29 Tips for Finding Things in Revit

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In this tutorial I go through 29 Tips to Help you Find things in Revit. This is not a full User interface tutorial, but meant for users who are already up and running to improve their efficiency in highlighting and selecting model objects, manage workshared projects effectively, Understand external file paths etc. In Essence, some of these tips are very straightforward and widely known, others are little known but can hugely improve efficiency in navigating and controling elements in your Revit project.
I would recommend that you follow along with the blog post as you can copy various information from the post straight into your Windows Explorer window, which will make your life easier:
Blog Post:
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The Video Content is broken down as follows:
00:00 - Introduction to Video Content
Finding Things Within the Revit Model Environment:
01:55 - Find Revit Properties Palette if accidentally closed
03:09 - Find Revit Project Browser if Accidentally closed
04:06 - Find Revit Systems Browser Palette
04:33 - Discover what an Elements ID Number is
05:13 - Find an Object by Element ID Number
06:07 - Quickly Find a Drawing, View or Family Element in the Project Browser
09:26 - Who did that? Find out which user Created, Controls or Last Edited an Element
11:05 - Find Hidden Elements in View
14:14 - How to Find a Single Element among multiple selected items
17:06 - How to Find Instances of a family Type Project Wide from the Project Browser
18:12 - How to Find all Instances of a Selected Element in a View or Project Wide
19:10 - How to quickly Find/Select your Previously Selected Elements
20:10 - How to Select an Element in the Model Directly from a Schedule
21:36 - How to Find the Project Base Point and Survey Point in Revit
23:17 - How to Find Revit Model Groups or Detail Groups with ease.
25:21 - How to Find and Replace Repeating Text Notes in Revit en masse.
28:29 - How to Find and Resolve Duplicate Type Marks / Marks in Revit
32:43 - How to Find Missing / Absent Type Marks or Marks in Revit
Revit Data Directory Locations and Model Management
34:50 - Find out Revit Model Version/ Build Number before opening the file
37:22 - How to Find your Revit License and Account Information
39:04 - How to Find Revit Backup Files (Non-Workshared Models)
41:05 - How to Find the Revit Journal Files
43:29 - How to Find Revit Workshared Project History
44:44 - How to Find the Revit Default Families Folder
46:30 - How to Find the Revit Default System Families
48:36 - How to Find the Revit Default Detail Families Folder
49:18 - How to Find Revit Default Template Files
50:09 - Location of Revit Default Sample Projects
50:53 - Location of Revit Material Library & Video Conclusion
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Niall
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[@8020BIM]

Hi everyone - video timestamps as follows: 00:00 - Introduction to Video Content Finding Things Within the Revit Model Environment: 01:55 - Find Revit Properties Palette if accidentally closed 03:09 - Find Revit Project Browser if Accidentally closed 04:06 - Find Revit Systems Browser Palette 04:33 - Discover what an Elements ID Number is 05:13 - Find an Object by Element ID Number 06:07 - Quickly Find a Drawing, View or Family Element in the Project Browser 09:26 - Who did that? Find out which user Created, Controls or Last Edited an Element 11:05 - Find Hidden Elements in View 14:14 - How to Find a Single Element among multiple selected items 17:06 - How to Find Instances of a family Type Project Wide from the Project Browser 18:12 - How to Find all Instances of a Selected Element in a View or Project Wide 19:10 - How to quickly Find/Select your Previously Selected Elements 20:10 - How to Select an Element in the Model Directly from a Schedule 21:36 - How to Find the Project Base Point and Survey Point in Revit 23:17 - How to Find Revit Model Groups or Detail Groups with ease. 25:21 - How to Find and Replace Repeating Text Notes in Revit en masse. 28:29 - How to Find and Resolve Duplicate Type Marks / Marks in Revit 32:43 - How to Find Missing / Absent Type Marks or Marks in Revit Revit Data Directory Locations and Model Management 34:50 - Find out Revit Model Version/ Build Number before opening the file 37:22 - How to Find your Revit License and Account Information 39:04 - How to Find Revit Backup Files (Non-Workshared Models) 41:05 - How to Find the Revit Journal Files 43:29 - How to Find Revit Workshared Project History 44:44 - How to Find the Revit Default Families Folder 46:30 - How to Find the Revit Default System Families 48:36 - How to Find the Revit Default Detail Families Folder 49:18 - How to Find Revit Default Template Files 50:09 - Location of Revit Default Sample Projects 50:53 - Location of Revit Material Library & Video Conclusion Hope you find the video helpful. If you like this content please support 8020BIM by buying me a (much needed) coffee: www.buymeacoffee.com/8020BIM Niall

