Autodesk Revit 2025 Architecture E-Book

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This book is a complete guide to mastering Autodesk Revit 2025, starting with the basics and progressively covering advanced architectural design techniques. It begins by introducing the Revit interface, navigation tools, and essential concepts like CAD vs. BIM, ensuring a solid foundation for beginners.
Readers will then learn to create and modify architectural elements, such as walls, doors, windows, and roofs while exploring detailed workflows for project setup, annotation, and documentation. Each chapter includes hands-on exercises and practical examples to reinforce learning and improve proficiency with Revit’s powerful tools.
The final sections delve into advanced topics like creating families, managing work sets, and using project phasing and design options. By the end of the book, readers will have gained the expertise to use Revit effectively in real-world architectural projects, making it an essential resource for both novice and experienced users.

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CONTENTS

Book Purpose and Objectives

Preface

On the Companion Files

Chapter 1   Introduction to Revit 2025

CAD vs. BIM

Revit Architecture

Starting Revit 2025

Understanding the Revit 2025 Interface

File Menu

Quick Access Toolbar

Ribbons

Info Center

View Area

Properties

Project Browser

View Control Bar

Status Bar

Options Bar

Zooming in Revit

3D and Camera in Revit

Steering Wheel

Zoom

Orbit

Pan

Rewind

Center

Look

Up/Down

Walk

Create New Project

Open Existing Project

Closing File(s)

Exercise 1-1    Introducing Revit 2025

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 2   How to Draw And Modify in Revit

Introduction

Drawing in Revit 2025

Temporary Dimensions

Alignment Lines

Snaps

Draw Context Panel

Selecting in Revit

Delete Command

Exercise 2-1   Drawing and Selecting

Some Modifying Commands

Move Command

Copy Command

Rotate Command

Mirror Command

Array Command

Linear Array

Radial Array

Exercise 2-2   Some Modifying Commands

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 3   Project Preparation

Introduction

Project Information and Project Units

Project Information

Project Units

Creating Levels

Exercise 3-1    Project Information, Units, and Adding Levels

Importing a CAD File

Creating Gridlines

Creating Columns

Exercise 3-2   Import CAD, Gridlines, and Columns

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 4   All You Need to Know About Walls

Introduction

Wall Families

System Families

Component Families

Inputting Walls

Wall Controls and Temporary Dimensions

Exercise 4-1   Inputting the Outside Wall

Additional Modifying Commands

Align Command

Trim/Extend to Corner

Trim/Extend Single Element and Trim/Extend Multiple Elements

Split Element

Split with Gap

Match Type Properties

Create Similar

Cut Profile

Underlay

Exercise 4-2   Additional Modifying Commands

Wall Profile

Hide and Unhide Elements

Exercise 4-3   Wall Profile

Slanted Walls

Snap Between 2 Points

Exercise 4-4   Slanted Wall

Tapered Walls

Exercise 4-5   Tapered Wall

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 5   Inserting Doors and Windows

Introduction

Inserting Doors and Windows Using Pre-Loaded Families

Loading Door and Window Families

Customizing Door and Window Sizes

Special Techniques for Doors and Windows

Reveal Constraint

Exercise 5-1   Inserting Doors and Windows

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 6   Creating and Controlling Curtain Walls

Introduction

All You Need to Know about Curtain Walls

Controlling Curtain Gridlines

Moving Existing Curtain Gridlines

Adding New Curtain Grid Lines

Deleting Curtain Grid Lines

Controlling Curtain Grid Lines Using Properties

Add/Remove Segments

Adding and Controlling Mullions

Selecting a Group of Mullions

Adding Storefronts

Curtain Panels

Replacing Panels

Panel Material

Hiding and Isolating Elements

Curtain Walls Inside Slanted Walls

Exercise 6-1    Creating and Manipulating Curtain Walls

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 7   Creating Floors

Introduction

Creating Floors by Selecting Walls or Sketching

Joining Geometry

How to Create a Shaft Opening in Floors

Creating a Floor with Slopes

One-Direction Slope

Slope for Drainage

Underlay and Linework

Exercise 7-1    Creating Floors

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 8   Creating Roofs

Introduction

Roof by Footprint

Slope Arrow

Attach the Top or Base of the Wall to the Roof

Exercise 8-1   Creating a Roof by Footprint

Roof by Extrusion

Reference Plane

Exercise 8-2   Creating a Roof by Extrusion

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 9   Components and Ceiling

Introduction

Placing Components

Exercise 9-1   Placing Components

Creating a Ceiling – Introduction

Creating a Ceiling – Automatic

Creating a Ceiling – Sketch

Creating a Ceiling – Ceiling Soffit

Exercise 9-2   Creating Ceiling

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 10   Creating Stairs, Ramps, and Railings

Introduction

Creating Stairs – First Look

Creating Stairs – Standard Stairs

Creating Stairs – Sketching Stairs

Creating Stairs – Connect Levels

Editing Stairs

Editing Sketched Stairs

Creating Ramps

Creating Railings

Modify Existing Railing

Create New Railing

Exercise 10-1   Creating Stairs, Ramps, and Railings

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 11   Creating and Manipulating Views

