The Bottom Line - Mastering Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015 - page 872

Start a project with a custom template. Making your custom template available for new
projects ensures that all future projects will maintain the same level of graphic quality and
efficiency you expect.
Master It How do you set your own custom project template to be the default for new
projects?
Solution Click the Application button, select the Options button, and navigate to the
File Locations tab. Click the Browse button for the Default Template File field, and navi-
gate to the location of your custom project template. From now on, click the Application
button, select New ➢ Project, and select New in the Recent Files window—or click
Ctrl+N—to use your new template as the basis for the new project.
Develop a template management strategy. Organizing your standards, content, and set-
tings while using Revit tools to transfer content will make your effort more efficient.
Master It How do you insert your standard details from one Revit project to another?
How do you transfer settings such as materials?
Solution 2D content such as standard details can be stored in separate Revit project files
and loaded when needed. One way to do this is with the Insert Views From File tool in
the Insert tab. Select an RVT project file, and then choose eligible views such as drafting
views, sheets, or schedules. They are transferred into your active project with all associ-
ated parameters. To transfer settings and styles such as materials, select the Manage tab
and click Transfer Project Standards. Remember to open another project from which
you'd like to transfer settings before running this tool.
Chapter 5: Working in a Team
Understand key worksharing concepts. Once the team has created local files, it is neces-
sary to understand how to keep both the local files and the central file up to date as changes
occur on the project. Doing so ensures that everyone is working from an updated and recent
copy of the model at all times.
Master It Once you've begun working in your local file, how do you publish your
changes to the central file? How do you download changes from the central file to your
local file?
Solution The easiest way to do this is by using the Synchronize With Central command,
which is accessible from the Collaborate tab and is also accessible from the Quick Access
toolbar. To download changes from others without uploading your latest work, use the
Reload Latest (RL) command.
Enable worksharing on your project. Knowing how to activate and utilize worksharing is
indispensable to working in a team environment using Revit.
Master It How do you transition a single-user Revit file to a multiuser environment us-
ing worksharing?
Solution To activate worksharing, click the Worksets button on the Collaborate tab. This
will initiate the worksharing feature and divide your model into the two default work-
sets. To allow others to access the model, you will need to choose File ➢ Save As and save
the file to a network location. After this, close the file. Each team member then makes a
local copy of this network file and works exclusively within their local copy.