Revit 2025 - Amazing New Features!

[@nelsonperez1252]

Toposolid smooth shading. I was waiting for this for a while, I can finally soften the topography and make it not look so robust. Thank you for sharing the new and improved features of Revit 2025.

[@austingarst]

Annotation alignment was an add-on I loved. Glad to see them add this as a native Revit tool.

[@NicK.G.Tsagkos]

Me too ! I'm happy Autodesk is adopting ideas from pluggins-addons that are very useful for drafting and modelling.

[@gkptech]

Amazing! Thanks for compiling all of this for us! PDF exporter in the background might be underrated. I think this is an amazing feature and on my priority list for testing

[@المقداديعقوب-د5ج]

everyone just bear with me... i want to comment on two things: 1- we need skirting command : In many regions of the world, skirting are used in almost all buildings. Currently there are two ways to do skirting. Either by using wall swepe or model in place swepe and both need a lot of work ... goddamet, revit can find out the boundaries of the room using room Command and it know were the door opening, how difficult it is to integrate these two pieces of information and work from it a new command for skirting!!!! 2- array command in revit it's sucks : If you compare revit array command with other programs such as 3D Max and AutoCAD array command, you will understand what I mean. We need it to work on complex... and organic paths... and on more than one path at the same time. This is what we need...

[@varanthadjian]

I usually use the railing tool to create skirtings. That way I can also create schedules and know the exact length of skirting needed for the project.

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Railing tool is indeed the way.

[@Dbobber]

If they fixed all the issues then they wouldnt sell the other softwares anymore ;) its about the money

[@xuanphuc5604]

I hope to change the way we work with stairs and railings, in version 2026

[@NicK.G.Tsagkos]

That's true, stairs need a lot of improvement from Autodesk.

[@williamalbert3543]

i hope so too, such a pain

[@kasonmalcolm3088]

I'm always eager to watch your tutorial videos they have always helped me with my projects in school and I believe I'm on my way to becoming more verse in Revit everyday. Thank you for you content. 👍

[@nicodm6273]

The only feature I want from Revit is to could save a file to an older version. But I tkink it will be still a dream.

[@tashi3737]

Totally Agreed!

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Its a dream. Autodesk themselves said it will never happen.

[@CringeEternal]

Why? What for?

[@AussieBIMGuru]

@@CringeEternal most likely so they can open models in old/cracked builds in a lot of cases. Nearly all firms have version management policies these days.

[@PetrKazik]

just upgrade to higher version

[@wrighthausracing9641]

Thank you for always having great videos

[@ashutron]

Great video, truly a lot of well coordinated information

[@pieterschiettecatte]

Thank you for this detailed video. For what it's worth, at second 12:24 (regarding the Toposolid smooth shading): this will not slow down your computer or the view. The real trade of is that the surface patterns will not work on smooth shaded toposolids. Although that's a price I am willing to pay because the toposolids will look much - much - better in renderings with smooth shading on.

[@balkanarchitect]

Thanks for the info!

[@chilombe]

Great video: that auto-join and lock is going to be a life saver!

[@VitorMSAntunes]

Thanks for your excellent work!

[@amgaaac8480]

Still not updating main issues that have been here for years. Fix stair problems, fix wall's recognizing curtain wall as WALL- need to have turn off option for curtain wall wraps. Parts are still too medieval always having errors, soil cubic meter options are not advanced enough, mass need to become more advanced and stop getting basic geometric errors, need to improve wall sweeps also.

[@amgaaac8480]

and perspective function of Revit is BIGGEST weakness of all, hope they fix it

[@henryglennon3864]

I mean the underlying philosophy of everything object hosting (allegedly) and being parametrically associated (allegedly) with other objects still makes it impossible to fluidly model in Revit in 3d, which is thd biggest time waste and problem with the program as a whole, and that can not be fixed.

