When I began learning Revit in 2006, it was marketed to Architects as a complete out-of-the-box product; no need to create templates or standardize your firm's graphics. There was also a workaround to get all your CAD details in as images or imported CAD into your sheets. There was an entire library of components, so you didn't need to create anything.
After learning how to model and jumping into documentation, I realized what we were told was not entirely true. We didn't like the graphics; there were no graphics for clients with standards already in place, and we wanted to keep them the same. Detailing in a separate platform, cross-referencing from dummy sheets, and creating hundreds of non-existing families for modeling and detailing was something other than what any project manager wanted to pay for or invest time in developing. I had to overcome all those hurdles to make BIM work.
After working for small, medium, and large global firms, I appreciated when someone in the firm ensured clear standards and content for delivering quality documents. The unsung heroes of any firm. I became more involved in standardizing BIM content, explaining why it needed to be redone and Redon in a way that it would evolve over time.
In the following blogs, I will guide you through organizing your BIM content: Revit templates, families, container files, and good old graphic standards. I'll discuss what they are, how to create them, how to distribute them, and how to maintain them. Why do all of this? To spend more time designing and less time worrying about dash spacing, line thicknesses, and happy, usable families.
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