TABLE OF CONTENTS Throughout this book, our focus has been on using Revit as an architectural design and production tool; we ve shown how to use the software for all of the core BIM operations. This chapter looks at the file-management aspect of a Revit project. As we ve said, a Revit project is a single database file, usually a large one. Regular file maintenance and a well-built model will keep you from having problems down the road with file performance and stability. It s worth being aware of best practices.
In this chapter, you ll find tips and tricks for keeping your file running quickly and smoothly. We ve included some pointers to keep you from getting into trouble and some solutions if you do. We ll discuss performance issues, file corruption, and getting a project started and point you to some additional resources. You ll learn how to do several things to make your work more efficient:
Keep your files lean and keep file performance optimized
Create best practices for project workflow
Repair some of the problems that can happen in Revit files
It should make sense that a small file on a good network runs the quickest. Depending on your hardware configuration, typical file sizes can vary widely.
We ve seen them from 10MB to 150MB. Much of that variation depends on the level of detail you ve put into your model, if you have any imported files (like other 3D files or CAD files), and the overall complexity of your model. However, there...
