Optimize Performance - Tips and Tricks

64 bit OS allows to use as much as RAM

32 bit OS use 3 GB RAM

Manage the Views:

• Close Hidden Windows
• Delete views not on sheet

Errors and Warnings - Tips and Tricks

Manage tab > Inquiry panel > Review Warnings

• A list of errors and warnings still active in the project file
• Zero error require for delivering a BIM model to the client or contractor

Number of Views - Tips and Tricks

Having too many views in Revit can also impact the performance and file size

Delete all views that are not on sheets

Purge Unused - Tips and Tricks

Removes all unused families and groups from the model by deleting them

When change window types or wall types, or swap families to another, they are being stored within the file (even you don’t use them)

File Size - Tips and Tricks

A typical Revit file size for construction documentation between 100 MB ~ 250 MB

Quality Control - Tips and Tricks

A well-maintained model will open quickly, responsive when changing views or manipulating content

A non well-maintained model can have a very large file size, take long time to open and save, or even become corrupted

Detailing -Tips and Tricks

How many times will you see the detail in the model ?

• If you are going to see the condition more than once, create in 3D model
• If you are need to see the detail condition only once, create in 2D detail

What scale are you drawing your detail in ?

• A good rule of thumb is to draft all the detail 1:10 and large

How good are you at using Revit ?

• If you are first use of Revit, modeling the detail is complicated, draft it
• Take on modeling the complex detail in the next project