With infraworks or other third party tools you can import Gis data in your Revit project.  Every building is designed somewhere so the surrounding roads/terrain are always needed. Why is that Gis import not standard in Revit? Show More

Revit keeps two sheet systems totally separate: Sheet Index uses the “Include in Sheet List” toggle Print Sets use their own internal list Because they’re disconnected, users have to maintain two independent sets of sheets for every deliverable. The “Include in Sheet List” parameter can’t be filtered or scheduled, and Print Set membership isn’t exposed as a sheet parameter. This creates constant manual work, errors, and inconsistencies across every project. Requested fix: Make “Include in Sheet List” a filterable parameter or Expose Print Set membership to sheet schedules or Provide a single shared mechanism both systems use This is a small change with huge impact. It would eliminate redundant sheet management and save teams significant time on every project. Show More

Autodesk, we need to talk about Revit’s Family Editor and the core modeling engine.   Revit was built by software engineers using software logic, not construction logic. The result is a tool that forces architects and engineers to think like coders instead of builders. And builders end up carrying the burden of interpreting unclear drawings.   The Family Editor is the clearest proof. Missing parameters, broken constraints, odd previews, and behavior that makes no sense in the real world. Users need a PHD in parametrics just to make a simple component behave.   Because the core is flawed, the entire industry had to create bandaids. Procore, clash detection, cloud tool coordination stacks. None of these should be necessary if Revit reflected how buildings actually go together.   A design platform should produce clear, buildable drawings. Revit often does not. That is the real issue. Autodesk, it is time to fix the core. Not add features. Not move buttons. Fix the engine. The industry needs software that works the way buildings work. Show More

There should be a unified approach to Scope Boxes. How many Scope Boxes do i have in my project? Where do i find a complete list of them and what views are they visible on? In what views a scope box defines the crop? There should be an option to batch assign, turn on/off , rename them, etc. All these properties should be easy to find under a unified table/window in the Revit interface. Show More

I would like to be able to calculate the surface areas of wall materials, separately for different wall types, (not including any wall thickness). Currently, Revit seems only to measure the length of the wall to the join. I've seen that there are work arounds by separating the walls into parts or painting, but I haven't seen either of these work for what I need. Ideally, I would like to calculate the areas using parameters in a schedule, using width, height & area for the exterior surface of a wall, corner to corner or to the end point of a material.  Show More

When we open a Revit model using the standard File > Open dialog, the preview panel shows the Revit version in which the file was last saved. This is extremely helpful when working with multiple projects and different Revit releases, because we can immediately see whether the selected RVT file matches our current Revit version. However, when we use Insert > Link Revit and select an RVT file, the same preview panel does not display the file’s save version. Only the thumbnail of the model is shown. In many BIM workflows (multi-discipline teams, consultants, external links), we often need to check: Which Revit version was the link file last saved in Whether linking this file will trigger an upgrade Whether we should ask the consultant to send a model in another version Currently, to see the saved version, we have to either: Open the file directly first (which may upgrade it unintentionally), or Use external tools just to check the RVT version. --Proposed improvement Please add the “Saved in Revit Version” info to the preview panel of the Import/Link RVT dialog, similar to the standard Open dialog. For example: Under the thumbnail, show a line such as: Saved in: Revit 2023 or Saved in: Revit 2024.2 ** Benefits Faster decision-making when linking consultant models Avoid unwanted file upgrades during linking Clearer coordination in multi-version / multi-project environments Consistent UX between Open and Link Revit dialogs This is a small UI enhancement, but it would save time and prevent mistakes for many BIM coordinators and Revit users working with multiple versions every day. Thank you for considering this improvement.   Show More

When creating a Drafting View of a detail that was created in a Detail View (model view) we copy all the detail items, including Keynote Tags, and paste into the drafting view. When doing so the orientation of the tags reorients and becomes vertical instead of horizontal, as they were created. This is such a common workflow that allows us to create reusable details for our library and this disfunctional result basically destroys a great and important need.  There is a workaround but, it is so disappointing to users. This should be standardized as a common setting or automated function to allow without disfunction.  Show More

when designing a building you're often considering the open space a person needs to move freely (for example the space you need in a hallway, the space someone in a wheelchair needs to move in a building, ...) It would be more beneficial if the people content elements would not be considered as an obstacle in a route analysis but would have an analysis funtction that checks if there are any obstacles in between the circle.   It could be pretty much the same function as the path of travel where you can choose what categories are considered obstacles. It would also be usefull to run this analysis on all "people content" elements of the same type so you could analyse if a building is compatible for people with a disability.   If these families would get their own category you could still use the previous functionality to analyse social distancing but you can also choose to only check against other categories with the same options as the route analysis options.   Show More

When creating parametric families the order of creating your reference planes is important (first ref plane made gets highest priority) Therefore it would be benefitial to have some reference to which reference plane was made first, which one was made second, ...)   By giving the reference planes a mark parameter (automaticaly numbered, greyed out) would make reviewing/changing a family easier because you get a visual representation (higher number = less priority) Show More

