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Some of you might be aware that Lance and myself teach at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Our students use the template and files from this site, and they just finished their final project. We are amazed at their work and wanted to share it with you. 

Get the same template and family files they used by visiting our package deal page.

CLICK the READ MORE here or below to see more of the work, and some interior renderings!

If you have been playing around with interior renderings in Revit and want a tip on how to make the defult revit light glow, check out the Revit Kid's latest video:

 "Revit Tutorial Show Lights Turned On in Renderings"

If you are every stuck on how to start a project in Revit and want to learn how to quickly create a presentation set. Check out our:  DESIGN A HOUSE IN REVIT IN A COUPLE OF HOURS page. There you can find video tutorial on the topics listed below. 

UNDERSTANDING THE BASICS OF HOW WE BUILD AT F9 - AN INTRODUCTION

Here we give you the quick and dirty on how we build our models in Revit. We explore the two part wall system, What does "T.O." mean? Why does it look like we have too many levels? and even more as listed below.

1. Revit levels
2. How to use a two part wall system
3. How to draw floor box's and roofs
4. Where you should dimension from
5. Inserting doors and windows

DESIGNING USING MASSES

1. Understand how to use massing to create your building
   
2. How to Lay out space quickly with Revit components 
   
3. How to add walls to masses
   
4. Making different levels with masses.
   

REVIT FLOORS, FOUNDATIONS, ROOFS, TOPOGRAPHY AND MORE!

1. Adding floors and roofs!
   
2. Foundation walls
   
3. Creating a site
   
4. Changing the topography
   

REVIT WINDOWS, WALLS AND CORRECTIONS

1. Learn how you can tell if walls are faced correctly.
   
2. How to add exterior sheathing walls .
   
3. See how hidden elements work
   
4. Adding reveals
   

DOORS, LEVELS, MATERIALS

1. Adding doors
   
2. Learning how to know if you walls are at the right level.
   
3. Adding interior walls
   
4. Creating an arched opening.
   
5. How to change materials
   

CREATING IN-PLACE FAMILY, VOIDS, AND 3D CAMERA VIEWS

1. Learn how to make a custom in-place family
   
2. See how the void tools work 
   
3. Create a 3D camera view
   

FINISHING A SCHEMATIC DESIGN SET

1. Place walls on sheets
   
2. Adding property lines
   
3. What to put on your title sheet
   
4. Editing view windows
   
5. Creating an area plan
   

Let me know what you think, feel free to email me at: akg@f9productions.com

It took awhile but we have finally added around 300 more Revit Families! There is a whole bunch of new stuff and in this latest update we have seen:

1) A new  header image. Take a look at our home page and families page to see the newly created image. 
2) The redesign and addition of Revit content. 

•  We have created 3 convenient packs: Starter, Pro, and Empire, each with a simple and affordable payment plan. 
  
•  We have included a lot more sofas, chairs, beds, tables and a ton of entourage.  Check out the families page.

3) A redesign of the resources page.

We have even more lined up:

1) We want to greatly expand on the resources page and go into more depth on those useful resources. 
2) We are planning a massive post on the process of completing a whole set in Revit, from start to finish. Stay tuned and fill out the form below to stay updated:

What is the difference between our templates and the templates you get from Revit out of the box. Watch this short video and see some of the differences that will save you time, and help you be more productive. 

You might be wondering why are we selling Revit Templates. Well from time to time I work with larger Architectural companies and give them a little more horse power when they need it.  One time I was asked to come in at the end of a project and help wrap it up. I thought this would be an easy little project. But because they didn't even have standard views at correct scales, there were no sheets set up, and they didn't have standard components our fee was twice what it should have been.  

Now I know that firms all have their different standards, so what use can this template be? First there is ton of content.  You will see some of it in the video and more in the images below.  We have loaded the most used content that our firm uses so that you will be ready to go right from the gates. There is no searching around the internet for inconstant content, get everything you need here on this site.  Second, our sheets, and views are set up at the right scale and ready to plug-in and play. Finally, components are set up the way they would be constructed in the field. This will help with creating your construction documents.  

Main Benefits:

1. Eliminate inconstant content - we provide standard consistent content.
2. Pre-made, pre-scaled views and sheets.
3. Save on CD time - Components and levels set up to reflect the way it would be built in the field.

One thing I missed in the video is showing how many annotation symbols and other families we have that are not under the drop down component button. Take a look at one example, the annotation symbols.

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If you would like to see our furniture click here.