Introduction

Creating Duplicates

Duplicate

Duplicate with Detailing

Duplicate as a Dependent

Renaming View

Crop Region

Annotation Crop

Creating Callouts

Rectangular Shape

Sketch

For Both Types

Control Visibility / Graphics

Exercise 11-1   Views — Part 1

Creating Elevations

Creating Sections

3D Section Box

Orient to View

Selection Box

View Range

Plan Region

Exercise 11-2   Views – Part 2

Depth Cueing

Exercise 11-3   Depth Cueing

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 12   Annotation and Legends

Introduction

Creating Dimensions

Aligned

Linear

Angular

Radial and Diameter

Arc Length

Spot Elevation

Spot Slope

Measure Command

Writing Text

Annotation Text

Annotation Text Family

Model Text

Editing Dimensions and Annotation Text

Delete Single Aligned Dimension

Text Multiple Align

Exercise 12-1   Dimension and Text

Creating Legends

How to Create a Legend View

Insert Legend Components

Insert Symbols

Exercise 12-2   Creating Legends

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 13   Visualize in Revit and Printing

Dealing with Cameras

How to Create a Camera

View Size

Reset Target

Exercise 13-1   Perspectives

Creating Walkthroughs

How to Create a Walkthrough

How to View and Modify a Walkthrough

How to Set Walkthrough Frames

How to Export a Walkthrough

Exercise 13-2   Creating Walkthroughs

Solar Studies: Introduction

Solar Study Types

How to Create Still Solar Studies

How to Create Single Day Solar Studies

How to Create Multi-Day Solar Studies

Exercise 13-3   Solar Studies

Rendering in Revit – Introduction

Render Command in Revit

Quality

Output Settings

Lighting

Background

Image

Display

Render and Render Region

Render and Lights

Setting Up Light Groups

Adding Trees and People

Exercise 13-4   Rendering in Revit

Creating Sheets

Sheet Collections

Printing

Exercise 13-5    Creating Sheets

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 14   Creating Schedules

Creating Schedules

Fields

Filter

Sorting/Grouping

Formatting

Appearance

Modifying Schedules

Including an Image in Your Schedule

Calculated Value

Exercise 14-1   Creating and Modifying Schedules

Schedule Key Styles

Reusing Schedules

Exercise 14-2    Scheduling Key Styles & Reusing Schedules

Creating Project Parameters

Creating Fields From Formulas

Conditional Formatting

Creating Material Takeoff Schedules

Split Schedule Across Sheets

CSV Export for Schedule

Exercise 14-3   Creating Material Takeoff Schedules

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 15   Project Phasing, Design Options, and Path of Travel

Project Phasing

Phases and Elements

How to Demolish Elements

Creating Phases

Exercise 15-1   Using Phases

Design Options

How to Set Up Design Options

How to Add Existing Elements to Design Options

How to Add New Elements to a Design Option

How to View Design Options

Delete Design Options

Exercise 15-2   Design Options

Path of Travel

Tagging

Scheduling Path of Travel

Reveal Obstacles

Add/Delete Waypoint

Multiple Paths

One Way Indicator

People Content

Spatial Grid

Exercise 15-3   Path of Travel

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 16   Toposolids in Revit

Introduction

Project Base Point and Survey Point

Project Base Point

Survey Point

Creating Toposolids

From Sketch

From CAD Import

From CSV File Import

Editing Toposurfaces

Contour Display

Creating Property Lines

Creating Building Pad Uing Excavate and Shaft

Excavate Command

Shaft Command

Exercise 16-1A    Creating Toposolid Using CAD Import

Exercise 16-1B    Creating Toposolid Using Sketching

Editing Toposolids

Creating Subdivision

Grading a Site

Annotating Toposolids

Spot Elevations and Spot Coordinates

Site and Parking Components

Exercise 16-2   Modifying Toposolids

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 17   Creating Rooms and Areas

Introduction to Creating Rooms

Create and Modifying Rooms

To Create Rooms One by One

To Create All Rooms in One Step

Room Separation Lines

Modifying Rooms

Adding Room Tags

Room Schedule

Room Settings

Exercise 17-1   Creating Rooms

Creating Areas

Creating Area Plan

Placing Area Boundaries

Adding Areas

Tagging Areas

Exercise 17-2   Creating Areas

Creating Color Schemes

Creating a New Color Scheme

Color Scheme By Value

Color Scheme By Range

Exercise 17-3   Creating Color Schemes

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 18   Tagging and Detailing

Introduction

How to Add Tags in Revit

Tag by Category

Material Tag

Exercise 18-1    Adding Tags

Creating Details

Creating a Detail View From Scratch

Callout or Section as Starting Point

Starting With an AutoCAD File

Exercise 18-2   Creating Details

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 19   Creating Groups and Revit Links