The title says it all: I need Mechanical Equipments to have the parameter System Type and System Abbreviation just like Air Terminals do, to have that information usable in schedules and filters. I also need to filter by System Type in schedules, and aparently revit doesn't allow that for Air Terminals.   Fix this and don't tell me it's by design. This is a quick fix - the info is there, the parameter already exist and has a name - just make it available!!! It's been 2025 already...       Show More

Currently, elements from the Generic Annotation Category are scale-dependent on the Revit views. It would be very helpful if there were a checkbox to allow the Generic Annotation to stay at a fixed size. This can work as a symbol, which will also be shown on the sloped planes.  Show More

The view Template is a pull down of you existing available templates rather than a button that opens the Assign View Template window. to access this maybe just have an ellipses button off to the side of this pull down where you can quick access the Assign View Template window Show More

It would be extremely useful to have a dedicated setting in View Templates that controls how grids are displayed, specifically, how grid lines are cut and which grid bubbles are visible. By incorporating these parameters into View Templates, users could easily transfer consistent grid graphic standards between different Revit projects. This would help maintain uniformity across drawings, reduce manual adjustments, and improve overall project efficiency. Show More

Es gibt, sofern ich sie nicht übersehen habe, standardmäßig keine Schrägsitzventile in der Bibliotheksfunktion im LINEAR-Controlboard in Revit.  Show More

It takes 10 seconds (that's not hyperbole; that's the actual figure) every time I try to open my file menu in Revit, because Revit is trying to serve up the recent files. There is a checkbox under Options > User Interface, called "Enable Recent Files List at Home". Toggling this checkbox off does not remove the recent items from the file menu. Revit continues trying to reach out to each and every recent file across my firm's distant network (OneDrive), so it just burns 10 seconds of my life each and every time I try to access the file menu. This is absolutely unacceptable. My suggestion is this. Autodesk should give users a toggle to disable the recent files from the menus, so that Autodesk cannot be found liable in a class action lawsuit for knowingly wasting millions of users time at a quantifiable cost. Show More

I have been tagging HVAC ductwork in Revit for many years, and there is one simple improvement that would greatly increase productivity for MEP users. When tagging ductwork, the Placement panel contains the “Leader Line” toggle. Currently, this option can only be turned on/off by manually moving the mouse up to the ribbon and clicking the button. There is no keyboard shortcut and no way to map this toggle to a shortcut key.   Workflow Issue Because the Leader Line option is located on the ribbon, far away from the cursor, the user must: Move the mouse away from the model space Travel to the top of the screen Click the Leader Line icon Return to the tagging action This adds unnecessary travel and repeated interruption during high-volume tagging sessions.   Comparison: AutoCAD Dynamic Input In AutoCAD, Dynamic Input allows users to toggle certain settings right next to the cursor without moving all the way to the ribbon. If Revit had a similar method—or simply a shortcut—to toggle Leader Line, users could switch modes instantly with the left hand, while keeping the mouse focused on the drawing area.   Why This Matters For MEP engineers and drafters who tag hundreds of ducts, this enhancement would: Dramatically reduce mouse travel Allow tagging to be done faster and more fluidly Reduce repetitive strain Improve accuracy because the cursor stays in the model area Mirror efficiency features already proven in AutoCAD   Request Please add one of the following: A dedicated keyboard shortcut (or mappable command) to toggle the Leader Line option Or a Dynamic Input–style on-screen toggle, near the cursor, that appears when using the Tag tool   Either solution would solve the problem and align Revit with the efficiency available in AutoCAD. If this capability already exists in Revit 2023–2025, I would appreciate any guidance. Otherwise, please consider implementing this in a future release.   Thank you. Show More

I would like to see the option in the project browser to quickly colour a view in the project browser so it is easier to find the more important ones. I work on rather larger multidisciplinary projects and my company uses a structure in which projects are set up where there are way more views than I need and I sometimes happen to get lost in the co-ordination as to where a specific view is.   If I could right click the view I use and bind a colour to it I would more easily find the correct one.So similar to how it is highlighted when you select something it would now be tranparantly coloured in a little to easily find the right viewsd inside the hundreds of views visible. The colour would obviously only apply to the project browser.   In the picture I highlighted 2 views, one bieng selected and one by hovering my mouse over it. Imagine being able to assign a colour like blue, red or green to the selection space that would permanently stay, it would make finding specific views way easier. Show More

Revit has a very useful feature called “Worksharing Display Modes” in the temporary view settings, which allows elements to be quickly and clearly color-coded. This functionality should not be limited to worksharing—it should be available for any parameter. Currently, for other parameters, you need to create a separate filter for each parameter value and assign colors in every view. This is extremely time-consuming and inflexible. There should be a temporary display setting where users can select a parameter and automatically assign or adjust colors based on its values. This would allow dynamic color differentiation without the need to create complex filters. Show More

Currently when selecting multiple objects in a family, Labels are included in the Family Category quantity of the Selection Filter.  It would be most helpful to have them as a separate list item. Show More