Every Spring, Autodesk releases the latest version of Autodesk Revit, the global leader in Building Information Modeling (BIM) software.

The new release always contains new features, enhancements, and bug fixes that are aimed to make the job of architects and BIM professionals everywhere easier.

This year should be no different.

While the Revit 2026 release date has not been announced yet, all signs point toward a great haul of updates to be excited about.

While we wait for the official drop of the new software, here's a look at the most significant updates from the most recent release of Revit, Revit 2025.

 

Revit 2025 Key Features and Fixes

 

New Revit Home

Revit 2025 incorporated a new version of the Revit Home with access to your cloud data. The new Home experience brought a consistent, modern, and easier-to-use homepage that provided a more seamless method of finding models and versions to speed up your workflow.

 

Sheet Collections

Sheet Collections add functionality to assign any sheet in the model into groups called Sheet Collections. This supports custom sheet organization that can be referenced across Revit (including views, schedules, and filters). 

 

Small Linear Array in Family Editor

You can now create small linear arrays that can go down to 1 and even 0 in the Revit Family Editor.

Align and Distribute Text Tags and Keynotes

Similar to many productivity tools, Revit now has a align and distribute functions that can automatically clean up the arrangement text elements evenly.

 

Disable/Enable Wall End Wrappings in Canvas

When you select a wall ends in a wrap, there’s an icon that allows you to toggle wrapping On/Off. (To use this feature, you do need to have wrapping enabled in the Properties box.)

 

Excavate on Toposolid

Revit 2024 introduced Topo Solids as a new system family. In Revit 2025, there are a few new tools connected to Topo Solids, including an Excavate tool that can be used to cut out sections of topography from your model. After selecting your excavations, Revit can calculate excavation volume by element based on your topo solid.

Simplify Toposolid

In addition to the Excavate tool, Revit 2025 included a Simplify Toposolid tool. When using the tool, Revit will tell you how many internal points define the toposolid and you can adjust that number of points by percentage (e.g. 80%) to reduce the total points and simplify the toposolid geometry. 

Model by Face Toposolid

In addition to the other Toposolid tools in Revit 2025, there is also a way to add a “Toposolid by Face” tool to select a face of a mass to create a toposolid. 

 

Smooth Toposolids

The Toposolids feature introduced in Revit 2024 improved in Revit 2025 with a “Toposolid Smooth Shading” feature that smooths the toposolid linework when it’s not needed in certain views. 

Material Thumbnail Generator Improvement

A new rendering engine dramatically improved the generation of material thumbnails in the material browser. There's a setting to switch between the new and old rendering options for quick rendering vs. production quality.

 

Remember Type Properties Dialog Grid Divider Setting

If you didn't like the width of the column dividers in the Type Properties box, previously you needed to adjust them each time you opened the box. Revit now remembers the width that you've set anytime you reopen the Properties dialog on your computer.

 

Batch Delete and Add to Library for Materials

Previously, it was only possible to adjust materials in the Material Browser one at a time. In Revit 2025, there is a new batch feature where the user can select multiple materials, and then either delete multiple materials at once or add multiple materials to a library.

 

Alphanumeric Sorting in Properties and Type Properties

In older versions of Revit, it was not possible to override the default parameter order in the properties and type properties dialogs. In Revit 2025, you can override this default to make parameters easier to find quickly by alphabetical order.

 

Room Perimeter Accuracy Improvement

When a room has inner loops, the old Revit Room Perimeter calculation was not exactly accurate because it didn't include the inner loop boundaries. In Revit 2025, it does, which makes these calculations more exact.

 

Auto-join & Lock When Placing Walls as Finish

When placing a wall as a finish, you can use the Auto Join button in the ribbon to join the new wall with an adjacent wall. If you select Auto Join & Lock, it will join the walls and lock them to move together.

Single-Phase within Three-phase Power Systems)

There is now support for single-phase components within three-phase power distribution systems that allows you to define single-phase analytical loads and distribution elements.

 

Text Alignment for Multiple Selected Texts

You can now change the text alignment for multiple text elements selected at once. Use the text alignment options available in the ribbon when you have multiple text elements selected.

 

Dynamo for Revit Updates

Dynamo for Revit included several new elements in 2025, including substantial additions that make it easier to work with linked models, interact with Revit geometry, and generate topography using new Toposolid nodes.

Video review in progress. Please check back soon.

 

Dark Theme for Schedules and Panel Schedules

Dark Theme in Revit 2025 added support for schedules and panel schedules so that you're not blinded by the light whenever you're using schedules and Dark Theme is turned on.

 

Automatic Color Conversion for All Views in Dark Theme

When activating Dark Theme, colors used automatically convert to still maintain their general color but maintain readability in the Dark Theme.

 

 

Stay Tuned for Revit 2026

As soon as the Revit 2026 release drops, the BIMsmith team will provide its take on the latest and greatest updates to our beloved BIM software. Until then...get back to work :)

 

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