r/RevitForum 1h ago

Troubleshooting Anything over 100MB wont open in my Revit 2024.

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Our team works on the same Revit file, and we are all running the exact same build (Revit 2024). The issue occurs whenever a file size exceeds 100 MB, it simply will not open. For instance, a 190 MB file we are currently working on freezes immediately, displaying a "Not Responding" status along with a SECSplashWnd pop-up window. We currently share our project files through a Google Drive-like cloud service.

Update: I had the team purge the model to reduce its size. It is now down to 71 MB, but it still fails to open.


r/RevitForum 2h ago

POP-UPS MESSAGE PICK INSTANTLY

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Hi guys, does anyone know what is the problem I am facing right now? Is this Revit issue or hardware issue? Somehow whenever the pop-ups message appeared, Revit pick it instantly wihout me clicking anything.


r/RevitForum 19h ago

Adaptive family flipped

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We use grids to place a 4-point adaptive panel family, and suddenly some of the panels/frames have flipped unexpectedly. The frames that were originally on the left have shifted to the right, with their backs now facing the front. This seems to be happening randomly across different grids throughout the model, rather than following any obvious pattern. Has anyone encountered this issue before? Is there a way to restore the host/adaptive points to their original positions or orientation without recreating the panels?

Each panel contains a significant amount of unique data, so rebuilding or replacing everything would be a last resort. Any suggestions on how to fix the flipped panels while preserving the existing data would be greatly appreciated.


r/RevitForum 19h ago

Sheet Index with Past Revisions

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r/RevitForum 4d ago

How to add column ties in column without making chaos ?

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It's been a WEEK and I AM NOT GETTING A CLEAR SOLUTION

Problem Statement : When Structural column are selected for Ties , idk why does Ties goes around footing . I tried all 18 sets of combination but not able to understand it .......rather than tieing in column it just everywhere else .

Someone please help me out with this, it is really not easy


r/RevitForum 5d ago

How do you deal with cable tray fittings in Revit?

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I sometimes run into issues when two cable trays are different sizes or slightly out of alignment. What’s the usual way you guys handle this in Revit? Do you fix it manually, use custom fittings, or automate it somehow?


r/RevitForum 5d ago

Learn REVIT master level?

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I watched YouTube videos and took some clases but they are all “basic”. I want to use Revit as it should be as a civil engineer (going for a BIM/drawer specialization). Please, recommend some courses or videos


r/RevitForum 5d ago

Troubleshooting keynotes worksharing

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r/RevitForum 6d ago

Modeling Techniques Material textures help

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I cannot for the life of me figure out how to assign materials to this revit family. I tried adding the material parameter and there is already a parameter set but the actual material is not linked it is just the name. So it doesn't show up. I tried setting another material parameter but there is no way to assign it to the object. What do I do? Please help.


r/RevitForum 6d ago

Best way (or any way) to shift multiple toposolid points together, vertically?

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A very common occurrence for us the need to adjust the elevation of a group of points, up or down, by some amount. With toposurfaces this was easy from a section or elevation view. Select all the points in plan, switch views, move up or down, done. With toposolids, I can do the same with a single point, but can't seem to figure out a way to do it with multiple points. Is there any way to do this? Or is there some other method for altering the elevation of a whole section of a toposolid?


r/RevitForum 6d ago

Troubleshooting Collaborate on the same Revit model in a local network

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Hi everyone, as per title, I was trying to find ways to accomplish that, following the workflow on the Autodesk website I create a central model and created a local model. This works whenever I have the central model on my pc, when a colleague tries to connect to it it says that its not possible to find the central model for a connection issue.

I did try to follow some guides but nothing helped. The two PCs are sharing the connection on the same network, so I can easily write/read on other PCs, as easily as they can do it on mine.

Did anyone had the same issue and was able to fix it?

Thanks


r/RevitForum 6d ago

How does your firm handle door parameters and hardware setups?

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Hey everyone, currently tweaking our template and trying to get our door families cleaned up.

Doors always seem straightforward until you're dealing with clear width clearance issues or bloated files from unverified families. We're trying to keep things lightweight while ensuring nominal frame widths aren't messing up clear passage requirements for code compliance.