Creating Groups

How to Create a Group – Method One

How to Create a Group – Method Two

Adding Groups

How to Add Groups from Project Browser

Add Groups from Ribbon

How to Attach Detail Group to Model Group

Modifying Groups

Editing Groups

Groups in Other Projects

How to Open a File as a Group in Another Open File

Exercise 19-1   Using Groups

Linking Models – Introduction

Linking Models

Managing Links

Visibility / Graphics Overrides in Linked Models

Display Settings in Linked Model

Linked Model Conversion

How to Copy Individual Items in a Linked File to the Host File

Exercise 19-2   Linking Models

Coordinating Across Disciplines

Copying and Monitoring Elements

Coordinating Monitored Elements

Interference Checking

Linking Other File Types

Exercise 19-3   Coordinating Across Disciplines

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 20   Importing and Exporting Files in Revit

Importing/Linking CAD Files

How to Import or Link a Vector File

Importing Lineweight

Manipulating Imported CAD Files

Query Imported CAD Files

Deleting Layers

Exploding Imported Files

Modifying the Visibility of Imported Files

Importing Raster Image Files

Editing Raster Files

Importing PDF Files

Exercise 20-1   Working With Imported Files

Exporting Files

Exporting CAD Format Files

How to Create an Export Setup

How to Create a New Set of Views/Sheets to Export

Exporting PDF Files

Exercise 20-2   Exporting Files

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 21   Creating Masses in Revit

Introduction

Place Mass Command

Exercise 21-1   Basic Mass Elements

In-Place Mass & Conceptual Mass

Setting Work Planes

Creating Mass Forms

Creating an Extrusion

Creating a Revolve

Creating a Sweep

Creating a Blend

Creating a Swept Blend

Creating a Loft

Void Forms

Manipulating Conceptual Mass

X-Ray – Adding Profiles and Edges

Edit Profile

Add Edge and Profile

Divide Surface

Exercise 21-2   In-Place Masses

Creating Walls, Floors, and Roofs From Masses

Exercise 21-3    Creating Walls, Floors, and Roofs From Masses

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 22    Customizing Walls, Roofs, Floors, and Compound Ceilings

Introduction

Customizing Basic Wall Types

Wrapping (Only for Walls)

Auto Join & Auto Join & Lock

Using Profiles on Walls, Roofs, and Floors

Exercise 22-1   Creating Basic Wall Types

Vertically Compound Walls

Permanent Wall Sweeps and Reveals

Exercise 22-2   Creating Vertically Compound Walls

Vertically Stacked Walls

Embedding a Wall Inside Another Wall

Exercise 22-3    Creating Stacked and Embedded Walls

Create Parts

Exercise 22-4   Create Parts

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 23   Creating Families in Revit

Introduction to Creating Families

Parametric Framework

Exercise 23-1   Coffee Table Framework

Creating the 3D Elements of the Family

Adding Controls

Adding Openings

Adding Model and Symbolic Lines

Exercise 23-2   Creating 3D Elements of the Family

Family Types – Sizes and Materials

Setting Sizes

Assigning Materials

Exercise 23-3   Family Types – Sizes and Materials

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 24   Customizing Doors, Windows, and Railing Families

Customizing Existing Doors and Windows

Visibility Settings

Exercise 24-1   Creating a Custom Door

Exercise 24-2   Creating a Custom Window

Creating Custom Railings

Rail Structure (Non-Continuous)

Baluster Placement

Exercise 24-3   Creating Custom Railings

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Chapter 25   Worksets and Shared Views

Introduction to Worksets

How to Create a Central File

How to Assign Elements to Worksets

Creating a Local File

Functions to Help Control Worksets

Active Workset

Gray Inactive Worksets

Synchronize

Reload Latest

Worksharing Display Options

Exercise 25-1   Creating and Controlling Worksets

Shared Views—Introduction

Shared Views

Follow Up on Comments

Exercise 25-2   Shared Views

Chapter Review

Chapter Review Answers

Index

Book Purpose andObjectives

You can divide this book into two halves. The first thirteen chapters cover the basics of Revit Architecture 2025. The second half, from Chapter 14 to Chapter 25, covers the intermediate and advanced features of the software. This book demonstrates in very simple step-by-step procedures how to create a building model from scratch using all the tools the software offers.

At the completion of this book, the reader will be able to:

Identify the difference between CAD & BIM

Identify the different parts of Revit interface

Draw and modify in Revit

Prepare a new project

Add and manipulate walls

Insert doors and windows

Create and manipulate curtain walls

Create floors and roofs

Add components and ceilings

Add stairs, ramps, and railings

Create views

Create dimensions, text, and legends

Visualize a model

Create sheets and print them

Create phases, design options, and path of travel

Create and control toposurfaces

Create Rooms and Areas

Tag and create details

Create Links, Import, and Export

Create Masses, customize walls, floors, roofs, and ceiling families

Create families

Customize doors, windows, and railings

Deal with worksets

Preface

Revit is the best BIM solution in the international market.

Autodesk acquired the company in 2002. The Revit user base is adding hundreds of thousands of users annually. After 22 years in Autodesk, Revit enjoys the number one spot in BIM solutions in the world.

