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BIM and IFC

Everything about the model itself: IFC schemas and property sets, exporting to Revit, Rhino and ArchiCAD, and keeping a BIM model clean enough that the next person in the chain can use it.

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Collage of BIM models at different levels of development: an atrium with a curtain wall and spiral stair, a white villa, an office with its ductwork, a villa floor cut open, an arched window family and a house in section
BIM and IFC

LOD in BIM: Level of Development 100 to 500, Explained with Real Models

LOD in BIM is the Level of Development of each model element, from LOD 100 to 500. What every level means in the 2025 BIMForum spec, LOD vs level of detail and LOIN, and the LOD our own AI-generated models reach.

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Collage of Autodesk's Revit buy pages for the US, Germany and the EU, the official Revit LT, Revit and AEC Collection price comparison, the AIBIMTool homepage and a chart of what one year of Revit costs by plan
BIM and IFC

Revit Price 2026: What Revit Really Costs in the US, UK and EU

Revit costs $3,005 a year ($251 a month billed yearly) or $380 a month in the US, €3,106 a year in Germany and £2,712 in the UK. Every Revit, Revit LT, AEC Collection and Flex price checked on Autodesk's own pages, plus when each plan is the cheaper one and how to spend less.

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Collage of BIM software homepages: AIBIMTool's brief-to-BIM prompt, Autodesk Revit, Graphisoft Archicad, Snaptrude, Autodesk Forma Site Design and Bonsai
BIM and IFC

Best BIM Software in 2026: 8 Tools Ranked, Plus the Best AI BIM Tools

The best BIM software in 2026, ranked: AIBIMTool, Revit, Archicad, Snaptrude, Vectorworks, Allplan, Tekla and Bonsai, plus the six AI BIM tools worth trying, with prices, free plans, real screenshots and who each one is for.

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Collage of BIM models: a school drawn in blue line work, a villa cutaway, a concrete structural frame, a white villa, a terraced building with planting and an office cutaway
BIM and IFC

What Is an IFC File? How to Open, Edit and Check One

An IFC file is the open BIM format defined in ISO 16739. What is inside one, free ways to open and edit it, and the export mistakes we found in our own files.

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