Abstract: With the rapid development of BIM technology, various types of BIM software also keep emerging to achieve the application of BIM technology in all different kinds of engineering. In such a wide variety of BIM software, it is already an important technical means to promote BIM forward design of how to select the appropriate software and to effectively achieve the expected design goals. From the aspect of three design specialties of architecture, structure and electro- echanical, this paper discusses the type of BIM design assistance software that needs to be configured in BIM forward design under the Revit platform and their hardware configuration requirements for collaborative design. The advantages and limitations of different software are compared, and other special factors that affect configuration are also discussed.