What is the best way to start a Revit Model?Įvery model should start with the following 9 Steps:ĥ) Locate the Project Base Point in the Revit ModelĦ) Create Standard Plan Views with the Desired Underlay PropertiesĨ) Setting up Design Options in the Revit Model To that end, here is a question I am often posed with:

However, what everyone does need is a set of basic rules for approaching Revit models that will allow them to work and coordinate meaningfully and intelligently with others.

Protocols and procedures take experience to understand and implement – it will all come about in good time if you are persistent. If this is you (or your company) don’t fret. Recognising that everyone is at a different stage in their personal BIM development and that many companies may only be starting down their BIM roadmap it is safe to assume that not everyone is meaningfully working to a set of clearly defined Revit standards these days – in fact I would say the majority are working to little or no standards.

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