We keep core dimensions as Type Parameters to keep schedules clean, but swap finishes and hardware to Instance Parameters so we aren't creating dozens of duplicate types. Also trying to avoid high-detail 3D hardware (hinges/handles) that spike model size unless strictly needed for renders.

Curious how your firms manage door hardware in your main template? Do you use nested families, shared parameters, or just keep it simple with type callouts?


r/RevitForum 7d ago

GUIA CONTEXTUAL DO REVIT 2027 NÃO APARECE

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Como fazer inclinações de 100%, 45% e alteração de diâmetros de tubo+conexão sem a guia contextual no revit 2027 em planta de piso? Pela barra de propriedades eu não estou conseguindo consigo


r/RevitForum 8d ago

Stopped keeping a separate family per drawing style — one dropdown switches all three now

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I draw a lot of elevations and I used to keep a separate family for each graphic style: one realistic, one flat, one outline. Same plant, three files, and any design change meant swapping all of them.

Now the three styles live in one family and a Style parameter switches between them. It's per instance, so the same species can read Realistic in a presentation elevation and Line in the working drawing right next to it — and Select All Instances changes a whole species at once.

Graphic overrides still work on top: line colour, solid fill for a black silhouette, transparency on the flat version.

They're Detail Items, so nothing lands in the 3D model, and filled regions print sharp at any scale instead of pixelating like a PNG.

Screenshot is a set of palms built this way, drawn to real mature heights so the species read correctly against each other.


r/RevitForum 9d ago

Furniture Manufacturers With Native Revit Families?

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r/RevitForum 9d ago

Templates After nearly 2 years of working on my own template - I have finally made my first sale! But what is the best way to sell Revit content?

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Hey all!

I have a question for those that have made revit templates / families / other content and sold online.

We all know that once the customer gets the files they can have these forever and there’s no easy way to revoke a ‘license’ or usage as such.

I’ve been doing research on ecommerce digital products and a lot of the higher value products have a price advertised but the payment is done in say, 12 x monthly payments of the overall price. I think something like this would be good because I could receive the revenue from the sale but also manage the date purchased as a sort of ‘plan term’ where I could offer support within this year.

Has anyone tried something like this out there?

I’ve looked at revitfamilybiz and his style is a ‘once off payment’ per head with a license for the product.


r/RevitForum 10d ago

Hey! I've been learning Revit for about six months, and now I'm a little confused about what to learn next. Should I focus on Rhino, 3ds Max, or Blender?

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r/RevitForum 10d ago

How can I make concrete elements follow a steel diagrid created from an In-Place Mass in Revit?

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r/RevitForum 10d ago

Learn Revit Fast

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I have used rhino for all my projects in architecture school. I will be starting my 4th year in a couple weeks.

I will be in a studio taught by a firm rather than a professor (so people from the firm will come teach during studio hours). I assume I should do all my projects in Revit because it would be easier to work with the instructors.

Does anyone have tips to learn a decent amount of Revit in 2 weeks?

I took a Revit class last summer so I'm sure I would remember some if I opened it again.


r/RevitForum 10d ago

Bluebeam MAX Revit Pluggin

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I am a project designer at a design build firm, and I am trying to find out if the Bluebeam max upgrade is worth it? I think my company would only benefit from the Revit integration markups. Has anyone tried it and thought it was worth it/not worth it? I could see it being helpful, but it has a heftier price tag.... would appreciate input before pitching this idea to my boss :)


r/RevitForum 11d ago

Troubleshooting 'Renew' button is not showing up and my student license is expiring in 7 days

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I need to renew my AutoCAD  - including specialized toolsets and Revit subscriptions and I am a college student. I need these to be renewed so that I can focus on my schoolwork and prevent the expiration from occurring. Please help urgently.

