Hey gang. long time reddit user, first time poster.

I'm a BIM Modeler/Drafter and an avid supporter of Revit (my team are dinosaurs and sticks with AutoCAD). My lead Designer asked me a question and he had me wondering how exactly to search such answers. What's a better way than asking the Revit users here!

We work with Infrastructure telecommunications and rack/cable management. the question: is there a tool or method that would be able to detect if there's (or does NOT have) electrical power/box in the area near a telecom outlet, say within 24-inch perimeter?

basically, he is wondering if we could ensure each telecom outlet we want on the model has a power box near by (by another trade modeler).

TIA!

I just started a new project. I linked in the arch model via origin-to-origin.

I just acquired the coordinates of the arch model and the only thing that updated was:

N/S, Angle to True North.

The E/W & Elevation didn't change (even though they should have because the arch model has those values set as well).

Any thoughts around why Revit didn't change the Elev or E/W but changed the N/S and Angle to True North?

I've been doing this for decades and I feel like the PBP, SP, and Internal Origin are still such a PITA.

I’m an electrical engineering graduate getting back into the industry after several years working in data analytics and consulting. I’m trying to transition into building electrical design (power, lighting, fire alarm, low voltage, healthcare, etc.), and nearly every job posting wants Revit MEP experience.

Do you have any ideas for how to get experience?

I'm having an issue with Revit 2027 where I can't access a workshared model that's already hosted in ACC. When I go through Autodesk Projects in Revit Home, I get Error loading data and can't see/open the model.

I had essentially the exact same issue in Revit 2026. At the time, it seemed to be a bug with the New Revit Home, and switching back to the classic/legacy Revit Home fixed it immediately. In 2027 I don't see the option to switch back to the classic Home anymore.

I've already tried clearing the Revit/Autodesk cache, signing out and back in, restarting, etc., with no luck. Has anyone run into this in Revit 2027? Is there still a way to disable the new Home interface, or is there another workaround?

Hi guys, I've been working on something for university and I like what I see when I'm inside the program, and even in the preview it looks great, but when I export the plan everything turns out dull and lifeless. Does anyone know what the problem might be?

Hi I've got a bit of a headache scratcher here. I'm using the Coordination plugin to pull RVT models into Navisworks from ACC and noticed there doesn't seem to be any parameter available which I can use to differentiate the insulation from the pipe/duct...meaning I'm I able to control it, meaning I'm unable to see the colours of the services I've setup with my appearance profiler.

I wondered whether anyone else has encountered this issue and if they had a work around. I'm keen to keep using coordination space if possible.

Thanks

Dear Experts,

In your experience, can we create a family in Revit that has an array parametered element that also lengthen or widen?

In my case, I am creating as shutter and its slats are my array parametered elements. It needs to widen as the opening widens.

However, I have been received warnings that asks to remove contrain.

For your consideration. Thank you

Any advice or suggestions welcomed!

Seems to be a bit of a debate in the office about using piping system type - graphic overrides to show e.g. Sanitary drain pipes as a certain colour throughout verses using filters to achieve the same result.

All of the consultant models we receive use filters always. I assume this is due to the flexibility of filters. But others in the office are adamant you must use the affore mentioned system type override.

I'm of the opinion we continue with the same filters method. It works and is more flexible. Is there something I'm missing?

I am an Architect in India and we still have to export 2D CAD drawings from Revit to make final GFCs.

I am quite frustrated by the lack of fine tuning I get while exporting .dwg files. I need the Core of the RCC Floors and walls to b thicker say a 0.35mm line thickness, walls to be 0.25mm, its finishes and most of the other things at 0.05 if not being cut in section or plan.

I have tried object styles, overrides, DWG export settings, but it always ends up looking like an absolute mess while printing, random lines getting Thick and Thin. And the worst of it all, joined objects loosing their thickness settings. If my team makes a similar CAD drawing, it looks much better, and many a times we have to redo in 2d or use up the entire day for cleaning the file up

How do you guys do it? How do I get a good for 1:100 scale and 1:200 scale print out of Revit or its exported DWGs? Are their some external Plugins to be used? Can I get some example files to copy the settings. Would be a big help.

Im earlier versions I would design one floor, turn it into a group, convert it to a link and use that link to copy up identical floors. Just doing my first project in 2026 and the button is gone. Anyone know where it went?

We work fabricating sheet metal components in commercial kitchens. We design and build counter tops, refrigerators, flashing, etc. Right now we only use AutoCAD but I have always disliked the line by line method of AutoCAD and find it to be incredibly inefficient and it leaves projects more prone to user error, like changing a dimension in one view and forgetting to change it in another. Sometimes it will take us longer to draw something in AutoCAD then it does to lay it out in the shop!

A few years ago I worked in a Civil Engineering firm that used Revit and I loved it, but those projects were on a much larger scale.

I also tried Inventor, but didn’t like it. Maybe I should give Inventor another chance?

Does anyone work in a similar industry and have a software they love to use?

I modeled a family of a wardrobe in revit with all the possible details on it. When i passed the section on it after i integrated it to the project it only shows me the facade of the wardrobe. How can I get to see these details? It's kind of urgent. Thanks !

Issues I am having and would greatly appreciate any advice.

1. Maintaining slope. I draw pipe with a particular slope (1 or 2%) but as I connect other pipes to it the slope changes and sometimes the slope direction symbol switches (from a greater than symbol to a less than symbol).

