Origin of the name Revit

[andrew.krebs]

Does anyone know what "Revit" stands for? I've heard it was derived from "Revise It" and "Revisit" but am not sure which, if either, is actually correct. Thanks

[cliff collins]

"revise instantly" as I recall..


cheers.......

[anthony.67953]

I thought it was for Revolutionary Technology

[jeffh]

"revise instantly" as I recall..


cheers.......


This is correct.

[priitl22047477]

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"Revit Name"

The Revit name is an invented word designed to imply revision and speed. Since our original name idea Perspective was taken by a spec application, we (Charles River Software at the time) hired a public communication consultant to assist in developing a name. Revit won out over a number of other proposals inlcuding Archadia and the one I found the oddest, Estuary. In the end, although it seemed unique, Revit was also being used (and still is I believe) by a Dutch manufacturer of leather motorcycle clothing. Despite the number of interesting mispronunciations and parodies I have heard, the name seems to have worked quite well.
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David Conant
Autodesk Revit

Some other names that were considered:
Anyware, Associa, Cambient, Cyclorama, Datrix, Delta Point, Ditto, Dymension, Kaleido, Resonant, Reverberant, Sequent, Synchronix, Synsym, Vium, Occulus, Revkor, Staccatto, Whole Building, Elevation, Parabuilding, VantagePoint, BuildBase, and Parapet.

Everyone in-house liked the name Edifice, but when we mentioned it at a focus group with architects their faces turned sour and that name candidate was eliminated in a fraction of a second. (Side note: while we were researching that name, we found a demolition company called Edifice Wrecks!)
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Irwin Jungreis

[aaronrumple]

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Revit was also being used (and still is I believe) by a Dutch manufacturer of leather motorcycle clothing.
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[/I]

There application of the name is a little different. They use Rev'it with an apostrophe. Their press almost always has it in all caps. And they do make some nice stuff.

[mark.schmieding.135339]

I worked for Revit Technology Corporation, and we were told the name came from a brainstorming session where the two words 'revise' and 'instantly' were chosen to define the most revolutionary aspect of the software: revising an element anywhere changes it everywhere, in any view. Revit was then created from blending the two words.