Join Paul F. Aubin for an in-depth discussion in this video The Recent Files screen and the Application menu, part of Revit Architecture 2016 Essential Training (Metric).
- In this movie we're gonna talk about two important aspects of the user interface in Revit, the Recent File screen which greets you when you first launch the product and is what I'm showing you onscreen right now and the Application Menu which is in the upper left-hand corner adorned by the Revit logo icon and it's akin to kind of like a file menu. You can perform similar functions using both of these interface elements. And so let's just kinda look at an overview of what each one of capable of. So in the Projects Area at the top we have some links here on the left.
So we can use this one to open an existing file, we can use this one to create a new file and then these items here are customizable and allow you to create new files based on predefined templates. So, if I wanted to create a file from the Construction Template versus, say, the Structural Template I could choose the various links. If the template that you want to use is not listed in one of these four choices then you can simply click the new link here and browse to the template that you want. Now, next to that over to the right you have the most recently opened files that you've opened on your copy of Revit.
So if you want to work on the same file again you can just simply click one of the icon links over there at the right and re-open that file. Now beneath that you have a similar structure for Family Files. So, most of the work you're gonna do is in a project file in Revit, but Family Files are like individual objects and elements that you'll place within your projects. And so if you wanna open up a Family File directly there's links there to open, to create new ones and also the recent families. On the far right-hand side there's a Resources Area and you can use that to access certain aspects of the Help Menu and the Help System and even some Getting Started videos.
So feel free to explore those elements. Now here with the Application Menu, when you open that, it has many of the commands you would expect in a typical file menu. You can create new files, you can open existing files, you can save, you can print, you can export. Many of these items here on the Application Menu actually have a small little arrow right here. And you can see that if I hover over it for just a second or two it actually expands out a broader menu. So, let me try that again. Let me move away and you can see here that there's New and I can just click it to open the new dialog or if I hover over it it'll give me other options.
So, specifically I could create a new project or a new family or a new conceptual mass and so on. Now, if you just click the link it will open up a dialog. In this case opening up a dialog to let me choose an existing file that I wanna open. I'll go ahead and cancel that. Now, if you don't have any of the items on the menu highlighted, on the right-hand side it's gonna actually show you a list that can be one of two things. At the moment I have it set to show me the recent documents. So this reiterates the same items that I had here in the background in the Recent File screen.
Those are just the most recently opened files. Now, there's room here for a lot more than just four. If I had opened up more than four files recently they would all be listed there on the list. Now, if you're working on a project for a long period of time and you wanna keep it on the list, there's actually this little push-pin icon right here and you can click that an it will keep that item pinned to the list and it will not scroll off the list as you open up other files. And then finally, down here at the bottom of the Applications Menu there are two buttons, there's the Options button which we'll talk about in a future movie and we can also use this button right here to actually exit out of Revit when we're done work for the day.
So you can create new or open existing Revit files using either the Application Menu or the Recent File screen. The Application Menu has a few additional items like saving and exporting and these are all the standard file access operations that you would expect to find in most software programs.
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5/28/2015Paul also shows advanced techniques for modeling stairs, complex walls, and partially obscured building elements, as well as adding rooms and solid geometry. Finally, discover how to annotate your drawing so all the components are perfectly understood, and learn how to output sheets to DWF, PDF, or AutoCAD.
- Understanding BIM and the Revit element hierarchy
- Navigating views
- Creating a new project from a template
- Adding walls, doors, and windows
- Adding plumbing fixtures and other components
- Linking AutoCAD DWG files
- Rotating and aligning Revit links
- Working with footprint and extrusion roofs
- Adding openings
- Adding railings and extensions to stairs
- Creating stacked and curtain walls
- Hiding and isolating objects
- Adding rooms
- Creating schedule views and tags
- Adding text and dimensions
- Creating new families
- Using reference planes, parameters, and constraints
- Plotting and creating a PDF
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome56s
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1. Core Concepts
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2. Getting Comfortable with the Revit Environment
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Using the Ribbon and the QAT6m 27s
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Using the Properties palette7m 52s
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Selecting objects9m 20s
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Accessing Revit options7m 44s
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3. Starting a Project
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Adding levels10m 39s
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Adding grids7m 53s
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Adding columns8m 22s
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4. Modeling Basics
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Adding walls8m 53s
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Wall properties and types8m 43s
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Using snaps5m 50s
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Locating walls7m 9s
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Using the Modify tools9m 2s
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Adding doors and windows7m 41s
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Using Autodesk Seek4m 21s
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Wall joins3m 17s
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Using constraints9m 46s
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5. Links, Imports, and Groups
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Linking AutoCAD DWG files9m 28s
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Understanding CAD inserts6m 56s
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Import tips7m 29s
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Creating groups7m 54s
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Creating Revit links6m 36s
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Managing links5m 9s
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6. Sketch-Based Modeling Components
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Creating floors9m 9s
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Creating footprint roofs8m 1s
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Working with ceilings10m 11s
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Creating extrusion roofs4m 51s
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Attaching walls to roofs4m 51s
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Working with slope arrows5m 58s
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Adding openings7m 14s
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7. Stairs
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Working with stairs9m 26s
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Adding railings to stairs3m 41s
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8. Complex Walls
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Understanding stacked walls6m 53s
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Adding curtain walls8m 55s
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Model lines5m 37s
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9. Visibility and Graphic Controls
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Using object styles6m 17s
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Using view templates9m 24s
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Understanding view range8m 38s
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Using the Linework tool6m 29s
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Using cutaway views6m 41s
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10. Rooms
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Adding rooms10m
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11. Schedules and Tags
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Understanding tags10m 26s
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Adding schedule views8m 6s
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Modifying schedule views8m 24s
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Creating a key schedule8m 27s
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Using images in schedules3m 58s
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12. Annotation and Details
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Adding text8m 2s
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Adding dimensions11m 10s
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Adding symbols3m 56s
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Adding legend views4m 39s
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Creating a detail callout7m 58s
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Adding detail components7m 49s
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13. The Basics of Families
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Understanding families2m 19s
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Adding solid geometry8m 40s
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Adding blends5m 59s
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Completing the family8m 19s
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14. Sheets, Plotting, and Publishing
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Adding sheets10m 14s
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Exporting to AutoCAD7m 57s
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Plotting and creating a PDF9m 48s
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Conclusion
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Next steps39s
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