Best Practices

Follow these best practices to optimize your use of Revit.

Model the design

• Project base point and survey point
• Walls
• Wall openings
• Lighting
• Design options
• Splines
• Extrusions
• Sweeps
• Pattern components
• Fabrication detailing
• Import:
  • Building components
  • Masses
  • CAD geometry
  • Image files

Document and present the design

• Panel schedule templates
• Rendering
• Materials and material libraries
• Printing
• Export:
  • Model geometry
  • 3ds Max

Analyze the design

• Energy optimization

Collaborate with others

• Linked models
• Worksharing:
  • Planning worksets
  • Managing a team project
  • Working on a team project
• Copy/Monitor
• Project base points and survey points

Customize Revit

• Performance
• Project templates

Installation

• Network deployments
• Citrix setup