Creating a Landing Page
What’s nice about Revit is the fact that we can actually create a startup page. That means that whenever we open a project, we will be greeted with a familiar view.
To create a landing page, follow these steps.
1- Open Revit.
2- Under Families, click New… as shown below.
3- Go to Titleblocks
4- Select E1 – 42x30.rft
5- Click Open
6- On the Create tab, click the Label button.
7- For alignment, select Middle Align and Align Center as shown below.
8- Pick a spot in the middle of the rectangle in the model area.
9- In the Edit Label dialog, select Project Name, and click Add Parameter(s) to Label as shown below.
10- Click OK.
11- Select the label.
12- Click the grips on the right and left and stretch it to the edges of the window as shown below.
13- Go to the insert tab.
14- Click the Image button
15- Find an image you’d like to bring into the landing page.
16- Save the file as Landing Page, but do not close it.
17- Open your architectural model.
18- Go back to the Landing page file.
19- Click Load into Project and Close.
20- In the architectural model hit Esc.
21- Right Click on Sheets (all)
22- Select New Sheet.
23- Select the Landing Page sheet.
24- Click OK.
25- Rename the sheet to 000-LANDING PAGE.
26- Go to Manage
27- On the Manage Project tab, click Starting View.
28- Select the Landing Page sheet as your starting page.
Your project will now always open with this view current.