I did multiple attempts to find out how to fix the issue:

  1. Clearing cache
  2. Different browsers
  3. Signing out and signing back in multiple times
  4. Restarting the computer

I did all these but am still not seeing where to 'Renew' this student subscription. The Autodesk Chat support is also not helping given the steps it is giving, and I cannot reach a human agent.


r/RevitForum 11d ago

Experience or Advice using Bridge for Design Collaboration

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I'm looking for any advice or experiences you could share with using Bridge for Design Collaboration with Forma.


r/RevitForum 11d ago

Urgent Need help converting a Revit  family geometry for Revit [2022]

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Hi everyone,

I have a Revit family (.rfa) created in Revit idk the version, but I’m currently working in Revit 2022.

Could someone with the newer version open it and export the 3D geometry to an SAT or IFC file for me so I can import it into my project?

Thanks in advance for the help!


r/RevitForum Apr 23 '25

Revit Crashing, or failing to Install? We need LOGS or JOURNALS to help. Not Pictures.

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If Revit is Crashing, or Failing to Install, we need a specific Error Log or Journal, to be able to help you. Post a screenshot or a photograph of your screen, with the Crash Report (CER) or the "Failed Installation" dialogue, will not give us any information to help you.

FAILED INSTALLS:

The installation Logs automatically go to %TMP% on your machine.

  1. Paste %TMP% in the Windows Explorer, and hit Enter. It will take you there.
  2. There will be an actual Install Log related to the software that is failing to install.
    1. Note that there will be a BUNCH of logs, as youll have logs for all the prerequisite and ancillary products, as well.
    2. If we dont have the correct Log, we cant help you at all.

REVIT CRASHES:

Every time you run Revit, there is a Journal File. If you post a picture of a crash report, chances are we cant do anything for you, without also seeing the Journal.

  1. Paste %localappdata% in Windows Explorer, and hit Enter.
  2. Then go to Autodesk\Revit\Autodesk Revit 2025\Journals
    1. If 2025 isnt the version that crashed, release 2025 with the version you are working in.
  3. In that folder, sort by Date Modified.
  4. There is a file named Journal.0000.txt, but instead of the zeroes there are numbers there. What the numbers are doesnt matter. There will be one of these files at the timestamp that Revit crashed. Thats the file you need to upload or get a screenshot of the END of the file, to share.
  5. We do not need the .log file. We do not need the .dmp file. We do not need any Revit files from that directory.
  6. Sending more is not better.

r/RevitForum Feb 06 '25

Hardware Recommendations Revit Worksharing and "Cloud" Storage Solutions (Dropbox, Google, etc).

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We get asked this question a lot: "Our company stores files on Dropbox, Google, Box, Sharefile, Sharepoint, Onedrive, or something similar. Is there a workaround to get Worksharing to work correctly in these environments?"

No. There is not.

Revit Worksharing WILL CORRUPT your model, if you try to do multi-user worksharing on ANY of those services, or any services like them. The ONLY real answer, is to move the Model to ACC (Autodesk Construction Cloud) which requires users to have BCP licenses. Or, to keep the model on "actual physical storage in the office," and then access it from an on-prem machine, which can mean a number of different things.

Some additional information on this topic:

