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Revit Timeline

Before Public release – Charles River Software 0.1 1999 11 (Early Adopter 1) 0.2 2000 01 (Early Adopter 2) Product released to Public – Revit Technology Corporation 1.0 2000 04 2.0 2000 08 2.1 2000 10 3.0 2001 02 3.1 2001 06 4.0 2001 11 4.1 2002 01 Autodesk Revit 2002 04 04 (Autodesk buys Revit Technology Corp) 4.5 2002 05 09 5.0 2002 12 17 2003 04 28 (Zoogdesign Revit Forum goes Live) 5.1 2003 05 5.5 2003 04 01 (pseudo mac release screenshot, April Fool's joke...Author unknown) 6.0 2003 12 22 6.1 2004 03 11 2004 05 26 (Zoogdesign Read Only to Merge with AUGI) 7.0 2004 12 13 Autodesk Revit Building (New Name) 8.0 2005 02 26ish 8.1 2005 08 12 (web release then withdrawn) 8.1 2005 08 23 (Actual release) 9.0 2006 04 12 (Shipping & Web Release) Autodesk Revit Series (Marketing Bundle w/ AutoCAD) 1.0 2003 12 01 (Revit 6.1) 2.0 2004 XX XX (Revit 6.1) 8.0 2005 XX XX (Revit 8.0) 8.1 2005 XX XX (Revit 8.1, AutoCAD 2006) Autodesk AutoCAD Revit Series 9 – Building (Marketing Bundle w/ Aut

The Top 10 Best Things You Can Do In Revit

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Use a project file standard template for your projects. This template can be an RVT file with worksets or an RTE file without worksets. Any custom and repetitive element showing more than one view on your sheets should be a 2d or 3d family. These elements take ups less memory space than in place families and are easier to manipulate and store in your Revit library for future projects. Always utilize the 4 steps process of creating families. (a. Create reference planes b. Dimension assign parameters and flex. c. Create extrusion, align lock to reference planes, d. Assign materials, visibility options and flex parameters). Use titleblock sheet templates with parameters. Draw details with details components and filled/masking regions to minimize loose linework and easier revising or editing. Open and audit projects weekly. Keep project file size under 200mb for maximum sync to central speed, reduced network latency and better file performance. Prepare your cad dwg file befor