Block Head - Creating your own Revit Title Blocks.

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