[@deskreanimation]

hmmm 🤔 i am using revit 2016

[@musefan12345]

Great to see that they’re fixing the mess they made of topography in 2024. Do you know if you can snap to point clouds when editing toposolid points? This is a feature that has been needed since day one.

[@balkanarchitect]

I'm not sure, but I will will be testing that!

[@musefan12345]

@@balkanarchitect Awesome, thanks.

[@musefan12345]

@@balkanarchitect just tried it out today. Looks like it CAN be done. Selecting the XYZ option when adding points makes this possible. This is an absolute game changer for me, as I work with point clouds all the time.

[@ArchLife02]

Nice impressive update 😊

[@paymansalehishafa6884]

These are actually really good updates. specially the sheet collection

[@markallen3480]

What about the fill of the toposolid? That was the biggest issue when pads were removed: with pads you could have it half cutting and half filling the terrain on a sloped topography, with one geometry (a pad) quickly and easily. Now it seems that you have to cut one part of the terrain and then build a fill geometry. Twice the work...

[@balkanarchitect]

Yeah, this only completes 1/2 of the job, but with 3D snaping, this should be made a bit easier.

[@edwardmackinnon2685]

Completely agree with this comment above - to completely overhaul the site tools but leave out half the functionality of the previous version (pads and snapping points) has been a trainwreck for our firm - we do a lot of topo / site levels and since upgrading to 2024 been nothing but a struggle. Hopefully this excavate tool and 3D snapping to model elements (linked building files into site files???) goes some way to restoring that functionality.

[@marktristanviguri7308]

Thanks you are the best, office loves your tutorials amigo

[@deskreanimation]

nice info hope newest revit more inovative

[@defrag1]

All these new features are nice but what I really really want is backwards compatibility. Not to the first edition but at least till 2017 edition. Imagin opening a 2024 Revit file on your 2019 version. That would be a huge relief.

[@nadeem006]

Yes absolutely agree with your opinion on this issue .... If they did this then this would be a huge relief, Higher versions always required Higher Higher hardware systems configuration and most of the time you cannot carry our laptops or PCs with Higher configuration to anywhere..... We cannot always upgrade to new versions because of office standards set .....

[@MilosCsrb]

There's not a single reason to use old Revits

[@AussieBIMGuru]

Autodesk has told us it will not happen in Revit.

[@Lha_Luke]

Toposolid improvements look promising, would love if you did an in depth video on it to see if it is usable now. Also wondering what the workflow will be when linking building models into site models as far as cutting the toposolid...

[@balkanarchitect]

There will be a new toposolid video soon!

[@bekaakk]

Thanks bud 🙏

[@franzanferneefelipegeneros2292]

happy 600k subscribers!!

[@balkanarchitect]

Thank you!

[@chandrasajana2299]

The update for rebar splicing is cool

[@ElectricRob]

Looks like you Architects got a few more upgrades than we Electrical folks got - however I want to create some custom families with arrays now that is actually works!

[@zaneraza4044]

I never understood why they removed building pads in the first place!

[@ryansuess4289]

So many of these features are great, but until we can get consistent font generation, PDF export will never be used in our office. It changes the font width during export causing it to ignore cell padding and even go outside the cell boundary in schedules. It looks right in Revit and when we print with Bluebeam. This has been an issue since the feature was introduced in 2019. (Using the OOB default, Arial with a width factor of 1.0 if you're wondering.)

[@imtiaz91]

Still no batt insulation 😢

[@Dark0Storm]

My array workaround was previously to have a single copy of the arrayed item and have this single item and the array items use visibility parameters that were controlled by the number of items, so if the number of items user parameter was set to 1, it would set the count to 2, but hide the array and show just the single item instead. If it was zero it would hid both the array and the single item. This is obv much better

[@hagenrushing9748]

I see that there will be a new toposolid video coming soon, I really want to know the best workflow for making sunken roads and curbs. So far, railings have worked well in 2024 but are not good in 2023. We really want a negative subdivide for toposolid. This may have been addressed with the new excavate tool, but I haven't tried there has to be a way to offset an excavation from the existing grade orther than splitting it. I was also wondering if subdivide works for linked topography now. We have been using revit 2023 so that we can link the civil 3d topography and use subregion. Thx.

