Revit Templates: System Settings
2hIntermediate2014-12-04
Authors

Paul F. Aubin
Author and Consultant
Course details
If you are trying to achieve a consistent starting point in all of your Revit projects, then customizing the project template is a good place to start. In this course, Paul F. Aubin shows how to adjust system settings and create a consistent collection of object types, including wall, floor, roof, and ceiling types. He covers moving the file origin, customizing the materials library, assigning naming conventions for object types, loading and managing profiles, and preconfiguring location and sun settings. Watch these tutorials and get off on the right "foot" right away with a well-conceived project template.
Skills covered
Revit LTArchitectural VisualizationCivil EngineeringAutodesk3D ModelingVisualization and Real-TimeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and IllustrationDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - Using the exercise files
1. Getting Started
- 03 - Why are system settings important
- 04 - Working with imperial vs. metric units
2. Overall Settings
- 05 - File origin
- 06 - Basic settings
- 07 - Fill and line patterns
- 08 - Materials
- 09 - Other global settings
3. Layered Hosts
- 10 - Naming conventions
- 11 - Managing wall types
- 12 - Configuring other layered hosts
4. Nonlayered System Families
- 13 - Loading and building profiles
- 14 - Managing profile-driven types
- 15 - Using profiles in stairs and railings
5. Other Template Settings
- 16 - Establishing location and sun settings
- 17 - Configuring room and area settings
- 18 - Establishing matchlines
- 19 - Establishing a starting view
- 20 - What to do about worksets
Conclusion
- 21 - Next steps
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