If you are from a university or from a design or construction company and decided to use Revit Architecture rather than any other BIM solution, you made the right choice, as Autodesk is a very stable and successful company that makes profits every year!

This book is a comprehensive book about Revit Architecture 2025. It is a very handy tool for teachers in colleges and universities who are using Revit 2025.

This book will not teach the reader architecture design. It is a pre-requisite for this book that the reader possesses adequate knowledge of architecture design and its components.

This book can be used as instructor-led or teach-yourself:

As for the first option, the estimated time would be three to four days, eight hours a day (a total of twenty-four to thirty-two hours)

As for the second option, the reader can take it up at his or her convenience.

At the end of each chapter, you will find “Chapter Review Questions” that will help you test yourself.

There are fifty-seven exercises spread all over the book to help the reader implement what he or she has learned.

This book teaches the Architectural part of Revit 2025.

PREREQUISITE

The author assumes that the reader has enough experience in using computers and has working experience in using the Windows operating system.

Also, the reader should have the basic knowledge of starting new files, opening an existing file, saving and saving as files, closing files with or without saving, and exiting the software.

These commands are almost the same for all software packages. With this said, the author will not go through these subjects except to show some specific things about Revit Architecture.

EXERCISES

We prepared two sets of exercises, one for metric units (mm) and the other for imperial (inch, ft).

The companion files include both sets of exercises. Copy the suitable set to your computer before you start reading this book.

In the exercises, you will find the metric dimension first, then the imperial dimension within parentheses.

On the Companion Files

The companion files available for downloading with this book contain:

A link to the Revit 2025 Trial version, which will last for 30 days starting from the day of installation. This version will help you solve all thenexercises and workshops in this book. The student trial version can be extended beyond the 30-day period.

Practice files and projects which will be your starting point to solve all exercises and workshops in the book.

Copy the folder named “Practices and Projects” onto the hard drive of your computer. In the Project folder, you will find two folders; the first is called “Metric” for metric units projects and the second one is called Imperial” for imperial units projects.

Companion files are available by writing to the publisher at: [e-mail]

CHAPTER 1

Introduction toRevit 2025

This Chapter Contains

CAD vs. BIM

What is Revit?

Revit interface

Zooming in Revit

Creating new files and opening existing files

CAD VS. BIM

CAD means Computer Aided Drafting:

When CAD was introduced in the early 1980s, it was revolutionary.

In CAD we draft; we do not design or model.

A line in CAD software could mean anything. It could mean the outer edge of a wall, an electrical wire, or a hot water pipe.

In CAD, plans, sections, elevations, and details should be drawn in separate files. The collection of these files will be the design of your project.

The sheets are not interrelated by any means except in the minds of the engineers who designed them.

If one part of the project changes, the engineers must revisit all the related drawings and edit them manually.

In CAD, groups of engineers from different disciplines use primitive commands to share their designs.

BIM means Building Information Modeling.

This is the new approach to designing buildings.

BIM is based on the concept of creating your model in 3D right away, using intelligent elements like walls, doors, windows, floors, ceilings, and roofs. The user will not use lines, arcs, or circles.

Each element holds inside it an enormous amount of information. For example: a wall drawn in the Floor Plan holds inside it its height; hence, you see it in 2D as a plan, but when you visit the 3D view you will see it extending in 3D as well.

Some elements because of their nature have the need to have a host, like a door and window need a wall to host them, and a lighting appliance needs a ceiling to host it.

The BIM approach supports Parametric, which means intelligent elements understand their relationships with each other; when one element changes, the other elements connected to it will react accordingly.

The BIM approach supports sharing the model information across users. Hence, if an update is made for one user, all the others will know about it.

All parts of the model are interrelated; a change in one part will reflect on all other parts. For example, moving one wall in the Floor Plan view will affect all other views; hence there is no need to go to each sheet and change it manually. Even the schedule views that hold the information of the quantities of the different parts of this wall will react accordingly.

REVIT ARCHITECTURE

Revit Architecture is the best BIM solution for architects in the international markets these days.

Revit Architecture is based on the idea of creating your whole model in a single file containing all the architecture elements; even if your model is very large, it will be in a single file.

The Revit Architecture file will contain all the views of the 3D model that the user will create; hence floor plans, ceiling plans, sections, elevations, and schedules are all produced automatically.

Revit Architecture is equipped with sharing and updating capabilities, which is unparalleled in today’s software technology.

Revit Architecture, Revit Structure (for structural engineers), and Revit MEP (for Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing engineers) are all in one package called Revit 2025; the three represent the ultimate BIM solution for all engineering disciplines.

STARTING REVIT 2025

Start Revit 2025 using the shortcut that appears on your desk.

You will see the following screen:

In this screen you can create a new project or open an existing project.

You can also open an existing Family file or create a new one.

