{"id":14299,"date":"2022-04-11T12:55:15","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T10:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/?p=14299"},"modified":"2023-02-13T12:35:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T10:35:20","slug":"revit-tutorial-how-to-start-a-new-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/revit-tutorial-how-to-start-a-new-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Revit tutorial: how to start a new project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have decided to share with you a <strong>revit tutorial<\/strong> because we know that setting up a project correctly in <strong>Revit<\/strong> is vital if we want to avoid any surprises along the way.<\/p>\n<p>Each project has specific characteristics and requirements; therefore, there is no real standard to follow to start a new project. What we can do, however, is to know how to act in every circumstance and what to use for every need.<\/p>\n<p>Projects of a certain BIM depth always have provisions specified within the BEP (BIM Execution Plan), a document that, if well drafted, is of great support to the design and in which, among other things, the objectives, the LoDs are specified (Level of Development) and the BIM Use of the project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let&#8217;s have a look at GoPillar Academy&#8217;s Revit tutorial!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-15921\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BANNER-ENG-Revit-1024x134.jpg\" alt=\"BIM\" width=\"1024\" height=\"134\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_22 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/revit-tutorial-how-to-start-a-new-project\/#Revit_tutorial_preliminary_settings_of_the_new_project_in_Revit\" title=\"Revit tutorial: preliminary settings of the new project in Revit\">Revit tutorial: preliminary settings of the new project in Revit<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/revit-tutorial-how-to-start-a-new-project\/#Template\" title=\"Template\">Template<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/revit-tutorial-how-to-start-a-new-project\/#Shared_coordinates\" title=\"Shared coordinates\">Shared coordinates<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/revit-tutorial-how-to-start-a-new-project\/#Grids_and_Levels\" title=\"Grids and Levels\">Grids and Levels<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/revit-tutorial-how-to-start-a-new-project\/#Do_you_want_to_become_a_BIM_expert_with_Revit\" title=\"Do you want to become a BIM expert with Revit?\">Do you want to become a BIM expert with Revit?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/revit-tutorial-how-to-start-a-new-project\/#If_you_are_considering_learning_Revit_you_can_take_GoPillar_Academys_Revit_BIM_Architecture_course_with_a_70_discount_by_clicking_here_Our_course_includes_pre-recorded_lessons_that_you_can_watch_at_any_time\" title=\"If you are considering learning Revit, you can take GoPillar Academy\u2019s Revit BIM Architecture course with a 70% discount by clicking here. Our course includes pre-recorded lessons that you can watch at any time!\">If you are considering learning Revit, you can take GoPillar Academy\u2019s Revit BIM Architecture course with a 70% discount by clicking here. Our course includes pre-recorded lessons that you can watch at any time!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Revit_tutorial_preliminary_settings_of_the_new_project_in_Revit\"><\/span>Revit tutorial: preliminary settings of the new project in Revit<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If we do not have the\u00a0<a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsa.gov\/real-estate\/design-construction\/3d4d-building-information-modeling\/guidelines-for-bim-software\/document-guides\/bim-execution-plan#:~:text=The%20intent%20of%20the%20BIM,contrasted%20with%20optimizing%20siloed%20interests.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BEP<\/a> to guide us, before starting with the modeling, it&#8217;s necessary to think carefully about the best way to set up the <a class=\"rank-math-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gopillaracademy.com\/blog\/archicad-revit-caratteristiche\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Revit<\/a> project, that is, whether with a single file or with multiple files linked together.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Design of a single discipline: no specific setting.\u00a0Only one\u00a0<strong>Revit<\/strong>\u00a0file is needed .<\/li>\n<li>Multi-Discipline Design: Determine whether to model all disciplines in the same file or to separate them into different files. We do not recommend single-file modeling except for very small projects.\u00a0It is advisable to have a coordination URS file and shared coordinates.<\/li>\n<li>Design of several buildings in the same lot: each building has its own package of files (one for each discipline) and all the files are loaded into an empty Revit file that contains them all (Federated Model).\u00a0It is essential to have a URS coordination file and shared coordinates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>URS (Unique Reference System): An empty\u00a0<strong>Revit<\/strong>\u00a0file containing only the project coordinates, grids and levels shared for all disciplines and buildings in the project.\u00a0This file is initially loaded into the template to set Coordinates, Grids and Levels for each discipline and building.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Template\"><\/span><span id=\"Template\" class=\"ez-toc-section\"><\/span><em>Template<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Setting up\u00a0<strong>a good\u00a0<em>template<\/em><\/strong> is as fundamental as it is delicate. If we had a BEP available, we would certainly have more ease in knowing which families to preload in the Revit file, how to set the views, and all those architectural, structural, or plant settings that we might need.