The home screen

00:06

Let's take a quick introduction

00:08

to the user interface in Revit.

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So we'll start here with the home

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screen, which greets you when you first launch the software.

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So the home screen is divided into two main areas.

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On the left-hand side, you have commands

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to either open or create models or family files.

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And on the right-hand side, we have a recent files area

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which shows us the most recently opened models and family files.

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So if you want to reopen a model or a family

00:35

that you've opened previously, it

00:37

will be listed here on Recent Files.

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You can simply click it there.

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Otherwise, you would use the open command

00:42

that's displayed either here or here

00:44

to browse to it in File Explorer and locate it that way.

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If you want to create a brand-new file,

00:50

you would use one of these two new links.

00:53

Next to Recent Files is a dropdown here with some videos

00:56

that you can view to learn a little bit more

00:58

about the software.

00:59

Another way that you can learn more about the software

01:01

is to use the help dropdown menu that's

01:04

up here at the top right-hand corner of the application

01:07

frame.

01:08

Now, next to that are some other icons like the App Store

01:12

and the ability to sign into your Autodesk account.

Video transcript

00:06

Let's take a quick introduction

00:08

to the user interface in Revit.

00:10

So we'll start here with the home

00:11

screen, which greets you when you first launch the software.

00:14

So the home screen is divided into two main areas.

00:17

On the left-hand side, you have commands

00:19

to either open or create models or family files.

00:24

And on the right-hand side, we have a recent files area

00:27

which shows us the most recently opened models and family files.

00:32

So if you want to reopen a model or a family

00:35

that you've opened previously, it

00:37

will be listed here on Recent Files.

00:38

You can simply click it there.

00:40

Otherwise, you would use the open command

00:42

that's displayed either here or here

00:44

to browse to it in File Explorer and locate it that way.

00:48

If you want to create a brand-new file,

00:50

you would use one of these two new links.

00:53

Next to Recent Files is a dropdown here with some videos

00:56

that you can view to learn a little bit more

00:58

about the software.

00:59

Another way that you can learn more about the software

01:01

is to use the help dropdown menu that's

01:04

up here at the top right-hand corner of the application

01:07

frame.

01:08

Now, next to that are some other icons like the App Store

01:12

and the ability to sign into your Autodesk account.

Exercise 1–Open a Project and Explore the User Interface

You can have any Revit project open for this first exercise. We’ll use the provided sample project in the steps that follow, but you are welcome to use another project if you wish.

The Home Screen

The Home greets you when you launch Revit. This screen is divided into 2 areas:

  1. Launch Autodesk Revit.

Take note of the various areas of the Home screen (see Figure 1–1).

Figure 1–1 The Revit Home Screen

On the left, you have options for:

Models:  Provides options for:

  • Open:  Open existing project (Model) file.
  • New: Create new project with the option to create from a selection of templates.

Families:  Provides options for:

  • Open:  Open existing family files (Families are individual content items that you can place in your projects).
  • New:  Create a new family from one of the provided family templates

Recent Files (BIM360):  provides access to online projects stored in Autodesk BIM 360

To see items in this area, you must have a BIM360 account and be logged in. Contents of this area will vary depending on your access rights to one or more BIM360 projects. (Login to BIM360 at the top-right where is says Sign In).

On the Right, you have options for:

Recent Files:  This area shows icons for the most recently opened models and families. You can reopen a recent file by clicking the appropriate icon.

Learn:  This drop-down menu gives access to online learning content.

  1. Within the Recent Files area, click the Sample Architectural Project icon (see Figure 1–2).

If you don’t see this file, you can click the Open button on the left beneath Models. Then browse to the folder where you downloaded the dataset files, a copy of the file is included there named: rac_basic_sample_project.rvt.

Figure 1–2 Open a Recent File by clicking its icon on the Home screen

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