Updated 29 September 2022: Epic Games tells us that it’s the standard commercial version of Twinmotion, so it will be possible to use it with other applications, not just Revit.Įxpect similar developments for media and entertainment in future We’ve asked whether it will be a new edition of the Twinmotion specifically designed to work with Revit, or actually integrated into Revit itself, and will update if we hear back. Subscribers to Revit, Autodesk’s BIM software, will have “free access” to Twinmotion, Epic Games’ Unreal Engine-based real-time visualisation software, as “part of an upcoming release”.Īutodesk describes Twinmotion as enabling Revit users to create test visualisations and documentation from Revit projects as part of a “fast, interactive design process”.Īlthough Twinmotion already has a Revit integration plugin, which provides a live link between the two applications, the free product is described specifically as Twinmotion for Revit. “This joint effort with Epic Games aims to make immersive RT environments easily accessible to designers, engineers and construction professionals, so they can deliver more innovative projects in less time.”Įpic Games frames it in rather less corporate terms, noting in a blog post that “our goal is to help creators do what they love best by breaking down barriers between tools”.Īll Revit users to get free access to TwinmotionĪlthough neither announcement goes into detail about the financial commitments involved, one of the initial results of the partnership will be that an Epic Games product becomes available free to Autodesk users.
In its press release, Autodesk describes the partnership as being intended to help uses deliver projects faster, and at lower cost. The initiative, announced at Autodesk University 2022 alongside new ‘industry clouds’ Autodesk Flow, Forma and Fusion, will be extended to the firms’ media and entertainment customers in future.īreaking down barriers between Autodesk and Epic Games tools The initial result of the partnership will be that users of Revit, Autodesk’s building information modelling software, will have “free access” to Twinmotion, Epic Games’ real-time visualisation software. Autodesk and Epic Games have announced a “strategic collaboration” to “accelerate immersive real-time experiences across industries”, with an initial focus on architecture, engineering and construction.
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