[@camaleon9]

I truly believe developers must include a native solution for scheduling doors by opening direction, without relying on workarounds or third-party plugins.

[@Dbobber]

hopefully they fix dimensions not overlapping each other if they fixed detail notes being aligned nicely

[@bolaoresanwo6411]

Thanks Balkan. I am a fan. Any new features that enhance structural engineering

[@hudsonb631]

minor update. frustrating to be charged more and more each year for this. waiting for AI implementation even at a very low level to start. Not holding my breath

[@ar4m1r63]

Annotation alignment - ALILOYAH, hate to do this with hands

[@muhammadfarhatnaja9867]

Amazingg updatee ❤ thankss for sharing this information

[@danielmanuel2653]

Amazing video sir ❤ Hope revit 2026 allows fllexible and movable baluster railings

[@icerew]

MEP left by the wayside again in this update

[@MilosCsrb]

They trying to force non native fabrication elements, wtf stop it already

[@JOGPXCIV]

Do you know if the problems with the topographic solid volume schedules have been resolved as well?

[@balkanarchitect]

I'm not 100%, I will check!

[@JOGPXCIV]

​@@balkanarchitect in autodesk forum has this issue: "Users reported that cutting a void geometry from a particular toposolid model, the cut/fill volume does not get recognized in the Toposolid Schedule in Revit 2024.", so autodesk said in december (last year) "This incident is being investigated for a possible cause and resolution." Maybe this problem has been solved in Revit 2025, i hope so!

[@JOGPXCIV]

Also thanks for reply and for sharing knowledge!

[@lennart9295]

is it possible to connect Revit 2025 to Twinmotion? if yes, which twinmotion version is right?

[@dannyoconnell2277]

All very nice but when will we be able to schedule coordinates.

[@matthewloynd9364]

Wait, what do you mean you can have sheets with the same number??? Does that only apply if the sheets are in different collections?

[@balkanarchitect]

If you have sheets in different collections, they can have the same number

[@mickeybowmeister1944]

Please AutoDesk, bring back building pads!

[@balkanarchitect]

They did, in a way! :)

[@ottigreenisgo]

@@balkanarchitect Will it auto cut out with floor as well as beams and pads? That would speed up my documentation a lot

[@Dbobber]

Hope they fixed the PDF button not being linked with cloud build account. I let them know of this issue and they said "were working on it" it makes the button useless. Using the print button still to create pdfs lol

[@LOUAYNERO]

revit 2025 family is messing 😭😭 and i can't download it because is pay please help me

[@abdulwali5799]

Samee

[@tomshaji]

Make a video about how to update from 2024 version to 2025

[@ahmedhaitham5806]

Why can't make changes on the crop view in this version?

[@datodeavitadze2717]

I think the best feature will be Walkthrough like in archicad

[@Aws-1982]

I hope they will work on develop path array , I've been waiting for it , hope in version 2026 that will do

[@RobinErik]

Revit update 2025. We moved the option bar, congratulation on another fine year of updates. Well done team.

[@NicK.G.Tsagkos]

Great, Autodesk is improving things, something else i would love to have in Revit as a built in function, is a more sophisticated filter, to filter not only categories, but also types and instances.

[@ibstah92]

This is already a possibility within Revit's filtering system. You can use parameters (both instance and type) to then filter the information you see within a schedule or elements within a view. Let me know if you need anymore help.

[@NicK.G.Tsagkos]

@@ibstah92 i'm not talking about filters, but about filter, like filtering elements, with the button in the bottom right corner of Revit, an easy and fast way of filtering elements not for visual reasons but for selecting the ones you want to find in a model, i used to have an addon that used to do that, filter and sort selected elements as categories, types and instances, normal filter is only filtering categories, not instances and types.

