ArcGIS® Pro is the premier desktop geographic information system (GIS) application, essential in supporting workflows across building, transportation, and distribution systems. It enables users to effectively integrate design and spatial data, create stunning visualizations in 2D, 3D, and 4D, and conduct advanced mapping analytics. Easily share project data throughout the ArcGIS system to facilitate valuable GIS solutions and insights.

Use ArcGIS Pro to read BIM and CAD datasets from sources like Autodesk® Revit® (.rvt), Industry Foundation Classes (.ifc), Autodesk Civil 3D® (.dwg), and Autodesk AutoCAD® (.dwg). These datasets can be accessed from project folders or BIM Cloud Connections (3-legged authentication) to Autodesk Forma® (formerly Autodesk Construction Cloud). Moreover, use ArcGIS Pro to georeference BIM and CAD files.

Readily combine BIM and CAD data with other project information as feature classes including lidar, 3D meshes, and terrain. Improve sharing and collaboration. Publish federated project information from ArcGIS Pro to ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Enterprise, providing stakeholders with up-to-date project data across devices.

Benefits of ArcGIS Pro:

• Author, analyze, visualize, and share immersive scenes in 3D, 4D, and beyond for enhancing project insights.
• Create a single source of spatial data for all project information, including CAD and BIM. This will keep the data organized, central, and available to designers, project managers, stakeholders and across the organization.
• Bring real-world context to intensive engineering workflows. Model your facilities with design surfaces containing millions of points. Perform geostatistical analysis to better inform your design team on sizing foundation members. Simulate flood conditions that incorporate both built and natural environments.

Latest BIM & CAD Enhancements:

• Incorporate TIN-based surfaces into scenes for visualization, geostatistical analysis, and sharing with stakeholders. Use surface information stored in Civil 3D and IFC files to create site-specific definitions of ground and assess interpreted ground conditions across a project site. 
• Adding BIM file content to geodatabases now includes use of building layers and their definition queries when creating feature classes. This increases efficiency when creating geospatial features from BIM elements for authoring and sharing immersive scenes of facilities in context.
• Add linear feature classes for pipes, pipe fittings, pipe accessories, and flex pipes directly to scenes from Revit models. Visualize the piping centerlines in scenes, work with their attributes, and jump-start operations workflows such as network tracing.

For help getting started on GIS and BIM integration workflows, check out the articles and tutorials in this tutorial series.