Alternatively, selected objects can be completely hidden from view. Once found, objects can be highlighted in the model at the click of a button, either by making the rest of the model transparent or switching it off entirely. This could be anything from a door of a particular type or material, a tank of a specific volume in a specific system, or a steel section of a certain size or grade.
In Revizto 5 you can go down to a much more granular level, and search on all types of object data. In Revizto 4, if you wanted to find a specific component, you had to use generic terms like door or pipe which would return extremely broad results. The new search bar now makes the software tick, making it much quicker and easier to find components, and then, more importantly, visualise them and act on them accordingly. This all starts with the intuitive object tree, which allows you to see the models that have been brought into Revizto, break them down by level or category, and then isolate and control them as required. The interface still has the same minimal look and feel, albeit with a few tweaks, but it’s under the hood that’s there been a massive amount of development work, which gives users much more control over the data, down to a granular level. The new engineįrom the outside, Revizto 5.0 doesn’t look that different to Revizto 4. Now with Revizto 5.0, currently in beta and due to launch soon, this is set to change. Object data has always been there, but you could only really look at it, and it was very hard to use it to your advantage.
However, the software has had its limitations because it has placed too much emphasis on the model itself, and not enough on the underlying BIM data. This process has worked well, not least because of its simplicity. Teams identify issues on site, or within the context of the 3D model or 2D drawing, assign responsibility to individuals, add deadlines and priority, then track each issue until it’s been resolved, with full accountability. With its ability to bring in data from a variety of sources, Revizto has become a bit of a hub for BIM model co-ordination. The software can also read in IFC, OBJ, FBX, PDF, point cloud (RCP and RCS) and BCF files. There are plug-ins for Revit, ArchiCAD, Tekla Structures, Navisworks, SketchUp, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Vectorworks and MicroStation (including OpenRoads Designer and OpenBuilding Designer). While the name might suggest a loose association with Revit, the software actually works with a huge range of CAD/ BIM tools, focused on buildings and infrastructure. It used to be ‘BIM collaboration’ or ‘BIM co-ordination’ but it’s now being pitched as an integrated collaboration platform. This is reflected in how the product is marketed. Customers now include Atkins, AECOM, Arup, Balfour Beatty, Foster & Partners, Jacobs, Lendlease, Skanska, Vinci, Willmott Dixon and many more. When Revizto started out, most of its customers were on the design side, but in the last few years there’s been a big uptake in construction. With a cloud or local server-centric workflow, data is pushed out to a variety of devices, including desktop (Windows and MacOS) and tablet (iOS and Android) so issues can be resolved in the office and on site. The software combines 2D and 3D models for a ‘single source of truth’ presented through a simple user interface that can be accessed by anybody on the project team. In a crowd of AEC collaboration software, Revizto stands out for its sharp focus on issue tracking. For example, components with identical properties can now be found in a single click Revizto now makes it much easier to use object data to your advantage.
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