In Revit Architecture software, every drawing sheet, every 2D and 3D view, and every schedule is a direct presentation of information from the same underlying building database. As the user works in familiar drawing and schedule views, Revit Architecture collects information about the building project and coordinates this information across all other representations of the project.

Revit Architecture offers a rich set of capabilities that support better sustainable design decision making. For example:

• Calculating material quantities to support cost estimating and study design analysis against LEED criteria is greatly simplified through the use of the material takeoff feature.
• Revit Architecture sun studies enable designers to quickly analyze sun positions and solar effects while informing the design process.
• Designers can also export building information, including materials and room volumes, to green building extensible markup language (gbXML) to perform energy analysis and study building performance.
• Using design options easily develop and evaluate multiple sustainable design alternatives. Visualize, quantify and present any combination of schemes to inform the decision making process.