At the left, if you click New Revit Home, you will see a new Revit Home as shown in the following:

In the new Revit Home, you can filter, search, and sort the files

You can filter using Date or Type

You can Sort using Name, Date, and Type

You can see files as Grid view or List view

At the top left of the screen, you can see the Home button:

You can use the Home button to switch between the home opening screen and the drawing area

Once you create a new project or open an existing one, you will see the following:

The contents of this screen are as follows:

1. File Menu

2. Quick Access Toolbar

3. Ribbon

4. View tabs

5. Options Bar

6. Context Tab

7. Info Center

8. View Area

9. Status Bar

10. View Control Bar

11. Project Browser

12.Properties

UNDERSTANDING THE REVIT 2025 INTERFACE

The Ribbons and File Menu will be your primary methods to reach commands in Revit 2025.

File Menu

Click on the File menu and you will receive the following:

You will find all file functions needed to:

Create a new project

Open an existing project

Save the current project

Save As the current project under a new name and/or a different folder

Export the current project to a different file format

Print the current file

Close all views of the current project, hence, closing the project

Start Options dialog box

Exit Revit 2025

Quick Access Toolbar

This is the small toolbar hanging at the top left part of the screen:

Using this toolbar, you can:

Open an existing file

Save the current file

Undo & Redo

Print

Create a PDF from Sheets and Views

Activate Controls and Dimensions

Measure between two references

Align Dimension

Tag by Category

Add Text

Open 3D View

Create a Section

Thin Lines

Close Inactive Views

Switch Windows

If you click the arrow at the end, you will see the following:

Using this list, you can add or remove commands. Also, you can Customize the Quick Access Toolbar.

Ribbons

Ribbons consist of two parts:

Tabs

Panels

For instance, the Architecture tab consists of seven panels: Build, Circulation, Model, Room & Area, Opening, Datum, and Work Plane.

Some panels will have a small triangle near the title to indicate additional buttons; if you click it then you will receive the following:

Some buttons may have a small triangle at the right part, meaning there are more options, such as in the following illustration:

If you remain for one second over any button, you will see a small help screen appear, as shown in the following:

However, if you stay for three seconds, you will see an extended help screen. Refer to the following illustration:

Panels can be docked or floating. By default, all panels are docked. To make them floating, simply click the name of the panel, hold, and drag

While the panel is floating, there is a small button at the right side; the following image shows its function:

Ribbons can be displayed differently on the screen by clicking the small arrow at the right repeatedly:

You can see the panels and their contents:

It displays a single button with the name of the panel. If you hover over it, it will show the contents of each panel alone:

It will show only the name of the panel. If you hover over it, it will show the contents of each panel alone:

The name of the tabs will be displayed; once you click it, Revit Architecture will show all the panels related to that tab:

If you click the arrow beside the small button, you will see:

In this list, you can pick any status you wish immediately without cycling.

Info Center

At the top right part of the screen, you will see the Info Center, as shown in the following:

Info Center is the place where you can type any keyword(s) and Revit will search all its resources (online and off-line) to find you all the help topics related to your keyword(s).

Other buttons are for signing into the Autodesk account, the Autodesk App Store, and the Help.

View Area

Revit is based on views.

When you start a new project based on one of the given templates (architectural as an example), you will find (at least) two floorplan views, two ceiling plans, and four elevations views.

You will always work on a view, which is your place to input Revit elements.

The first step to start creating your model is to ask yourself, “am I in the right view?” If yes, go ahead. If not, go to the Project Browser, double-click the desired view, and then start working.

You can open as many views in your project file as desired.

Each view will open in a view tab as shown below:

This may slow down your computer; hence, you need to close views frequently. To close views use the (x) at the right of view name in View tab

Or, you can go to Quick Access Toolbar and click the Close Inactive Windows button:

Another way is to go to the View tab and locate the Windows panel, then click the Tile button to tile all the opened views:

To browse between the opened views, you can use one of the following:

[Ctrl] + [Tab]

Go to the View tab, select the Windows panel, and click the Switch Windows button to see the following:

NOTE

If you have a multi-screen setup, you can click and hold the view tab, and move it to the second screen.

To move back to Tab Views, go to the View tab, locate Windows, click the Tab Views, as shown below:

Properties

At the top left of the View Area, you will find the Properties palette (of course, you can dock it anywhere else).

This palette will show the properties of the selected element (Wall, Door, Roof, etc.). If there is no element selected, it will show the properties of the current view.

Check the following two examples. The first one shows the properties of a wall, and the second one shows the properties of the current floorplan:

Project Browser

Everything related to your project will be found in the Project Browser.

You will find the following:

All views (floor plans, ceiling plans, sections, elevations, 3D, rendering, legends, etc.)

Schedules and Quantities

Sheets

Loaded families

Created groups

The name of the current view will be bold compared to the other views.

View Control Bar

This bar is located at the bottom of view area, above the status bar:

In this bar, you can control the scale of the view:

Use the Detail Level button to control the view; you have three choices:

Coarse

Medium

Fine

Compare Coarse and Medium using the following figure (Wall):

The Visual Style button will show different styles for the 3D view (you can see the effect in 2D views as well but not as clear as the 3D):

Other buttons will be discussed later, each in its proper place.

