Interoperability between Revit LT and Autodesk Revit

Learn how to share projects and files between Revit LT and Autodesk Revit.

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What Is Revit LT?
Revit LT delivers intuitive, 3D Building Information Modeling (BIM) software based on the Autodesk Revit platform.
About Working on Revit Projects in Revit LT
Revit LT is designed to allow a consultant or team member to continue work on a project that was created using Revit.
About Using Revit LT to Add and Modify Elements in Revit Models
When working in a model that was created using Revit, the Revit LT user can add and modify some types of elements, but not others.
About Views and Visibility/Graphics in Revit LT
Some functions for views and visibility/graphics are available in Revit but not in Revit LT.
About View Templates in Revit LT
Revit LT supports the use of view templates.
About Transferring Project Standards from Revit to Revit LT
You can use the Transfer Project Standards tool to transfer settings from a Revit project to a Revit LT project.
About Shared Coordinates and Linked Models in Revit LT
When working in Revit LT, you can link a Revit model or a DWG model to the project.
About Design Options in Revit LT
When enabled, design options work in Revit LT as in Revit.
About Parameters in Revit LT
In general, Revit LT supports project parameters and shared parameters for its element categories.
About Materials in Revit LT
Revit LT supports the use of materials to define element graphics in project views and realistic appearances in rendered images, as well as general information about the material.
About In-Place Elements and Revit LT
In-place elements are custom elements that are created in the context of a project.
About Masses and Revit LT
You can use Revit LT to open a Revit project that contains masses.
About Point Clouds and Revit LT
You can use Revit LT to open a Revit project that contains point clouds.
About Copy/Monitor and Revit LT
When using Revit LT to work on a Revit project that uses Copy/Monitor, limited Copy/Monitor functionality is available.
About Updating Workshared Projects in Revit LT
A design team can use Revit to create a workshared project and then pass the project to another team member or a consultant to continue work using Revit LT.