<\/p>\n<p>Without a BEP we should have a deep knowledge of the design path to be faced in order to better predict what to insert in the project file.<\/p>\n<p>In case we want to start from a project already done because it is very similar to the new one, just extract a\u00a0<em>template<\/em>\u00a0from the old project and start from that.\u00a0The ideal would be to create standard\u00a0<em>templates<\/em>\u00a0for each type of\u00a0<em>building<\/em>\u00a0that we usually design.\u00a0These\u00a0<em>templates<\/em>\u00a0will then be maintained over time according to the evolution of our families and our design style.<\/p>\n<p>Attention!!!\u00a0It is not recommended to take a <strong>Revit<\/strong> file of an old project, save it with a name, and empty it of all the 2D \/ 3D elements inside it in order to start from it with a new project.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/en\/architect-tools-learning-revit-bim\/\">Revit<\/a> <\/strong>is a database and it keeps track of everything (even internal errors), so at the end of the new project we would end up with a file much heavier than normal and full of mistakes from the old projects.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gopillaracademy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/revit-2021-2.jpg\" alt=\"Revit tutorial\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If we still don&#8217;t have enough experience to create a\u00a0<em>template<\/em> or we don&#8217;t have all the information, just take a\u00a0standard\u00a0<strong>Revit\u00a0<\/strong><em>template<\/em>\u00a0and fill it during the development of the project with all the settings described above trying to always keep an eye on the &#8220;lighthouse&#8221; of the project LoD and BIM Use.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Shared_coordinates\"><\/span>Shared coordinates<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Shared coordinates, or\u00a0<strong>geographic positioning<\/strong>\u00a0in general, are not always essential for a good design approach.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly a coordinated work between disciplines, a work with several buildings in the same lot, or a work that requires interoperability between software always requires a shared positioning and setting of coordinates.<\/p>\n<p>For a correct positioning of the project we need a\u00a0<strong>base point established upstream<\/strong>.\u00a0Usually we start from a survey and therefore it will be the surveyor&#8217;s responsibility to provide a file (CAD or\u00a0<strong>Revit<\/strong>\u00a0) with the GIS coordinates already entered and theoretically already established in the BEP.\u00a0Once the link has been loaded into the project and its base point positioned in the Revit origin (possibly by performing a roto-translation of the link) it is sufficient to acquire the coordinates from the link itself.<\/p>\n<p>Having a URS file available, simply link it to our project file and acquire its coordinates.<\/p>\n<p>The manual movement tools of the Project Base Point and the Survey Point as well as the rotation of the Royal North are used to fix a poorly done coordination job and not to set the project correctly from the beginning.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Grids_and_Levels\"><\/span><span id=\"Griglie_e_Livelli\" class=\"ez-toc-section\"><\/span>Grids and Levels<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If we have a URS file we could\u00a0<strong>do without creating grids and levels<\/strong>\u00a0by limiting ourselves to using the Copy \/ Monitor tool which allows us to automatically copy the pre-established grids and levels (theoretically by the project leader) in the URS file and to monitor their eventual change over time.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, even without such support we can still create our grids and levels manually.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Do_you_want_to_become_a_BIM_expert_with_Revit\"><\/span><strong>Do you want to become a BIM expert with Revit?<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have enjoyed this <strong>revit tutorial<\/strong> and want to know more about Revit BIM take our online course on<\/span><b> Design in BIM with Revit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which aims to deepen all the main features of Revit software through 17 hours of highly detailed video lessons.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-15921\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gopillarnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/BANNER-ENG-Revit-1024x134.jpg\" alt=\"BIM\" width=\"1024\" height=\"134\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"If_you_are_considering_learning_Revit_you_can_take_GoPillar_Academys_Revit_BIM_Architecture_course_with_a_70_discount_by_clicking_here_Our_course_includes_pre-recorded_lessons_that_you_can_watch_at_any_time\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gopillaracademy.com\/product\/revit-bim-architecture-complete-course\/?coupon=blogdiscount\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">If you are considering learning Revit, you can take GoPillar Academy\u2019s Revit BIM Architecture course with a 70% discount by clicking here. Our course includes pre-recorded lessons that you can watch at any time!<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have decided to share with you a revit tutorial because we know that setting up a project correctly in Revit is vital if we want to avoid any surprises along the way. Each project has specific characteristics and requirements; therefore, there is no real standard to follow to start a new project. 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