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Increasing Autodesk Revit Productivity for BIM Projects

You're reading from   Increasing Autodesk Revit Productivity for BIM Projects A practical guide to using Revit workflows to improve productivity and efficiency in BIM projects

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jun 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800566804
Length 492 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Fabio Roberti Fabio Roberti
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Enhancing Your Productivity in Revit with Data Management and Templates
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Productivity in Revit FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Project Data Management 4. Chapter 3: Revit Template and Standards 5. Section 2: Setting Up Revit Projects Efficiently and Exploring Core Functionalities
6. Chapter 4: Starting a Revit Project Efficiently 7. Chapter 5: Core Revit Functionalities 8. Section 3: Adding Visualizations and Dashboards to Your Data
9. Chapter 6: Visual Programming with Dynamo 10. Chapter 7: Dashboard Analyses with Power BI 11. Section 4: Collaborating with Consultants and Plugins and Improving Revit Performance
12. Chapter 8: Collaborating with Consultants 13. Chapter 9: Enhancing Productivity with Plugins 14. Chapter 10: Improving Performance 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Revit modeling best practices

In a project, during the modeling process, it is important to always follow the best practices to avoid re-work or anything that will affect Revit's performance and cause work to be disrupted.

We will be listing some aspects to always have in the front of our minds when doing specific Revit tasks.

The following Revit modeling best practices will be covered in this section:

  • CAD import best practices
  • Views and sheet management
  • Modeling

CAD import best practices

It is very common to import DWG files (or other CAD files) into a Revit project, but we need to control this process to avoid performance issues. When doing it, users should be aware of what might affect the model performance and what they should constantly be tracking.

CAD files can reduce Revit's performance, and the following tips and tricks can minimize those issues.

First, import and link CAD. When working with CAD formats, it's important to...

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