How to download Revit Content

2025-11-10

Technical Support

Issue:

Where to find/get from Revit content and family libraries or extra Revit content, specific to a certain region, industry, or manufacturer

Solution:

Load Autodesk Family

With Revit 2021.1 and later versions, you no longer need to download all the family content locally. Instead, you can use the Load Autodesk Family command to load default library families from the cloud on demand.

Image of Load Autodesk Family option in higher versions of Revit

If you preferred to keep a local copy of the content, you can still download the library.

Download Content

This content can also be downloaded through the Autodesk Accounts page.
All Products and Services> Revit>View Details> Under Available Downloads, Click Libraries.

Autodesk Account Revit content library download option

More info:

The content pages have both Revit and Revit LT content. Scroll down to find the LT content.
The downloaded content will be extracted to the default content locations: C:\ProgramData\Autodesk\RVT <Version>
The folder C:\ProgramData may be hidden. Unhide following these steps: View hidden files and folders in Windows.
If the extraction fails, run it one more time in Administrator mode (Right-click on the file and select Run as Administrator).

Templates

Basic project and family templates are expected to be installed automatically (2021 and later versions). If these are missing, see the following article for instructions on how to install manually: How to install Revit project and family templates.

More Troubleshooting

For troubleshooting Revit content beyond downloading, see the following guide: Revit Template Troubleshooting Guide

Products:

Revit Product Family;