Currently, even when a Revit project is set up with metric templates and units, the underlying database operates in decimal feet. This results in constant conversions between metric and imperial units, leading to inefficiencies in data processing and potential rounding errors. Storing data natively in metric when a project is configured as such would streamline operations, improve accuracy, and reduce unnecessary computational overhead. Key Points and Arguments Elimination of Constant Unit Conversions Current Challenge: Revit’s internal use of decimal feet forces the software to perform numerous conversions between metric and imperial measurements. Proposed Improvement: When a project is set to metric units, the database should store all data natively in metric. This would eliminate redundant conversion steps, saving time and reducing processing complexity. Improved Computational Efficiency Energy Savings: By removing the need for continuous unit conversions, Revit would use less computational power, which could lead to energy savings, especially in large-scale projects. Performance Gains: Projects would experience faster data retrieval and manipulation, as computations would be more straightforward without conversion overhead. Enhanced Accuracy and Consistency Precision: Directly storing data in metric reduces the risk of rounding errors that can occur during unit conversions, leading to higher precision in measurements and calculations. Data Integrity: This approach ensures that the stored values remain consistent with the user’s chosen unit system, improving overall data integrity across the project. Alignment with Global Standards Market Needs: Many countries and industries predominantly use the metric system. Aligning the internal database with the metric system when appropriate would cater directly to the needs of a significant portion of Revit users worldwide. User Experience: A native metric approach simplifies workflows for users, reducing confusion and enhancing the software's intuitiveness in regions where metric is the standard. Environmental and Economic Impact Resource Efficiency: Reducing unnecessary computational steps can lower energy consumption, contributing to more sustainable software practices. Cost Savings: Over time, improved efficiency can translate to cost savings for both Autodesk in terms of server and maintenance resources and for users through faster project turnaround times. Conclusion Transitioning to native metric data storage for projects set in metric units is a logical evolution for Revit. This change would enhance performance, improve accuracy, simplify the user experience, and align the software more closely with global industry standards. By addressing the inefficiencies associated with continuous unit conversions, Autodesk can offer a more streamlined, precise, and environmentally sustainable product for its metric users. Show More

Never in history of the current universe have two object existed in the same place at the same time. Also, earth never had higher priority than any building element.   Can we have this:     To automatically be this:   The same way it was with toposurface. Including toposolids from linked files. Show More

Most of Japanese customers strongly wish to add JIS(Japanease Industrial Standard) family for Revit family. Especially anchor bolts for base plate that are family of Revit structure. there are only US or EU standard. Show More

Please give us back building pad tool for calculate Cut and fill automatically. Show More

In order to develop the Ukrainian-language Revit and BIM community, I propose the idea of translating and adapting the interface in Ukrainian. З метою розвитку українськомовної Revit та BIM спільноти пропоную ідею перекладу та адаптації інтерфейсу українською. Show More

Currently you can only use color schemes on rooms, areas and spaces, but it would be a huge improvement if we could use the same for walls, floors, ceilings and even any type of components.   In fact, Roger Rebbit gave a great idea by proposing Keynote color schemes, which is the same as having a single multi-category color scheme. I voted for it: <https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/keynote-color-schemes/idi-p/9115072> Show More

I like the new home screen and it is useful. However I would like to see it developed further. Specifically being able to: Sort by most recently substantially worked on not just quickly opened for reference. (Sort by date modifed does not seem to work as I would expect) Hide/remove the sample projects Limit to only projects and not families Hide or remove projects Possibly keep projects in names groups Some of these little changes would make the home screen into a much more powerful tool Show More

Add a new snap the same as AutoCAD's 'Mid of two points'. Show More

Please, I hope can custome leader arrowhead. So we can more creative. Show More

Please dont let us draw another mass. Show More

I have successfully integrated budgets natively into Revit, using a category as a database. Budgets update in real time, and I can access all calculations related to a specific item, including labor costs and a detailed breakdown of materials, without the need for modeling. This is particularly interesting when working exclusively in an Autodesk environment. I’m aware of existing budgeting software, but developing this functionality natively in Revit doesn’t seem as complex as it might appear. If any developer is interested, I’d be happy to share more details, or if someone has already worked on something similar, I’m very eager to learn more about it. Show More

The Cable Tray as a system family works great from the sense that we can define various families for different fittings.    The Cable Tray as a system family doesn't work so great when it comes to representing the geometry accurately. What I'm seeing is the cable tray size, is what we would consider a nominal size. a 12"x4" tray (in my case, Panduit FiberRunner), is the available space within the tray. The overall dimension is actually closer to 13"x4.5". However, unlike conduit, the size may not be centered with the tray itself. For the Panduit FiberRunner, the difference in height is added at the bottom, and the difference in width is tapered outward at the top.  The snapshot below shows what I'm referring to.    What I'd like to be able to do, is to define a profile for the Cable Tray System Family, and still maintain the ability to use the functions for creating bends, tees, crosses, reducers, and unions.    Show More

When elevated, curved surfaces do not show the full length of the wall.  Moreover, graphics become skewed.  We would like to be able to wrap an elevation tight to the curvature of the wall so that the elevation appears to be a flattened out curve.  You could do this by offsetting a line from the curved wall and picking that line as the elevation path. Show More

What if we could link a model but, instead as having it as a static object, we could give it some parametric adjustments to it? This would break the current limits, allowing to use links as if were families, when we need to work with complex units, made of various categories, including system families.   Yes I know we can use groups or assemblies, but now I'm talking about a different level of complexity, a more robust tool to avoid those "group fixes" or "new assembly duplicates" that are currently blocking our projects possibilities.   The idea is to manage some global parameters without openig the file, allowing to have some instances of the same linked file flexing its shape               Show More

Here in our big enterprise, we often are pushed to deliver plenty of different design proposals by our clients. The road to organizing the different proposals and the final layout on the final plan sheets feels a bit "bumpy".  My ask to you: can you kindly re-think the organization of the Design Options Tool? For me and some other users, the phasing tool does a better job and feels much easier to use, which leads sometimes to a "misuse" of the tool to show different options. Any improvement is highly appreciated. I am pretty sure that I am also speaking in behalf of other Revit users delivering different proposals during their design studies. Show More

to improve the bim to field workflow in site design we would be thankful if you could implement a command to export coordinate points (x,y,z) to excel or a similar text file. it could either be the corner points of slabs/walls etc. or manually set point coordinates. in our current workflow we have to export the revit project to dwg and set points (block) in autocad manually. then we extract the data out of the chosen blocks and generate an excel file. (automatic command) would it be possible to implement the same command from autocad in revit? Show More