Welcome to Revitopia. Revitopia is meant to be an international community site for standards in Autodesk Revit®. Here you can find standards, solutions, and libraries on one of the most popular BIM programs in the world.

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Best practice on the linking and importing of CAD files into your model for working with consultants or others within your firm still using CAD.
Part I --> Completed (Revitalizing your CAD Details)
CAD files and Revit

--Spot Light Notice 9/11/2008--
Best practice on the process of setting up your shared coordinates.
Shared Coordinates

Assembling doors and windows to allow designers to easily swap out components. Also makes it easier for bill of materials.
Doors and Windows Standards

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A standard Best Practices has been started for discussion:
Best Practices

A guide for optimizing your workset enabled projects is avalable for review and commenting:
Optimizing Workset Enabled Projects

Standards for working in an Workset enabled project:
Workset Enabled Projects

Students get Revit for free!

1. Go to http://students.autodesk.com
2. Set up an Account using your schools .edu email account.
3. Goto the download section and download Revit.
4. Its the full version and I think its good for a year.

Whats a BIM?
BIM stands for Building Information Modeling. BIM is in essence a virtual building inside a computer. It includes 3D geometry for the building, and more importantly it contains all the properties of objects in the BIM. Stresses of structural components, Materials on elements like furniture, Prices and Cost of items for the building are ideally all housed inside a BIM.