-ons.

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With ARKANCE add-on tools, templates and libraries we provide for our customers, you can get even more effective in your new Revit 2026.