Modeling software
The main tools people use to model buildings: Revit, SketchUp, Archicad, Tekla, and the rest of the authoring layer.
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How the ratings work
- Popularity is a 1–5 judgment (halves allowed) of how commonly a product shows up in recent firm surveys, review directories, or marketplace ranks — relative to the other products on this page, not a computed formula.
- Captions name the source and a “checked Nov 2026” date. If there was no usable source, the caption says “Editorial estimate.”
- Learning curve is editorial (Gentler / Moderate / Steep) based on typical new-user experience, not a test score.
- Price appears only when an official or clearly public figure was verified this session. Many of these tools are quote-only; check the vendor.
- How popular a modeling tool looks here is relative to the other authoring platforms on this page, not a universal score.
Sources and limits
Primary source: Confluence 2025 AEC Tech Stack Survey (Q4 2025; design-firm sample; firm penetration and inventory counts). Autodesk Revit 94.7%, AutoCAD 85.8%, SketchUp 73.5%, Rhino 49.6%. Archicad and ALLPLAN also cite the European Architectural Barometer Q4 2025 (USP Research), because that survey is more representative for Europe. G2 review counts were checked in November 2026 and can differ slightly by page. This is not a live ranking, and a US architecture-heavy sample under-counts structural and MEP shops.
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