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Area scheme autonumbering not working when started from None template

TripleM-Dev.net — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:03:52 GMT

Hi,

Anyone else has/had a issue with the number of Area's not autofilling when they are placed, and maybe how to solve it.

We've rebuilt our template from scratch, beginning with the <None> template in Revit.

Now it seems that for the Area's the number is no longer autofilled by revit.

Tried a few things

- fill in a number and then placed the next Area

- created a new AreaScheme type

- transfered AreaScheme's from a model that does autonumber

None of the above enables the autonumbering/autofill of the number parameter of Area's

So seems to be related to using the None template (the other default templates the numbering works), so looks that something is missing in that template

Ps. For Rooms the autonumbering / filling still works.

(Tried in Revit 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2026, all their None template has this issue)

Gr. Michel

Re: Area scheme autonumbering not working when started from None template

vitorbortoncello — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 12:18:28 GMT

Start a new template from a default Autodesk template (e.g., Architectural), clean it as needed, and rebuild your template there — Revit’s auto-numbering for Areas cannot be restored in anything created from the <None> template.

Re: Area scheme autonumbering not working when started from None template

TripleM-Dev.net — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 18:51:53 GMT

Hi @vitorbortoncello

Thanks, is this somewhere documented or is this something you also ran into?

Any other known issues with the None-template, so I can decide if it's worth the rebuild (with project transfer/Copy and API I can get far but it's about those little settings or elements that only can be set manually that could be forgotten.)

- Michel

Re: Area scheme autonumbering not working when started from None template

vitorbortoncello — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:13:41 GMT

not that i am aware of