[@TusharMhaskar]

most imp topic. thanks

[@roryconnollyqs5085]

Thank you so much, that is very helpful Really appreciate that video.

[@8020BIM]

No worries Rory, glad you found it useful! Niall

[@arkplato2186]

Great work, very useful

[@2686db]

Another really great tutorial by Niall. Thank you for all the work and the time you put into making these.

[@8020BIM]

Thanks again for the positive feedback, glad you liked it ☺️ Happy to make them as long as people are finding them helpful, but I admit finding the time to make them can be tricky 😅

[@vancouverdrafting604]

What a great, in-depth tutorial. Thank you so much for the lesson! Looking forward to the next one 🤙

[@8020BIM]

Thanks again for the feedback 😊 see you on the next one 👌

[@tomaszwisniewski319]

Super tutorial, Thank you for your work 👍

[@8020BIM]

No problem Tomasz, happy to help. Thanks again for the great feedback. Niall

[@leben1841]

Honestly your videos are great. Complete and very well explained, they fully cover the subject. Thank you very much for your time and efforts!!!

[@8020BIM]

You must be binge watching these all the way through - Thanks a million for the continued positive feedback. Unfortunately my day job has been intense for about 2 months (snew baby in the mix as well) but hoping normal upload service will begin again soon 😊 any suggestions of something you would like to learn about let me know 👍 Niall

[@leben1841]

@@8020BIM Not at all, Watching them was a huge pleasure and very informative. I look forward to your future videos. Take care of yourself and your family.

[@agnes_ph]

Great tutorial, Sir! Thank you very much! Watching from the Philippines.

[@8020BIM]

Glad you found it useful, thanks for the nice feedback. Niall

[@agnes_ph]

@@8020BIM I actually studied Revit in an Autodesk Certified School here in the Philippines back in 2018 but didn't use/practice the software very often. Now, I am studying it again through videos in KZbin. Luckily, I found your videos while looking for some Revit tutorials. Most of your tips wasn't taught to us back then in school. I am looking forward for more Revit tutorials & tips from you. God bless you, Sir & more power to your channel.

[@8020BIM]

@@agnes_ph All the best with your learning - feel free to ask me any questions and I'll help where I can. :)

[@agnes_ph]

​@@8020BIM Since you've offered, Sir :) How can I change the line weights on walls, windows, doors, tags, generic models, etc.?And in making title blocks there's only wide, medium & thin lines, is there a way that I can edit the thickness on these lines? Can I change it, like in AutoCAD? I like my line weights in AutoCAD, so if it's possible, I would like to use it in Revit. I hope this is not too much, Sir. But thank you in advance. God bless you.

[@thaileinh2900]

thank's

[@8020BIM]

You're very welcome. Niall

[@jeanettephan5494]

Loving your videos! One thing I'd have to say is that they're quite long to watch. I think it would be great if you could condense them to 20 mins or make them into parts but you're doing a wonderful job so thank you!

[@8020BIM]

Hi Jess, Thanks for the feedback, glad you are finding the content useful. I fully agree with you on the video duration. The issue is that people come to a video to learn about a topic in its entirety. That being said, there is certainly things I can work harder on to try and condense the information into more digestible sections for sure. It might make recording and creating the videos a little easier too! Thanks again for the constructive feedback, it's really appreciated. Niall