Apparently I have an issue with my Autodesk account because I use the same number for my private account and for my educational teacher) account.  I have spend one working day trying to solve it but the only contact I can get in touch with is the annoying no good chatbot. My issue has been submitted to a "real person" but one can only guess when that person will be available.    I wonder how many customers have had any meaningful support from Autodesk AI assistant.  Show More

Hello. When you want to export to PDF, by default, the software displays everything: 2D views, 3D views, and sheets. Every single time, you have to go into the drop-down menu to uncheck 2D and 3D. It's a complete waste of time—who actually exports a 2D or 3D view to PDF without putting it on a sheet? Sure, it can happen, but in 98% of cases, we export sheets, not views. The same goes for the 'Hide unselected views/sheets' checkbox, which is enabled by default. It's just stupid. Let me select what I want to export; why hide everything by default? Once again with Revit, it’s a setup designed by developers who clearly don't use their own software     Show More

When opening a model, sometimes there's a button to "show details" that reveals what links are being loaded. It would be nice to just always show this information, instead of hiding it. It has proven useful when a specific link has a problem, or just takes much longer than usual to load. Show More

When selecting a linked revit model, the tab key allows you to select individual bits and pieces from that link. With CAD files all you get is that info button which tells you which type, block, layer your are dealing with and whether the element is set to its own style or picks it from elsewhere. I propose to allow the same treatment as a revit link that is to allow picking, selecting and copying to the clipboard of individual items from a CAD file.  Show More

Suggested title for Revit Ideas BIM Model Timeline — Native Design Stage Snapshots and Model Comparison Idea summary Revit should have a native model timeline that allows users to create intentional, read-only snapshots of the BIM model at key design-development milestones—without duplicating the entire model geometry inside the active project and without confusing design stages with Revit construction Phases. Current problem During a project, the BIM model evolves continuously. A wall may exist during Concept Design, move during Schematic Design, change construction during Detailed Design, or be removed during the Construction Documentation stage. Today, preserving those historical states usually requires separate RVT copies, cloud version history, manual exports, or workarounds using duplicated elements, design options, or phases. None of those approaches provides a simple, intentional 'design timeline' inside the Revit authoring experience. Revit Phases are primarily intended to describe changes to the building over time—Existing, Demolition, New Construction, etc.—not the evolution of design decisions. Proposed solution Add a native BIM Model Timeline where the user can create named checkpoints of the current model state, for example: > Concept Design — CD-01 > Schematic / Preliminary Design — SD-03 > Permit / Legal Design — PD-01 > Detailed / Executive Design — DD-02 A checkpoint would be read-only and lightweight. Instead of keeping multiple complete copies of the building active in the same RVT, Revit could store the information required to reconstruct the model state at that checkpoint—such as element additions, removals, geometry changes, type changes, and parameter changes. Suggested functionality > Create a named snapshot/checkpoint from the current model state. > Display checkpoints on a chronological project timeline. > Open any historical checkpoint in read-only mode. > Return instantly to the current/live model. > Compare any two checkpoints or compare a checkpoint with the current model. > Visually highlight Added, Removed, Modified, and Unchanged elements. > Allow filtering comparisons by category, workset, discipline, level, phase, or parameter. > Show property differences for a selected element between two checkpoints. > Optionally associate a checkpoint with revision, issue date, project status, author, and comments. > Allow sheets/views to reference the historical state for review without duplicating the active geometry. > Keep this system independent from Revit construction Phases and Design Options. Example workflow An architect completes the Preliminary Design and creates checkpoint AP-03. Weeks later, during Detailed Design, a wall is moved and a room layout changes. The architect can open AP-03 from the timeline and see the model exactly as it was when that milestone was approved. They can then compare AP-03 with the current Detailed Design model and immediately identify the wall and room changes. Why this matters > Provides traceability of design decisions. > Reduces dependence on manually created RVT copies. > Avoids overloading one model with duplicated historical geometry. > Helps teams understand when and why model changes occurred. > Improves coordination, QA/QC, client reviews, and change management. > Creates a clearer distinction between design-development history and construction phasing. > Would scale from small residential projects to large multidisciplinary buildings. Possible technical approach The implementation does not necessarily need to store a complete duplicate of the RVT for every checkpoint. A versioned or delta-based system could store changes between checkpoints and reconstruct historical states when requested. Historical states could remain read-only so the active model continues to be the single editable source of truth. Optional comparison interface A dedicated 'Model Timeline' or 'Design History' palette could show milestones such as: CD-01 → AP-01 → AP-02 → PL-01 → EX-01 → EX-02 Selecting two milestones could launch a model comparison mode, with filters and a change list similar to a BIM-focused version-control workflow. Main request Please consider adding a native, lightweight Design Stage Snapshot / BIM Model Timeline feature to Revit, separate from construction Phases and Design Options, so project teams can preserve, inspect, and compare important historical states of the model without maintaining multiple heavy model copies. Suggested tags model history, versioning, BIM, design stages, snapshots, model comparison, collaboration, revisions, workflow, QA/QC Short version (for a limited description field) Revit should include a native BIM Model Timeline that lets users create lightweight, read-only snapshots of important design milestones (Concept, Preliminary, Permit, Detailed Design, etc.). Users should be able to open a previous checkpoint and compare it with the current model, highlighting added, removed, and modified elements. This should be independent from Revit Phases and Design Options. Ideally, checkpoints would use version/delta data rather than duplicating complete model geometry, preserving design history without making the active RVT unnecessarily heavy. Show More