Status Bar

The last bar at the bottom will show different things:

It will show you the next step after you start a command. For example, while you are in the Wall command, you will see at the left of the status bar “Click to enter wall start point.”

The second part is the Workset part (advanced feature).

The third part is the Design Options part (advanced feature).

The rest are buttons for selecting elements and filters.

Options Bar

When you start a new command or select an element, you will see this bar filled with information to help you finish your task correctly.

For example, when you start the Wall command, the Options bar will look similar to the following:

These are all options related to creating a wall (which will be discussed later).

NOTE

By default Revit, is equipped with white background

You can change it to black (along with other parts of the screen) using Dark Mode

To do that, click File menu, select Options button, when the dialog box comes up, from the left pane, select Colors, using UI active theme, select Dark:

ZOOMING IN REVIT

The Mouse is the primary input device:

The Left Button is always used to Select or Click.

The Right Button has many purposes depending on what you are doing.

The wheel in the mouse has zooming functions:

Zoom in by moving the wheel forward.

Zoom out by moving the wheel backward.

Pan by pressing the wheel and holding, then moving, the mouse.

Zoom to the extents of your model by double-clicking the wheel.

You can use the Zoom commands available in the toolbar at the right (though we think that using the mouse for zooming is much easier). Click the second button and you will see the following menu:

NOTE

Zoom All to Fit works if multiple views are opened and tiled. It will Zoom all elements in all views in one shot.

3D AND CAMERA IN REVIT

When you create a new file using one of the premade templates, there will be no 3D views.

When you issue the 3D command for the first time, a new view called {3D} will be created. The default 3D view is Orthographic.

To issue the 3D view command, go to the Quick Access Toolbar and click the arrow beside the Default 3D View to see the following list:

Click the Default 3D View button to see the 3D presentation of your model.

At the top right of your screen, you will see the ViewCube:

The ViewCube will allow you to view the 3D model from six orthographical views and from the edges and corners of the cube.

To orbit the 3D model, hold [Shift], click and hold the mouse wheel, and move the mouse.

To create an additional interior or exterior 3D view, create a camera.

To create a camera, go to Quick Access Toolbar, click the arrow beside the Default 3D View and select the Camera option:

Specify two points:

Camera point

Target point

Once done, Revit 2025 will create a new 3D view (with a temporary name) and will make it the current view.

NOTE

If you want to view your 3D model as Perspective, right-click the ViewCube and select Perspective, or use Camera (all Camera views are Perspective).

STEERING WHEEL

The Steering wheel will allow you to navigate the model using different methods like zooming, orbiting, panning, walking, etc.

To issue the command, go to the toolbar at the right and click the Steering Wheel button, as shown in the following:

Choose the Full Navigation option and you will see the following:

There are eight viewing commands, four located in the outer circle, and four located in the inner circle. The commands in the outer circle are:

Zoom command

Orbit command

Pan command

Rewind command

In the inner circle, you will find:

Center command

Look command

Up/Down command

Walk command

Zoom

This command will zoom in on the 3D (although using the mouse wheel will do almost the same job). Move your cursor to the desired location of your model, start the Zoom option, click and hold, move your mouse forward to zoom in, and move your mouse backward to zoom out.

Orbit

This command is similar to the Zoom command. Move your cursor to the desired location, select the Orbit option, click and hold and move the mouse right and left and up and down to orbit your model.

Pan

This command will Pan in 3D. Move your cursor to the desired location, select the Pan option, and click and hold and move the mouse right and left and up and down to pan over your model.

Rewind

This command will record all your actions that took place using the other seven commands. Use it as if you are rewinding a movie. Start the Rewind command and you will see a series of screen shots; click and drag your mouse backward to view all your actions.

Center

This command will specify a new center point for the screen. (You should always hover over an object.) Select the Center option, click and hold, and then locate a new center point for the current view; when done, release the mouse, and the whole screen will move to capture the new center point.

Look

Assume you are in a place and you are not moving; your head is moving up and down, left and right. Move the cursor to the desired location, select the Look option, click and hold, and then move the mouse right and left and up and down.

Up/Down

This command will go up above the model or down below the model. Move your cursor to the desired location and select the Up/Down option and you will see a vertical scale; click and hold and move the mouse up and down.

Walk

For this command to be active, you need to be in Perspective view. It will simulate walking around a place; you will have eight directions to walk through. If you combine this command with the Up/Down command, you will receive the best results. Move your cursor to the desired location, select the Walk option, and click and hold and move the mouse in one of the eight directions.

The other versions of the Steering Wheel are mini copies of the Full Navigation:

The Mini Full Navigation Wheel shows a small circle that contains all eight commands.

The Mini View Object Wheel shows a small circle that contains the four commands of the outer circle in the full wheel.

The Mini Tour Building Wheel shows a circle that contains the four commands of the inner circle in the full wheel.

Basic View Object Wheel

Basic Tour Building Wheel

NOTE

While you are in the Perspective mode, you can use the Fly tool

Fly tool will enable you to walk through a model and look around

You can find it in the Navigation bar:

CREATE NEW PROJECT

This command will create a new project based on a premade template.

