Tricks and tips for Revit success

Get all the latest tips, tricks, and expert advice to help you manage your projects and optimize your work with Revit families.

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2025 Update

This article discusses how far Revit Template has come and in 2025 what is to come!

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A Year In Review & 2024

This article discusses how far Revit Template has come in 2023 and what we are excited for in 2024.

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Add color to detail families!

A wonderful walkthrough on how to add color fill patterns to any detail component family without complicated parameters or formulas.

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Why Architects Need Notion

Architects, engineers, and contractor firms need to be better organized if they want to grow and the first step is with a structured platform like Notion.

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3 Methods to Create Cost Schedules

A Revit project template is Revit file type to standardize project organization, graphic settings, and workflow setups. I discuss what you need to consider when creating your own!

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5 Rules for Better Project Notes

Text notes are over relied on in drawings., which creates clutters drawings, creates repetitive notes, and QAQC issues. Read our method for producing BIM quality notes!

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Revit window families can be better!

My old window library was found online, free, or came with Revit. It is hard to find time between projects, to set up families and unify graphics, parameters, and features across the board. So I built better ones.

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Revit door families need to be better

My old door library was found online, free, or came with Revit. It is hard to find time between projects, to set up families and unify graphics, parameters, and features across the board. Classic band-aid situation. So I built better ones.

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The Mystery of the Purple Wall: Troubleshooting View Graphics

The wall is purple, I do not know who did it and for what purpose but I need to figure out where it was modified in Revit. Some tools affect Revit views globally and some only affect your current view. I will walk you through each graphic override so you too can be a master sleuth at your office.

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