Memory Usage and Instability

Learn strategies to improve Revit performance.

To minimize possible instability in Revit when its uses operating system memory, you can do the following:

• Restart Revit regularly.

  If you receive a message that the current session's memory usage is approaching the operating system limit, save your work as soon as possible and restart Revit.

  If you are using a workshared environment, save your local file, restart Revit, and then synchronize with central.

• Reduce the number of loaded DWG and RVT links.
• Purge unused objects.
• Limit the number of views open. If you have multiple views open, you can quickly close all inactive views by selecting View tabWindows panel (Close Inactive).
• Limit the number of worksets that you open when using a workshared file. In the Open dialog, from the Open drop-down list, select Specify, which lets you select the worksets to close before opening the local file.
• Use hardware acceleration when possible.
• Use optimized view navigation to improve performance when navigating views.

Note: In some cases, antivirus software solutions can lock files or slow data transfer, giving the appearance of memory limitations.