[@ibstah92]

@@NicK.G.Tsagkos Ahh I see, there are many plugins that do that but it would be nice to have that as a native feature! The closest Revit comes to natively doing that is to create a schedule and then filter that down to whichever elements you’d like to select. Then highlight the cells in the schedule and switch to a model view. This will select all the elements in the model which were listed in the schedule.

[@NicK.G.Tsagkos]

@@ibstah92 yes, schedules is a good way to select elements, but it would be nice if they can adopt this addon, they have done it for align tags, it used to be an addon and then Autodesk adopted the idea...

[@nathanscott9920]

Can you copy a sheet collection? Will the sheets within the collection also be copied with it?

[@ifurebasseyudoma4386]

Time to upgrade

[@nursultaneshenaliev2078]

you have to change your monitor(display) I use 4K 27' philips just bought/ try to use/ your eyes will open anyou will love revit twice

[@jardila15]

Hi, which is the best way to time track the use of revit per project?

[@mgladwin]

Just installed 2025 and copied my keyboard shortcuts across from 2023. In 2025, I can no longer toggle the halftoning of elements using a keyboard shortcut. Its not even in the keyboard shortcut list any more. Anyone else seeing the same?

[@simsInnovation]

I have a question about joining/locking walls. Does Revit adjust windows and doors when the wall gets thicker? Or do they still just recognize one of the walls as a host?

[@mirakbar9029]

Hi Balkan Architect - why the plants in Revit 2025 shows as a box? how to solve it?

[@raveenwijayakoon3052]

Will you be making an updated version of your personal architecture template to use with Revit 25?

[@balkanarchitect]

Hi, the template works with Revit 2025! :)

[@ottigreenisgo]

Such a pain that you cannot excavate with walls. or slab edges etc. There are work arounds and still quicker than the old way just wish they would make that work and my documentation of sections would be that much faster

[@manishvijay4548]

There is a major Problem i face evertime that is with Connector visibility. Is it possible that in the future we can see connector visibility option in Revit?

[@piotrbetowski475]

Working with textured model in " texture view" will still be so slow (almost impossible) . Those "improvements" are really small step forward.

[@briankipchumba8202]

Hello Balkan architect, wanted to ask if you can offer a private Revit tutorial on architectural,MEP and rendering of a specific project. Kindly respond when you see this.

[@wrighthausracing9641]

Awesome I can place railings in a hole 😅

[@balkanarchitect]

😅

[@tomshaji]

You never did a video about paint tool or how to paint and it's tricks in revit

[@thompho_neluheni]

Autodesk need to include parametric models in their product. i really love it hence since they are not including i will forever dwell in revit 2018, the best of them all. i mean let them include roof framing feature, decking tool , windowa, (their windows yooh) like window openings hauwa Autodesk

[@bassemb.2369]

hi if you can make background white instead of black will be easier to fallow thanks you

[@myscape8843]

what enscape is used for revit 2025?

[@absolutegenerique]

Gde si skinuo krekovanu verziju ?

[@abdulwali5799]

I've download Revit 25 but family library is missing and it's also not on Autodesk website where to download it's library

[@Jem3nem]

does the new pad system, when above the topo, create fill too?

[@balkanarchitect]

No only cut, but the fill should be easier with point 3D snaping

[@Jem3nem]

@@balkanarchitect damn. Really like the old pad which would bring up topo when elevated from the topo.

[@Constantinesis]

Hello! How about the toposolids subregions? In 2024 if you need to subdivide the toposolid you couldnt unify it back. Is that possible now?

[@josepedrosantiagosilva9625]

Any updates for Genric Model Adaptative families?

[@balkanarchitect]

Not that I know of, but I will look into it!

