Unity for AEC
A powerful, fast, and flexible platform
Read the Unity User Manual for a complete introduction to Unity. You’ll learn how to customize your workflow, integrate with external tools, and even extend the Editor itself.
Animation and cinematic tooling
- Animation
- 2D rigging IK
- 2D animation
- Timeline
- Cinemachine
Audio and video
- Audio components/mixer
- Spatializer
- Video player
Data-Oriented Technology Stack (DOTS)
- C# Job System
- Burst Compiler
- Entity Component System
- Unity Physics and Havok Physics (preview)
- DSPGraph audio framework (preview)
Editor
- Custom extensions
- Package Manager
- HUB
- Asset workflow
- Asset Database
- Prefabs
- Physics
Effects
- Particle System
- Visual Effect Graph
Interface
- User interface tools
- Text Mesh Pro
- UIElements
Lighting
- Global llumination (GI)
- Progressive lightmapper
- Ray tracing (preview)
- Reflection Probes
Programming tools
- Scripting in Unity
- APIs
- Creating C# Scripts
- IDE support
- Pathfinding
- Version control
- IL2CPP
- Unity Test Framework
Optimization
- Unity Profiler
- Frame Debugger
Rendering
- Rendering
- Scriptable Render Pipeline
- High Definition Render Pipeline
- Universal Render Pipeline
- Post-processing
- Shaders
- Shader Graph
- Ray Tracing
Worldbuilding
- Terrain
- ProBuilder
- Polybrush
- Tilemap
- Sprite Shape
- 2D Worldbuilding
2D
- 2D Pixel Perfect
- Sprite tools
- SVG
- Physics 2D
- Tilemap
- Sprite Shape
Key benefits
No need to leave design tools
From Revit, Navisworks, SketchUp, or Rhino, you can prepare and transfer data for real-time 3D and make changes to models during review sessions. Creating AR and VR experiences has never been easier.
Quick data preparation
Seamlessly optimize and federate BIM and CAD data from your applications and generate interactive 3D renderings that are live-linked to your BIM model.
Stay on track and on budget
Meet increasingly condensed client timelines by bringing key stakeholders into a unified real-time 3D experience to share ideas and gather and implement feedback instantly.
Easily customizable
Bring your projects into Unity Pro to enhance the quality of your experience and create custom AR/VR applications connected to your BIM data.
Build once and distribute anywhere
Thanks to the power and flexibility of the Unity platform, stakeholders can review models in real-time 3D on the platform of their choice.
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The real-time development platform of choice
For designers, engineers, and trailblazers across AEC, Unity is the most versatile and widely used real-time 3D platform for visualizing products and building interactive and virtual experiences.
True flexibility
We provide unmatched extensibility and adaptability with a powerful C# scripting system, comprehensive API and extensive documentation. Source code access can be purchased for under-the-hood C++ development.
Rapid creation
With its intuitive UI and tools, we make it easy to jumpstart a working prototype and bypass low-level programming. Changes are easy and instant through the magic of real-time, giving you more time to create and iterate.
Unparalleled platform support
Maximize your reach with our support for 25+ platforms. We partner early and deeply with publishing platforms so you can build once and deploy everywhere, including mobile and XR.
Rich interactivity
Included is a robust and well-documented API with access to a complete range of features – including physics, rendering, and communications – to enable a rich interaction model and easy integration with other systems.
Optimal graphic performance
Our Scriptable Render Pipeline (SRP) provides total flexibility for graphics optimization. The HD Render Pipeline (HDRP) offers world-class visual quality on high-performance hardware, while the Universal Render Pipeline (URP) maintains responsive performance when scaling for mobile.
A massive catalog of assets and tools
The Unity Asset Store gives you access to the largest marketplace of off-the-shelf assets and productivity tools to jumpstart your project. These building blocks cut down on development time to get you up and running and across the finish line faster.
Accelerating innovation across the AEC industry

Get Unity Reflect
Whether you’re a developer or have never touched a line of code, Unity Reflect lets you create real-time BIM experiences in real time to win more projects, conduct immersive design reviews, and connect design and construction. Available now.