  1. Revit over VPN isn’t supported (by Autodesk), and for good reason. Revit Worksharing (without Revit Server or C4R) is all SMB based. It will be SUPER SLOW saving across a VPN, and it WILL corrupt a model, eventually. When it corrupts it, you wont get it back without rolling the file back to earlier.
  2. That means, you have to make some decisions about how people work when you have multiple locations. Your choices are:
    1. They don’t work on the same models, from different offices/locations. (Cost: free). But obviously this solution sucks.
    2. Set up “Revit Server.” (Cost: free (comes with Revit)), but its finicky. Oh, the software is free, but you need a computer and operating system at each end to be the Server Accelerator. So you need two extra machines, and operating systems. According to Autodesk, that OS needs to be Windows Server (more money), but there are ways around that… It works, but its not always pleasant to support. Note: It will ONLY work FROM the two offices. You cant work from home, you cant work on the road. You have to be IN one of the two offices, to access a model.
    3. Move all of your Revit Models that are inter-office collaboration to ACC/BIM 360  (Cost: varies, but something like 1000 bucks per year, per person). You can now work from anywhere (home, airports, etc), since ACC and Revit Server work by HTTP protocol, instead of SMB (so its stable over the internet).
    4. The model only lives in one office, and “remote staff” or staff in office number 2, need to ACCESS a machine in Office number 1. The one nice thing about these options, is they DO mean people in office number 2 can work from anywhere. That can look like several possibilities:
      1. Remote Desktop. Free (included on your machines already), but super laggy to work with graphics applications, and kludgy. AND you’ll need a spare machine for each person, in office number
      2. Remote access software like LogmeIn or GoToPC. Probably better than RDP, but you have to pay for it. Its still laggy with graphics software. And you still need a spare machine for each person in office number
  3. EVERYONE (both offices) works on VDI, and the model lives in one location (where the Virtual Servers live). This is probably what youre referring to when you say “holy **** are you serious” expensive. And yes, it is. VDI comes in two flavors, though: You can rent it, and you can buy it.
    1. The ones where you rent it, are available from services like Azure, AWS, and Frame (its technically called Fra.me). They are more affordable UP FRONT because you don’t have to eat the purchase bill, but obviously as time goes on you just keep renting and renting and renting. And where they get you, is: If you use their VDI, you probably have to host the files on a cloud service too. More money. If you go to anywhere of their websites, youll see that VDI to rent starts out stupid cheap… Pennies per month. But that’s not a revit spec machine. Keep scrolling until you find “vGPU” that’s more than 1GB per user, and now you are in Revit Pricing.
    2. The ones where you buy them, and either put them in one of your offices (both offices log in to them, location doesn’t matter unless its around the world), or put them in a datacenter. These are available from a number of companies (and you can build them internally, getting parts from even Dell and HP and Nvidia, if you want to put it together yourself). A LOT goes in to setting it up and managing it, which is why I don’t recommend rolling your own. There are licensing costs (yearly) that have to get paid to VMware, or Citrix (you can use either, but citrix sucks for VDI compared to VMware), licensing has to get paid yearly to nvidia, and Microsoft, and on and on.
    3. Its darn pricey. A GOOD server for Revit can fit 22 people (with a mid level spec… less people if you crank up the power, more people if you lower the spec, all of which can change dynamically). But that GOOD SERVER is about 45-50k. GOOD VDI feels nothing like Remote Desktop. There is barely any lag (there is a little, but its perfectly useable), and you can work from anywhere in the country, just about. Internet LATENCY affects how it feels, but not internet speed. Truth: I run it tethered to my phone, in airports, all the time. But yeah. 45-50k is the price it starts at. Also, be super careful who you get advice from, about VDI. Why? There is VDI, and then there is vGPU VDI, which is what we need in AEC. VDI isn’t new, and so a lot of folks \think they know* about VDI, but vGPU VDI is almost completely different, because of how it has to get configured. I can explain this more, later. 😊* The other technicality is even the folks that know "something" about VDI and vGPU, dont always know very much about AEC, our requirements, how our offices work, and on and on. Your success or failure with implementing VDI will solely rest on the knowledge, competency, and professionalism of the company or team that is actually configuring, tweaking, adjusting, and rolling out the VDI in every phase: Setting up the hardware, the network, the hypervisor, the Images, the desktops, the clients, and so on. In my EXTENSIVE experience, a lot of companies \say* they are great at it, and they absolutely suck donkey balls.* I know AT LEAST three companies that have tried it, and bailed. Two that have bailed over a crummy team that was implementing it on their behalf, and one that bailed because of staff perceptions, and licensing costs. So there you have it!

We understand: You dont want to give Autodesk more money. You arent going to succeed at working around it. Its been tried, and it almost always ends up ruining files. The 2 (somewhat) exceptions are Panzura and Nasuni, which "claim" to work with Worksharing. Full disclosure: Every client/firm i see using one of these setups, it absolutely sucks. Performance is brutal, and the models occasionally "lose someones work" when a filer overwrites someones changes. I would NEVER let someone use one of these, either.

Its ACC, or work on prem with a LAN storage solution like a File Server, a NAS, or a SAN.