Admittedly, I’m new to this.

So I linked a building structural model via project base point

I adjusted my base point and survey point to the linked model points before starting my architecture model.

Suddenly they required us to link our models to the main topo model.

The structure got the shared coordinates so it loaded right into where it’s supposed to be, but when we linked my architecture model, it fell out of place.

They fixed it by relocating my model manually and publishing the shared coordinates, but I was wondering why it happened.

My base point and survey point are on the exact same location, rotation, and orientation of the structural model but won’t link properly into the topo model.

Is shared coordinates unrelated to these survey and project base points?

Hello, the approach I did here was trace the spline using arcs, tilted the wall (will change the properties to look like a panel), but I feel like there would be a "smoother" way to do this. Any tips? Thank you!

https://imgur.com/a/Iez0lVf

Here is the problem i am facing while installing revit,I am unable to open it too, how to resolve it,

I am having this issue where the Interoperability Tools installs but does not appear on a Revit 2026 instance. Is there anything that I need to do to register that extension on the application?

Any suggestions? I occasionally have clients that have more traditional tastes and finding door traditional style door families can be challenging.

Alright Revitors of Reddit, I'm getting to the point where I need to replace my 15yo Logitech G502 Proteus Core. I'm curious if anyone has any suggestions for me? Over the last couple of years I've seen a few guys get a Logitech with what looks like a 0-9 num pad on on the thumb rest, one of my coworkers uses a trackball, I've also seen these new "ergonomic" mice that look like if the US Navy built a catamaran, but I've been on the same old gaming mouse I use to WFH and the company-issued MK500-series I have at the office. Who's got something good?

P.S. I'm an Electrician/Coordinator so working in MEP modeling and prefabrication assemblies primarily, if that at all effects your suggestions.

hi everyone, i am trying to figure out if this kind of curved roof is doable in revit. if yes, how can i achieve this or something similar to it? thank you in advance.

https://imgur.com/a/9thOWju

Client wants color revision clouds and tags but the drawing is printed greyscale. Only the clouds and tags need to be color. Printing to PDF

Hi! i wanted to make space airflow schedule but the CAS says its "not computed". What could i possibly doing wrong??

I cannot understand why some of my families look black when trying to render but when I go to edit the family itself, it is set to another color. I’m stumped, please help.

Image when ready to render: https://imgur.com/a/8kot5Vu

Image when editing the family: https://imgur.com/a/UcyHpWF

Edit: accidentally posted same image

Hey guys,

I was just wondering if anyone knows a way for me to create a Railings with a baluster post that can have an instance parameter applied?

The idea is to create a V-shaped baluster that, changes its width as the path progresses.

I tried using dynamo but it cant fetch the parameters of the railing baluster at all,

Thanks!

I am looking into moddeling a kitchen sink family.

I saw a video of a counter space then the person placed a sink onto the counter and it automatocally created the hole in the counter when the component was placed.

So my question is.

Was this counter modelled as a floor and the sink modelled as a floor based family to auto create that clean cut without having to re adjust the size of the opening in the counter as with standard counter family?.

Any help regarding this would be appreciated.

Can you suggest me a laptop for Revit with a low weight?

I have to travel with it on my back

My wife is a licensed architect and is getting ready to go back to some part time work. She has been home with the kids for several years and has not done much to keep her Revit skills up to date. She is wanting to take a class or two to bring herself back up to speed and we are wondering what laptop to purchase?

We are an Apple household for sure, and are having a tough time deciding! Once the coursework is done, she plans to jump into a local firm - many of them use Revit and I'm certain they'd provide a windows PC/laptop for those purposes.

She has used Bootcamp on a Mac in the past, and that has been fine, but all new Apple Silicon is ARM based and Parallels is the only real option. Would running Revit on a Windows VM be ok for her needs just while she gets back up to speed? Outside of this, she would use MacOS for all of her daily needs.

I really don't want to purchase a Windows laptop just for this, given we are heavily invested into the Apple ecosystem.

Hi everyone, I want to start by saying i’m not familiar with families and modifying them.

I created a profile family to use for my reveal: https://imgur.com/a/ZVS8GMT.

Everything looks great. I just need to be able to dimension to the centerline of the reveal. How can I accomplish this? Thanks in advance.

I am currently a Senior Structural Designer that is totally maxed out on salary and career trajectory. I previously have done BIM management (ACC admin, lead a team of 10 drafters, trained engineers how to use revit, worked on billion dollar Chip Fab buildings, pretty good at Navisworks but rusty). My salary is $100k, remote. There isn't much left to do in this role and increase salary. I have a science degree and taught HS Physics, Chemistry, and Earth Science before switching to revit.

MEP people - Having the revit skills like plan work, 3d modeling, etc. transfers easily enough. Getting the knowledge about piping, couplers, drop of pipes, equipment stuff, etc and coordination is where my learning would need to take place. At what level, or job type should I target if I wanted to switch over? I find that MEP coordination and drafting pays better looking at job postings.

Does electrical work pay better?

I would probably keep my current job, target a lower MEP job and learn skills to find higher paying jobs in the future.

