Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
The creation of templates is usually assigned to the most Revit-savvy people
in a company. If you are new to Revit, consider reading this chapter from
an informational standpoint or skipping it altogether and coming back to
it when you have developed a better understanding of Revit terminology,
concepts, and best practices.
In this chapter, you will learn to do the following:
• Set up views and visibility
• Establish project settings
• Define preloaded content and its behavior
• Create sheet standards
Understanding Templates
The reason for setting standards is so that project documents look the same
within a construction document set and so that different sets of documents
appear tohavecomefromthesameplace.Somecompanies caremoreabout
how their drawings look than others, but uniformity should exist regardless.
This applies not only to the content that makes up a model but also to the
organization of model views, the naming of views and schedules, and the
overall drafting conventions used.
Once it has been determined how views should be displayed for each type
andeachdiscipline,youcanestablishthosesettingsinyourprojecttemplate
so that each project begins from the same starting point. Because every
project is unique in some way, it is possible to modify the default settings as
needed, but that does not eliminate the need for baseline settings.
You want to be able to begin working on a project without having to spend
time setting up how the project appears in your views. Having preset views
and visibility settings increases productivity on your projects by eliminating
the need to do repetitive tasks just to get started.
There is no right or wrong way to create a template. Choosing one way over
another is just a matter of preference. As you go through this chapter, we
will do our best to give you multiple ideas of how to do things.