There are three ways to create a new project:

From the starting screen, click New.

From the Quick Access Toolbar, click New button.

From the File menu, click New, then Project.

Using any of the above ways, you will see the following dialog box:

To ensure that you are using the right template, click the Browse button and you will see the following dialog box (there is another set of templates for imperial units):

Depending on the options you selected when you installed Revit, you will see the default templates or you will see other choices of templates.

Revit template files have the extension *.rte

Select the desired template and click Open to start a new file.

NOTE

Start a new architectural project using the architectural templates.

The first nine templates are for architecture

There is a template for Multi-Displines called Default-Multi-Discipline_Metric.rte

OPEN EXISTING PROJECT

This command will open an existing project for further editing.

There are three ways to open an existing project:

From the starting screen, click Open.

From the Quick Access Toolbar, click Open button.

From File menu, click Open, then Project.

Using any of these three ways, you will see the following dialog box:

Specify the hard drive and the folder your project resides in. Revit project files have the extension *.rvt.

Click Open to open the desired project.

NOTE

While opening any file, this dialog box will tell you in which version of Revit this file was created in.

CLOSING FILE(S)

To close all opened views of a project, hence closing the project itself.

Using the File Menu, select Close.

Select whether to save changes or not.

EXERCISE 1-1    INTRODUCING REVIT 2025

Start Revit 2025.

Open the file Exercise 1-1.rvt.

Type the name of the current view: ________________________.

Double-click the view named 00 Ground. Using different zooming commands, explore this view.

Change the Detail level to Coarse, then Medium.

What is the scale of this view? ________________________.

Change it to 1:200 (1/16":1'), 1:50 (1/4":1'), then get it back to 1:100 (1/8":1').

Create a camera for different parts of the model.

Using the Quick Access Toolbar, click the 3D icon, then change the Visual style to Wireframe, Hidden, Consistent Colors, and then get it back to Shaded.

Go to the 01 First view and select one of the walls (by clicking it), avoiding curtain walls.

Check the Properties palette and record some of the information about this wall.

Using the Project Browser, double-click on the East Elevation view.

Using the View tab and the Window panel, tile all the opened views.

Use the Zoom All to Fit command and see its effect.

Select 00 Ground view. Click the Close Inactive Windows button to close all the other views.

Go to the 3D Section B-B and use the Steering Wheel to explore the 3D view. Change the view to Perspective so you can use both Walk and Fly

Using the File menu and Close command, close the current project without saving.

NOTES

CHAPTER REVIEW

One of the following is not Detail level:

a. Coarse

b. Fine

c. Shaded

d. Medium

BIM means ____________________

Project Browser contains all of the following except:

a. Floor plans

b. Schedules

c. Scale of the current view

d. Sheets

If there were no selected elements, the Properties palette will show nothing.

a. True

b. False

In CAD, we ____________________, we do not __________________.

CHAPTER REVIEW ANSWERS

1. c

3. c

5. Draft, Design

CHAPTER 2

How to Draw And Modify in Revit

This Chapter Contains

Drawing commands and drawing techniques

Selecting in Revit

Some Modifying commands

INTRODUCTION

We will be exploring numerous drawing and modifying commands throughout the coming chapters.

These commands share almost the same techniques, so we will dedicate this chapter to discussing these techniques only.

DRAWING IN REVIT 2025

While you are drawing walls (for example) in Revit 2025, the following will assist you in doing your job accurately:

Temporary dimensions

Alignment lines

Snaps

Draw context panel

Temporary Dimensions

Temporary dimensions appear in two different situations:

When you are drawing walls in floor plans, you will see the length of the wall and its angle measured from the east (180° counterclockwise, and 180° clockwise), as shown in the following example:

In this mode, you are allowed to input the value of the length by typing.

You will see the second type of temporary dimension after you finish drawing the wall. If you click the wall, you will be allowed to change the temporary dimension, as demonstrated in the following:

Click the small blue circle to change the position of the dimension from the outer edge, inner edge, or center of the wall.

The small shape beside the dimension is used to convert the temporary dimension to a permanent dimension:

Alignment Lines

When you draw several walls, Revit will help you align the new wall to any existing wall, as shown in the following example:

Snaps

Revit allows you to snap to any element, as in snapping to endpoints, the midpoint of a wall, or the intersection of two elements.

By default all snaps are on.

To control Snaps go to the Manage tab, locate the Settings panel, and click the Snaps button:

You will receive the following dialog box:

In this dialog box you can do all/any of the following:

Turn on/off any desired snap.

Change the length dimension snap increment. The different values will work according to the zoom level. When you are closer you will use the lesser value.

Change the angular dimension snap. The level of zoom applies here as well.

Use the Temporary override by using the keyboard shortcuts; for instance, SC is used to snap to the center of an arc or circle element.

Draw Context Panel

When you start any command in Revit that includes drawing, you will see the following (depending on the command, you may see less or more tools):

The panel includes tools to help draw shapes such as:

Line tool, to draw straight shapes. If you want to draw continuous lines, make sure the Chain option (which appears in the Options bar) is turned on.