Merci de permettre l'utilisation des paramètres système intégrés de Revit pour les calculs directement dans revit, sans passer par des dynamo ou plugins externe. Un problème récurent est de ne pas pouvoir utiliser l'élévation par rapport au niveau des occurrences (de réservations par exemple) pour réaliser des calculs par le moteur de formule de revit dans des paramètres partagés pour récupérer une hauteur relative au bâtiment ou une référence externe. / Thank you for allowing the use of built-in system parameters for calculations directly in Revit, without having to use Dynamo or external plugins. A recurring issue is the inability to use the elevation relative to the level of instances (such as openings) to perform calculations using Revit’s formula engine in shared parameters in order to obtain a height relative to the building or an external reference.       Show More

In section or elevation views there is a link on your level bubbles that takes you to the associated floor plan.  It does not appear that you can change which view it is linked to.  It would be super nice if you could control what view is set as the default for that link.  This is an issue if you have duplicated the original view many times and that original view is not used on a sheet.  When you print a PDF set, the hyperlink generated from your levels will not work. Show More

I would like to see the following improvements to model analytics after some testing.   Information about why each area is a problem should be included in the tooltips throughout the health indicators section/settings. Settings should be available at the project, project type, and company levels, allowing you to select one of the following options. In both cases, they can be custom numbers or Autodesk-recommended. When customizing numbers, a helpful note next to each section should help guide the numbers based on how they impact the model. Static numbers Autodesk Recommended or Custom: A flat number no matter the project size or scope Dynamic numbers Autodesk Recommended or Custom: A set of dynamic numbers where aspects of the project, like building area, levels, etc can influence numbers to be realistic for a project. For example, A tiny test fit is probably fine with 0 models or 1 model in place, with elements being acceptable, but a giant building might have 5-10. Even the sample model has 5. Access in Revit, with the ability to easily find elements that are causing issues, model in place elements, CAD, and more. API access so Autodesk Assistant, Guardian, Pirros, and other plugins and features can contribute to and read shared data rather than collect separate data in a silo. I think 1 and 2 are critical for making it helpfull.     Show More

So when you select a group of mixed model and detail lines and wish to convert all either to model or detail it comes up with a window asking you which you would like. This is where the bug comes into play   If you select model it converts them all to detail lines   If you select detail lines it converts them all to model and then you will see option to select which level you wish to associate them with   Surely this should be other way around that if I select model it converts all to model then I am able to associate with a level   @kimberly_fuhrman-jones feel free move this to architectural forums if required Show More

When working with colorbooks some of extremely dark tones, like PANTONE 426 C, are almost illegible. I propose to make the Colorbook feature tone aware and switch the label from black to white when a threshold is passed. Alternatively showing the labels in complementary hue might also be an option. Show More

Imagine you have new colorbook for revit with all the brilliant colours from COPIC or a named version of the RAL tones. Would it not be great if you could enter a buzz word into the field that shows the colour name once you click it? The list would be reduced to all hues that sport the search term. Type 'pink' and get a list of 'E02 Fruit Pink', 'RV02 Sugared Almond Pink', 'RV04 Shock Pink' and so on. Show More

Ability set borders of inserted images and PDF that may not be rectangular in shape (C shape, T shape, Z shaped...) . With crop tool cut out other parts of attached insert not required, while still allowing scaling as though it uncropped.  Show More

Create an option to visualize Point Cloud as Gaussian Splatting on Revit.    Since the user have no control on point size, and as you zoom in to see fine details on point cloud, it become so sparse you only see discrete small points with faint colors, gaussian splats would be better to understand geometry visually in Revit. Show More

Ability to unlock a group of elements like walls that have been aligned and locked to a slab edge.    This accomplished by selecting the group of elements and unticking a lock box either in properties menu or somewhere in the ribbon.   further examples of items that could be locked - Group of dims controlling spacing of group of levels - Roof footprint maybe locked to ref lines - Slab outline to an Autocad drawing   There are probably hundreds of scenario cases where a user wants to unlock a group of items rather than one by one then clicking ok each time you get a warning that said item is locked to something else. This OK for a one off but if you are doing this repeatedly for a group of same items it gets annoying and is waste of time dealing with warning message   Show More

