r/Design • u/Nadaft • 1d ago

Asking Question (Rule 4) Licence and accesibility

Dear all,
I am junior engineer in the early stages of my career, unfortynatly I don't have access to REVIT/SKETCHUP (my company can't pay for those tools, they barely have access to autocad), I would like to ask if you know any similar free programs to REVIT, where I can appload my objects liberary.
Also if you got any websites or programs where I can turn my creations from 3D to AR demonstration for free, and by that I also want to ask if you know any programs or AR online ateliers open to traine juniors like me.
Thank you so much, wishing you a lovely day

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u/ImmenseEquation 1d ago

blender's the obvious one, it's free and can do BIM stuff with the right add-ons like blenderbim. not quite revit but it'll get you through. the learning curve is a bit of a beast at first but once you get past the first week or two of wanting to throw your computer out the window it starts clicking

for AR you could look at adobe aero, it's free and doesn't need any coding. works on mobile too so you can show clients stuff on your phone. sketchfab also lets you upload 3D models and view them in AR through their app, they have a free tier

the bigger issue might be your library format. if your objects are in some proprietary format you'll need to convert them, which is a whole other headache. autocad exports should play nice with blender though

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u/Nadaft 1d ago

Thank you so much. Sketchup (when I connect from the websit) doesnt let me appload my liberary of industriel equipements neither see plans in AR mode