Rectangle tool, to draw a rectangle shape using two opposite corners.

Two types of polygons (Inscribed and Circumscribed)

Circular shape

Three types of circular arcs

Fillet arc (to add an arc to two lines)

Select existing lines

Pick Faces

More of these tools will be discussed when we tackle other commands.

SELECTING IN REVIT

There are three ways to select elements in Revit Architecture:

Click on the desired element.

Click on an empty space, hold the mouse, and go to the right to form a Window. Elements contained fully inside the Window will be selected.

Click on an empty space, hold the mouse, and go to the left to form a Crossing. Elements crossed by or contained fully inside the Crossing will be selected.

The following is an example using the Window technique:

The following is an example using the Crossing technique:

You can add and remove from the selection set as follows:

Hold [Ctrl] key to add more elements to the selection set. You will see the cursor with the add sign.

Hold [Shift] key to remove elements from the selection set. You will see the cursor with the subtract sign.

Depending on what method you use, a green context tab will appear, which resembles the following:

Under the panel called Modify, you will see all modifying commands, like Move, Copy, Rotate, and so on. This method of selecting elements before issuing the modifying command is favorable when using Revit.

At the right under the Selection panel you can see the Filter button. This button is very important when you select multiple elements; it will help you segregate the contents as you prefer. Click Filter and you will see the following dialog box:

In the above example, your selection contains five walls, two doors, and two windows. You can use the two buttons at the right to either check them all or uncheck them all, or you can use the checkbox at the left to make your own decisions.

Delete Command

When you want to delete any element in Revit, simply select it and press the [Del] key on the keyboard.

EXERCISE 2-1   DRAWING AND SELECTING

Start Revit 2025.

Open the file Exercise 2-1.rvt.

Change the Detail Level to Medium.

Start Wall command.

Make sure you are using Line tool from the Draw context panel.

Somewhere between the East and South elevation symbols, click and go to the left, make sure you are using angle of 180°, and set the distance to 20000 (66').

Go up and set the distance to 16000 (52').

Go to the right and set the distance to 4000 (14').

Select the Start-End-Radius Arc. The start point is already known, so go to the right to a distance of 12000 (38'), click to set the endpoint of the arc, and then move up to specify the radius which is 6000 (19') (the mouse will snap to the right distance).

Change the tool to Line and complete the following shape:

Click the right vertical wall to discover that the inside-to-inside distance of the walls is 19650 (64'-10 1/8"). Change this value to 21000 (66'-6").

Start Wall command, but this time, change the Type to Generic 225 Masonry (Generic-8" Masonry).

Measuring from the lower horizontal wall from its left, click to start the wall at a distance of 3000 (9'-6"), then go to the right by 3000 (9'-6"), and finally close down to the horizontal wall to create the following shape:

Make sure that the inside-to-inside distance of the room is 3000×3000 (9'-6" × 9'-6")

Start Door command and add a door like the following, making sure the distance between the wall and the door is 200 (1'):

Add two windows like the following, bearing in mind that the two windows are exactly at the mid-distance between the walls:

Using the Window selection method, select only the interior walls, the door, and the two windows. Click Filter in the Multi-Select context tab and deselect Walls and Doors. What are the selected elements now? ______________

Press [Esc] to release the selection. Double-click the wheel to Zoom All.

Save the project and close.

SOME MODIFYING COMMANDS

As we said previously, when you select element(s), the context the Modify panel will appear, along with some element-specific functions.

This method is the recommended method to modify elements in Revit.

The context panel looks similar to the following:

We will discuss the following commands:

Move

Copy

Rotate

Mirror (two types)

Array (two types)

Move Command

Move command is always available when you select an element. For example, select a wall, then hover over it, and you will see the following:

Once you see this symbol, simply drag the element, and the temporary dimension will help you specify the exact distance.

Another way is to select the desired element(s), then click the Move button from the Modify context panel

The selected element will appear similar to the following:

The option bar will show the following:

The two options are:

Constraint. To restrict the movement of the selected element to be either horizontal or vertical (this option is off by default).

Disjoin. To understand this option, note that the movement of walls is always stretching, which means the connected walls will always react by increasing the length or decreasing it. With Disjoin on, only the selected wall will move (this option is off by default).

Specify the options, specify the start point, and then specify the endpoint.

Copy Command

Copy command will copy the selected element(s).

Everything that applies to the Move command applies to the Copy command, except for one; in the Options bar, there is an option called Multiple that allows multiple copies in the same command.

Select the desired element(s) and then click the Copy button from the Modify context panel:

Rotate Command

Use Rotate command to rotate element(s) around a specified point called Center of rotation. Select the desired element(s), and then click the Rotate button from the Modify context panel:

At Options bar, you will see the following:

The Center of rotation is always the center of the selected element(s); to change it, click the Place button and specify a new point:

Select Disjoin if you want the selected element(s) to disjoin from the attached elements.

Select Copy