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Are you sick of setting up and coordinating your phase filter with your phase. These options can beconfusing: Show all, Show Complete, Show Demo + New, Show New, Show Previous + Demo, Show Previous + New, and Show Previous Phase. 

You know you need an existing phase to put in the existing conditions. Then you need a demolition view to show what you will be demolishing, and then finally you can start on your new design! If you are in the beginning stages there might be a lot of dimensions, and tags that you don't need to show your clients. Because of this we have also made a Presentation view. All of this work and set-up has been done for you! We now have:

• Existing
• Demo &
• Presentation

Views ready to go for each level!

we has also added:

Take a look at the standard Revit Gradient Views vs. the ones that come in our template.

Click here to view our template!

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Last night after work I decide to put together a little video on how to get started in Revit. In this video we work with our template, but if you have your own this video should also help out. 

In this tutorial I cover:

1. Revit levels
2. How to use a two part wall system
3. How to draw floor box's and roofs
4. Where you should dimension from
5. Inserting doors and windows

I was prodded by one of the purchasers of our templates to make this video and I am glad that I did.  But this is my first video and I feel it is really rough, so feel free to leave feedback. Did you like it or hate it, did it help, where could I improve., ect..?

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I am often looking though recent graduates portfolios and I find myself looking at their techniques and design skills, but most importantly I am looking for is their Revit design skills. One of the first things I see that lets me know this person is a novice, is when they use the out of box Autodesk Revit title blocks for their project.  The title block looks like this below:

Whether you are presenting yourself professionally or as a student you want to look as put together as possible, and the out of the box Revit Title block does not do this. The first step when you start your first Revit project is to scroll down to one of your sheets, click on the title blocks and then click the Edit Family button on the top of your screen.  Then proceed to changing  your template to your suiting. Take this a design problem and make your title block your own. After you are done with all of your changes, load your title block back into your project and you are ready to go! 

I will be teaching at the University of Colorado this year, and everyone of my students will be doing this exercise. 

Here are some things to consider:

·         Create a logo for yourself, a company name, and add your contact information.

·         Have your client's name, address, and even contact information.

·         Include project information such as, Author, Checker, Project Date, and project number.

·         Add your webpage link

Take a look at some of the examples below, and read this article and the comments on title blocks, by Neal Pann: http://naparchitect.com/blog/2013/8/5/title-blocks

Diving even further, the Revit Kid, has created a tutorial for editing Title Blocks. It is embedded here for your convince. Take a look: 

Here are some useful links:

Autodesk Title Block Help : http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Revit/enu/2013/Help/00001-Revit_He0/1468-Document1468/1926-Prepare_1926/1956-Title_Bl1956

Downloadable Title Blocks : http://www.cadblocksfree.com/index.php?id=78

Thanks for reading. Please comment or share any cool examples of title blocks you have found. 

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- Alex

Hello!

As most of you realize using templates can help improve your speed and efficiency, thus making your projects more profitable.  Without templates you are more likely to be inefficient, redo things you have all ready done, and likely spend more time on a project than you have to. 

At F9 Productions we have created a Residential Revit Template for the use of our firm.  We have offered other files for you to download on our "What is Revit" page. 

But at last it is time to update, improve, and create an even more efficient template. Over the years we have gained knowledge of our clients needs and expectation. We know what we can do faster, where we are wasting time, and what sort of things we can do to add value for our clients. We are already deep in process of updating our residential template and I have already started on this small list of changes that need to be made:

After getting these completed, I am thinking about perfecting my 3D view so that each and ever exterior shot, looks like this:

Also I want to change our sheet numbering system, currently are sheets are numbered A1, A2, A3... S1, S2.. ect.  but I am going to change the number system from A1 to A1.0 that way if normally page A7 is sections and I need another page for even more sections I can easily insert A7.1 right after A7.0, instead of haveing to change the sheet name of A8 and everyone after that page. 

Some of the most useful features of the template that are already using are:

• Sheets are already set up - it is easy to drag and drop in views in order to delver a quick set.
• Printing sheet set is already loaded
• All views that we use, demo, electrical, existing, ect. for each level is set up.
• All tags, and annotations are loaded
• Material takeoff are set up
• All of the walls, roofs, floors, furniture and casework are pre-loaded and ready to go.  The current template that we have for free doesn't have all of the furniture you need, but we do sell that furniture set on our Revit Families page.

I'm interested in your thoughts? 

• Do you have your own Revit Template?
  
• What saves you the most amount of time in your template, what makes you efficient?
• What do you want in your template that you don't have now?
• What other suggestions can you think of that you would like to have in a template.