wondering how often Revit is used here?   

Lambat. Already got it. But cannot use for commercial purpose lah. Got it without .edu email but nobody knows what's their security measure to make sure people don't use it for commercial purposes.

lel I used lanun Autocad on my personal laptop to do my assignment because I was lazy to go to university lab. Untunglah students now can get it for free.

Rm 10 sudah boleh dapat, 99.999 discount compared to 40k

Most big architecture firms in malaysia and those with partners in singapore are already using BIM since the last 5 years. DBKL and JKR now have their own BIM group who're responsible to push the industry to adopt BIM, but they're still new.

UTM architecture programme fully equips students with BIM authoring skills using revit with climatic simulations. Some of the big architecture schools are also adopting revit as well.

Im a Revit instructor and was responsible of implementing BIM syllabus into the architecture curriculum.

what about from CAD 2D background and 3dMax user? 

agreed. our main weakness as compared to singapore is BIM in malaysia is not coming from the top. in singapore, they made it the industry regulation to use BIM for all projects, and those without it will greatly suffer.

so far most firms i visited as part of students' industrial placement use revit as BIM authoring only, but not much else beyond that. even that is quite beneficial to the offices, as an architect can now work with less technical assistants, which means less people on the payroll yet the yield is higher as a project can be completed in less time.

i used to work freelance in a small group for 2 years, and it was pretty hectic, i had to drop it. but now i'm picking it up again, with a bungalow-sized projects done alone in a matter of days rather than weeks.

i was explaining to him how people with prominent 3D background finds revit harder to learn as compared to those who dont. this is due to their comfort and familiarity of the other 3D modelling software, particularly sketchup.