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    Welcome to the user's guide and online help for Revit Architecture, Revit Structure, Revit MEP, and Revit in the Autodesk Building Design Suite.

    Topics in this section

    • What’s New?

      Learn about new and enhanced features in the latest release of Revit.

    • Introduction to Revit

      Learn about building information modeling, the user interface, and more.

    • Start a Project

      Learn how to create a project, manage project files, and import or link information from other sources.

    • Preliminary Design

      Start designing the model by defining levels, grids, and project location, creating a site plan, and more.

    • Build the Model

      Create the building model by adding architectural elements, structural elements, and MEP systems. Also add design options and custom components (Revit families).

    • Document and Present the Project

      Create, annotate, and refine project documentation to communicate the design intent to team members, consultants, clients, and contractors.

    • Collaborate with Others

      Learn about different ways to work with team members on Revit projects.

    • Analyze the Design

      Use analysis tools to inform decisions during the design process.

    • Tools and Techniques

      Learn how to sketch and edit elements, set constraints, create parameters, and use other tools of the user interface.

    • Customize Revit

      Define settings, use templates to enforce office standards, and manage memory usage.

    • Best Practices

      Follow these best practices to optimize your use of Revit.

    • Troubleshoot

      Find solutions to common problems, understand warnings and error messages, and learn to use element IDs when troubleshooting problems.

    • Reference

      Understand how Revit performs calculations, the assumptions on which analyses are based, and the schema used for export to gbXML.