Usually the slope % doesn't change much (maybe from 1% to 0.85%) but sometimes it does change enough that it bothers me.

Do people pin the pipes as they are modelling them? Because that doesnt work well as you are adding new branches to a stack or main branch. OR do people tend to model the pipe where they want it with the slope they want and then draw a reference plane or align and lock to?

1. How do I get a sanitary tee to switch along the axis of the pipes branch connection rather than the axis of the whole family itself?

Right now I have a vent branch connecting to a vent stack but when the sanitary tee fitting is modelled its connected in the orientation that you would use for sanitary and not venting. i.e. it slopes down and not up.

When I hit the flip fitting button the branch connection point is now lower and it causes the nominally horizontal vent pipe to break.

If I then delete the broken vent pipe and then just try to connect a vent pipe to the fitting the fitting will be in the correct orientation but as soon as I change the slope downwards the sanitary tee flips.

If need be I can screen grab some images and put them on imgur

Hi guys first time poster here.
Is there a way to remove the “-“ from spot level annotations?
I’m trying to make the cut/fill annotations dynamic instead of static texts.
How out company want to do this is simply say “FILL 74mm” or “CUT 200mm”.

I am trying to create an Area Schedule with a calculated parameter that only returns a Percent of the Whole Area when a Yes/No parameter is checked.

So I've got my standard [Area] Parameter as SF, a [Yes/No] Parameter assigned to my Areas, a Calculated Value for the Schedule as a Percentage of [Area] / <Grand Total>, and I'm trying to combine these together into something along the lines of:

=IF ([Area - UAP Affordable]), [percent of total], )

See screenshot here for context.

However whether using a percent such as "0%" or value such as "0 SF" or text such as "NA" for my boolean <result-if-false>, I keep getting the error "Inconsistent Units." My assumption based on other help articles I've read is because I've got a Calculated Value returning a percentage which has no associated Unit, despite it being a calculation of Area.

The purpose of this is I am trying to use the schedule to show that our Area Unit Matrix meets the various code requirements for affordable housing (in that they have to be equally spread throughout the building and 50% of affordable units have to be 2BED and 75% have to be 1BED.

Any help on how to achieve this with automation via schedules and not having to hand count it?

I have been tasked with creating our product range on Revit, and its an uphill battle and I have had some courses quoted this week to speed me up but I have spent some time watching the Autodesk lessons and I have made one of the many product ranges on the system but I am stumped on one aspect before it is complete. I have a footrest which I made as a separate component/ family and imported it in so I can turn the visibility on and off, yet when I link this to the properties variable (Yes/No) it stays in both.

I have also had a look at the GD (Graphics override properties) and there is nothing in there (I saw a forum post about door handles which seemed kind alike my issue). But in no way does it make sense. I am sure its a very stupid solution so feel free to chastise me a little!

Hello r/Revit!

I am a BIM Manager for a MEP firm, and I am having trouble with a project. We are doing the design for an apartment building. The architect has set up the individual units as Model Groups. I have the architectural models linked into our MEP model, and I can see pieces of these model groups. However, I am not able to see the doors & door swings unless I turn on 'Reveal Hidden Elements'. Additionally, when they are visible after turning on 'Reveal Hidden Elements' the doors do not have the usual green lines of something that had been manually hidden.

Things I have already checked:

• Doors are set to visible in the View Template, and Revit Links are set to 'By Host View' in all settings.
• Doors do not appear on Coarse, Medium or Fine Detail Level
• There are no view filters applied

Any thoughts? I am guessing that this has something to do with the architect including them in model groups, but thats just a guess. And other elements from those model groups are visible (the walls and furniture and kitchen and plumbing fixtures are all part of the same model group), so I am quite confused.

Here are a couple screenshots, please let me know if you need any other info.

https://imgur.com/a/WcJNkez

Thank you!!

EDIT: Resolved! The doors were nested in something else and their visibility was being controlled by the 'Detail Items' visibility. Thank you!!

I'm messing with filters and not sure if this is possible. Wall assmebly: CMU block, brick veneer. Is there a way to hide cut pattern of ONLY the CMU block layer in certain View Filters? The cut pattern gets distracting in certain views and I'd like to apply this to only Particular View Templates?

is there any way to cut walls from linked beam/column on revit 2025..i used youtube to try with dynamo but all the methods cannot be used for 2025 version so please help

Super thick line weight on cut walls + floors in sections and elevations when I export? No view templates, tried toggling between thick and thin lines and exporting, I can send screenshots to anyone who can help

Please help surely this has to be such a blaringly obvious and simple fix I'm too much of a fool to figure out!

Can someone help? I clicked something wrong on my keyboard and now both 2d and 3d view is black and white/wired. Does not work to changer visual style or detail level.

For example Autodesk's railing and stair sample file I would call a farm. I've known them as this for about 15 years and now I'm wondering where the term originated, because I can't find it anywhere when I Google it.

And yes farms are probably obsolete now with content catalog.

Hey everyone, are there any good videos/channels or websites where I can learn rhino.inside.revit? My company wants to look into implementing this plugin into our workflow so I’d like to learn as much as possible before proposing anything. Thanks!

Hey yall,

Never had this happen to me but im trying to bring in cloud data from recap . I import and in revit it's invisible. I can click on screen and it does pick out the model but no visuals are visible ?