[@josepedrosantiagosilva9625]

Just a thought for Autodesk: Adding a chamfer feature to adaptative generic models could really enhance usability. It would make shape creation easier and reduce the need for voids. From what I've seen in architectural offices, many users prefer this type of modeling. It might help keep them within the Autodesk ecosystem rather than switching to other software like Inventor or Rhino.@@balkanarchitect

[@nohamostafa7927]

I need family libarary for revit 2025....how?

[@dylanholmes3502]

So going by this it looks like it doesnt work the same way if you require fill? (as the building pad did)

[@andrespades3923]

why installation stops at 97%?

[@stellular11]

I cannot get 3D PDF to load into Revit 2025. Anyone else have this issue and (hopefully) a solution

[@Smilemonk5]

How to create levels in 2025 revit as i am not getting automatic written level 1 ..

[@novazulfanur6173]

probelm revit make model under 5mm, next revit make line or model under 1 mm. thanks

[@jahanhunzaihunz6375]

How to install enscape in revit 2024

[@paopao2719]

Hi guys. I badly need help. I upgraded my project to revit 2025. Do you have any idea on what rendering software can I use?

[@vietphamquoc9856]

I hope revit have link 3dsmax on revit.

[@davidpeters8821]

They'll fix anything but the stairs isn't it😒

[@matthewloynd9364]

On the Autodesk Website, they have a section that shows what they are currently working on or planning to work on for future updates and Stairs and Railings are currently getting revamped. What that entails I am not sure but they have been working on improving the functionality and flexibility of those elements.

[@EliasAEE]

Every year they add few things and don't tidy up the basics, like modeling

[@marswallus]

So, the best improvement they could do to the new toposolids which is being able to offset subregions to negative values, for example to make roads and sidewalks, they didn't do? What a disappointment

[@fuadmohammed3650]

How about that God awful 3D navigation? For an architect who is coming from another BIM tool, it's so repulsive,

[@danielmanuel2653]

Use BX Command

[@YVaio7]

Can you test how the topography looks in elevation drawing views? Are the profile lines of the topography visible? I still don't understand why nobody mentions this and why Autodesk doesn't care to fix it. Toposolids are floors in their core, which means profile lines are not there. However, in topography, they are SUPER important for technical elevation views!

[@balkanarchitect]

Hello, yes there will be an in-depth toposolid video soon!

[@YVaio7]

@@balkanarchitect Awesome! You are the best! I am really curious to see if they fixed it, because I remember in 2024, the only lines I could see in elevation/3D were the contour lines or the section lines, but no projection/profile ones!

[@rmacapobre]

Anybody has a tutorial to create a C# Revit Plugin for 2025 which uses .NET 8.0

[@rocketman1058]

holly cow, the new complex mullions will add unnecessary geometry as hidden trick

[@AndyHudson]

If you think thats an amazing new upgrade you need to get out more, this release is a patch at best, its fixing what they did badly last year, as a subscriber and MEP user I feel like I have been robbed for the past 2 years, we have had nothing new, and they haven't fixed the broken stuff either

[@ruche23000]

2 decade old software, contour lines still looks like its been drawn by michael j fox

[@shanecoppinger7024]

took them this long to add sheet collections is laughable

[@leszkensleszkens2785]

stupid total carbon analysis but no stair or railing tool!

[@vladvalentinov]

Revit, as a modeling tool for custom 3D objects (couch, chair, other entourage), is in a stone age. While it is possible to model intricate 3D objects in a free software, even web-based ones, like OnShape, Revit didn't change it's approach since V.1: extrusion, blend, revolve, sweep, sweep blend... that's all Revit got? - sad, borderline pathetic. Am I missing something?

[@AbuAbdillah1413]

We will never truly be citizens there. Abandon UK and stop giving them our taxes every day of our lives

[@project5868]

Autodesk still amazes me how the focus on things we dont need. Instead basic fuctions need updates for years!! And the UI still sucks!!