There is a big difference between a Revit user, and someone who has really mastered the software. The more you learn, the faster you get, the more you can learn! In this blog series, we will cover topics like:
- Productivity Improvement through User interface tips and Keyboard shortcuts
- View filters and View templates
- Free addins
- Some Dynamo
- And More…
There are plenty of ways to do things in Revit… but we are looking for the fastest and best way. We want to maximise productivity and quality.
Targeting ‘Expert’ users so we will move quickly in general.
A lot of productivity gains come from user interface and shortcuts. Save 2 seconds every time, it all adds up quickly.
Try to take a few things away with you from this series that will save you time each and every day.
We will separate our tips and workflows into these major categories:
- Productivity – faster ways of doing things
- Workflows – better or alternative ways of doing things
- Management – ways to better manage the Revit model
These tips were put together for a recent lab session using Revit 2018, and they are basically in note form along with steps to take in Revit.
The first post in this series is focused on setting up the Revit UI.
| Workflow Category | Revit Item | Details |
| UI Settings | Setting Up Revit UI for Maximum Productivity | |
| Note:Please open Revit, and open the rac_advanced_sample_project.rvt * Please download and import the supplied KeyboardShortcuts.xml KeyboardShortcuts |
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| Productivity | Double-click | In Revit Options, change default for Family to Edit Type: Try double-clicking on a Door now. |
| Productivity | Double-click | Double clicking a Wall will automatically start the Edit Profile command |
| Productivity | UI – QAT | Showing below the ribbon will allow you to add more tools. Do this now. Certain Revit tools should always live on the QAT. Add them now:
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| Productivity | UI – QAT | If you have a reasonable size screen, you could add somewhere around 20 buttons to the Quick Access Toolbar. Some other easy productivity gains:
My main workstation (2016): |
| Productivity | UI – QAT | Type Selector can be added to QAT:Workset Chooser can also be added to QAT: |
| Productivity | UI – Ribbon | RibbonRe arranging ribbon menus… Hold down Ctrl and set it up like this: Panels:
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| Management | Content Locations | Changing the home of your Revit content with NotePad++ and revit.ini |
| Management | Places List in Open / Save Dialog | You need to find the PlacesOrderxDisplay value for a given entry…In this Registry key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Autodesk\Revit\Autodesk Revit 2016\Profiles\AllAnavDialogs] Easiest way is to export that AllAnavDialogs to .reg file, edit in Notepad, then Merge back. Effect will be immediate in Revit. Link |
| Note: Please close and re-open Revit to commit the changes to UI (in case of a crash later) Open the rac_advanced_sample_project.rvt Navigate to 01 – Entry Level – Furniture Layout Place some Furniture in the Lounge |
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| UI Shortcuts | ||
| Productivity | UI | Right-click- Repeat Right-click- Recent Commands ! Recent commands will also help ‘teach’ you the Keyboard Shortcuts: |
| Productivity | UI | Right-click Create SimilarI use this a lot – you usually have a similar object floating around and it makes sense to start the creation tool directly from that element |
| Productivity | UI | Right click to get to Properties and Browsers – You can turn System and Project Browsers on and off quickly
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