In key plans and overall plans, provide a visibility option that automatically displays only the section markers corresponding to section views placed on the current sheet. Current behavior requires users to manually hide section markers, create dedicated filters, or use scope boxes.   Proposed option: View Property: Show Section From Current Sheet Only Show More

Problem Revit 2027 removed the contextual Options Bar that appeared while placing walls and other architectural creation tools. In previous versions, the parameters changed most often during placement sat in one fixed row directly below the Ribbon: Location Line (Wall Centerline, Core Centerline, Finish Face Exterior/Interior, Core Face Exterior/Interior) Height / Depth and the level selector Chain Offset Radius These values are now split between the Ribbon and the Properties palette. Parameters that were adjacent are scattered, and the ones in Properties are no longer in a fixed screen position. A companion idea covers the same removal for MEP creation tools: Restore the contextual Options Bar for MEP creation tools (Pipe, Duct, Conduit & Cable Tray). This idea is filed separately because the MEP one is tagged to pipe, duct, conduit and cable tray, and architectural users searching for wall placement issues will not find it. The affected population is larger than either thread shows on its own. Impact Laying out a floor plate means switching location line constantly. Core centerline for structural coordination, finish face for dimension strings, core face for partition layout, often several times within a single wall chain. I parsed my own Revit journal files to measure this rather than estimate it. On one small residential project in 2027, wall-heavy work: 231 Properties palette round trips across 11.5 hours of active modeling. Twenty per hour. That is one project, not a controlled study, but those are logged events, and every one of them is a trip the Options Bar previously absorbed inside the live command. The two controls are not interchangeable, which is why "these were duplicates" does not describe what changed: The Options Bar was command-scoped. It appeared because a command was running, occupied a fixed single-row position, and accepted changes inside the live command without ending it. Muscle memory worked because the target never moved. Properties is selection-scoped. It is a variable-height list whose field positions shift with element type and scroll state. There is no fixed target to learn, and values are set before or after a command rather than during it. Autodesk support's own published workaround for a related case makes the difference explicit: assign a keyboard shortcut, and confirm the value has been applied in Properties before entering the shortcut. That confirmation step did not exist when the value lived in the Options Bar. The supported workflow now contains the extra step. Suggestion Restore the contextual Options Bar for wall and architectural creation tools, or add a user preference that re-enables it. Shipping it off by default, as a checkbox alongside the other interface options, would satisfy both audiences. New users get the interface as designed. Production users turn it back on and keep working at speed. The code shipped in 2026, so this is a restoration rather than new development. Summary This is not a request for a new feature and it is not attachment to an old button position. It is a measured productivity regression on the single most frequent adjustment in architectural modeling. Twenty interruptions per hour, from my own logs, on the work that produces the drawings. An optional toggle preserves the new UI direction and returns the workflow to the people who model all day. Show More

Family Editor should optionally evaluate visibility parameters exactly as they would appear in a project, allowing users to isolate visibility states while editing Generic Annotation families. The feature exists in AutoCAD in the block editor - being able to preview visibility states without leaving the editor - let's make the same thing possible in family editor. This would make creating parameter-based drawing blocks like scale bars, 2D entourage families, etc much easier to create and edit. Thanks for reading. Show More

This is a very real and very frustrating problem in everyday Revit work.   Revit constantly reuses the last folder visited by a completely different file operation. For example, I may export DWG files to an EXPORT folder, and then immediately use Link CAD or Load Family. Instead of opening in a sensible or user-defined location, Revit takes me back to the EXPORT folder, forcing me to navigate through the project folders again.   The same happens with Open, Import, Link, Load Family, Export and other file dialogs.   These operations have completely different purposes and therefore should not blindly share the same "last visited folder". At the very least, Revit should allow the user to define an initial/default directory for each type of file operation. An even better solution would be to remember the last directory separately for each operation.   This may sound like a minor UI issue, but when working in Revit professionally all day, these unnecessary navigation steps are repeated dozens of times. It is exactly the kind of small usability problem that wastes a surprising amount of time.   It is 2026. A professional application like Revit should be able to provide predictable and user-configurable file dialog locations.   What about some kind of folder and project manager?   Please implement this. THX Show More

The from view limit is essential when using this "Framing Elevation Tool" is used to create framing elevation views . We in general do not just use it for framing.  The front limit would allow the section cut to show members coming into the cut such as beams intersecting the frame line from the view side and or angle bracing that's mirror imaged and it resides on the front side would not show in the cut frame.  This tool is used throughout the industry for cut A frame cut at every instead of calling out a section cut such as stating elevation at column line 1 instead of seeing section A. Emphasis here is the front limit is not intended to move the forced work plane from the center of the grid  but it is only a visual incorporation of whatever resides in that plane on both sides front and back of the grid line.   This is essential in our industry and right now it is missing. Please incorporate this ASAP.  Show More