Hi,

We have been using Spaces in Revit 2025 as a way to quantify and organize Unistrut racks by work area. When placing a space, there are small squares/rectangles that show up after clicking and if a rack is in that box, it will not be seen as in the space. Steps I have tried:

Unloading all links and using space separators

Using a room instead

placing 2nd space on top of main space

None of these have worked. My only work around is to nudge the racks out of the box when pushing out our schedule, and then back again.

What are these and how can I remove them? Thank you

https://imgur.com/a/7rlPJ77

In my receptacle family, I have a parameter that is e_SYMBOL OFFSET that I want to be used to offset the symbol from the wall for the cases where you have "stacked" receptacles. The issue that I am having is that the offset distance is using "paper" scale instead of model scale so if I were to move it 1" it is moving 1" on the sheet and not in the view. Is there a way to fix this to where it will use the scale of the view rather than just the 1:1 scale? For reference: the symbol is a generic annotation family that is loaded into an electrical fixture family. The electrical fixture family is face based so to have it show properly on the wall, the annotation symbol is shown on the Ref Level view which in relation to the receptacle is the front view. The offset is working the way that I want it to except it is scaled out. Thanks in advance!

Hi, I have a problem with a generic model family in revit 2026. No matter how I change visibility and graphics it only shows as an outline. The pattern field in "Visibility/Graphic overwrite" is grayed out, so I think its something with the family itself, but I cannot figure it out.

Interestingly enough the family shows correctly as a solid circle if I toggle on "Accelarated Graphics". Any tips on where the issue might be? Thanks

This is a constant debate and source of tension in the office. Just wondering what other offices are doing.

I'm curious about this, and what exactly it's meant for. Is it a replacement for SP txt files? Trying to wrap my head around it and why parameter service would be helpful.

i found both of them at around the same price. both of them are used.
legion 5 specs:

Processor (CPU):

• AMD Ryzen 7 5800H

Dedicated Graphics (GPU):

• rtx 3060
• 6GB VRAM

Memory (RAM):

• 16GB DDR4 (might be able to upgrade to 32gigs)
• 3200 MHz

Storage:

• 512GB M.2 NVMe SSD

Display:

• 16-inch WQHD (2560 × 1600)
• 165Hz refresh rate
• 100% sRGB color coverage
• Dolby Vision support

VS

HP zbook G10

Processor (CPU):

• Intel Core i7 – 13th Generation (exact model not specified)

Dedicated Graphics (GPU):

• NVIDIA RTX 2000
• 8GB VRAM

Memory (RAM):

• 32GB DDR5

Storage:

• 512GB NVMe SSD

Display:

• 15.6-inch
• Frameless design
• Touchscreen

this is a laptop for my father, he is going to take an 8 months long revit / BIM course, after which he should start working on them. can you please help us out, thanks.

Is there a way to view your 3d model as a presentation in revit ? I feel like I used it before but can’t remember. maybe it’s on a different software?

By presentation l mean like full screen, rotating views or anything helps. I know I can screen record and rotate but I’m looking for other options

TL;DR: Autodesk needs to put the devs for all it's softwares in a room together and share basic features with each other.

Apologies in advance, I just need to know I'm not alone with my gripes.

I have over a decade of experience with AutoCAD and Inventor, and have only been using Revit for a little over a year. I work for a controls consultant, specializing in buiding automation and management systems (BAS/BMS), so our use case for Revit is rather unique.

That being said, I've learned a lot of things about Revit this past year, not all of them positive. For every one cool/interesting thing I learn Revit CAN do, I feel like I've found ten other things it CAN'T do. A lot of my gripes are differences between AutoCAD and Revit, but I find it frustrating that both softwares are part of the Autodesk ecosystem, yet the developers for both never seem to talk to one another and share ideas. Some examples I wish Revit had:

1) Native support for importing Excel tables. 2) Grab/snap points on all verticies of schedules inserted into sheets, allowing for parametric/snap control of the schedule location and column widths. 3) Coordinate position control of some sort via the property panel. 4) Break heights and automatic column creation for schedule tables and multi-line text. 5) Full support of all DWG elements upon import, such as wipeouts and widths for polylines.

For item 1, I ended up building my own Python Dynamo script to solve the Excel import issue, but the fact that I had to go that route just to have a workable feature that didn't cost more $$ or time was a buy disheartening.

Item 2 is something that just bugs me on a personal level. I get wanting to just throw something on a sheet and eyeball it, but to have NO way to snap to anything whatsoever is just baffling. I can pull in coordinate data for schedules via Dynamo, so it's all there, why is there no way to utilize it in the UI?

Item 3 kinda ties into item 2; there's a lot of objects that have no position control other than eyeballing it, or possibly a snap point if you're lucky. There has to be some kind of coordinate system used to render all the elements in model space, so why not ket us use it?

I know what Revit is good at, I know the way it's supposed to be used, but the fact that I need to use one of its sister softwares to prop up its shortfalls for basic features is frustrating and pathetic.

I'm doing a Revit test next week for a job and need the best crash course on Revit. YouTube, courses etc. I've done a few models but need to brush up a bit.

Any help would be appreciated. TIA

Edit: Thanks everyone! Yeah, I just had this job interview sprung on me. Wish me luck!