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I work in an office where we do a lot of projects using the same details. I was looking for a way to draw up those details in Revit instead of linking to dwg files. I decided to draw each detail in my project file and make each detail a group. I then saved the group out of revit to my standard detail folder. All I have to do is load the group in my new projects! It's working pretty well so far.
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The problem is you can't view that rvg file in a thumb nail like rvt or rfa files in Windows XP. A firms detail library can get so big they will need to rely on the naming organization and you don't know what your getting until you get that grouped file into loaded it into your project.
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so how do you guys do typical details?
There has been talk of doing them in a template file and then copying them into your project whenever you need them. That way you can just open up the "details" template file and get a look at what you're getting.
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A template file?
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Oh ok I see. Had to think about it.
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yes, you can set up a template file ( .rte extension) that has all your standard project components, wall types, titleblocks, etc... Templates are typically used as a starting point so that when you start a new project, all those standard things are already loaded into your project.
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lol, ok....guess you got my drift while I was responding
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We were probably typing at the same time.  As you can see there was more to my response but I had to edit it.
We do different build types and certain details don't apply. For example a jamb detail for an automatic slider in residential construction just won't do. I usually keep the default template for things like lineweights, viewtitles, keynotes, textstyles etc..
By grouping a new detail and saving it into a network database you can load it into your project and modify it if needed. Unfortunately that database can get rather large and the file naming becomes important when you’re trying to find what you need.
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what I was saying was you could have a file called details.rvt or details.rte that had all of your details in a drafting view. you could go to that drafting view and pan around to find the detail you were looking for and then select it and copy/paste it into your project file. That way you don't have to rely on naming convention so heavily and you can actually see what you're getting before you copy it in.
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It would solve the problem as far as viewing them. I guess I would need to develop and naming convention inside the template to organized them. The thumbnail would be nice so a detail library could be structured like a family library with different categories and what not. Gotta think about it.
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What you tring to do seems to be a great idea.
Right now, for the drafting details, i draw the details and save like .rfa, then i insert like Symbol. This way i could insert details in the Sheets too.
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I haven't posted here, this seems to an old thread, don't know if anyone will see this...
Isn't there new standard details creation method in 6.1? Isn't there a way to do so [like acad saving of a block] or some other method?
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I haven't heard of anything like that. Let us know if you figure that out....
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I understand that this is an old post and has been dormant for quite some time, however Revit users are still facing similar issues in regards to creating and maintaining a library of Revit-built construction details and I hope that this post can be of help to firms looking for information on the subject. I am an employee of ARCxl.com which has recently begun offering common and completed 2-d architectural Revit details in drafting views made accessible through a convenient web interface. It is designed to aid architecture firms that are in the process of transitioning to Revit or have yet to create an extensive library of native, Revit-built construction details. The interface allows you to select from our current library of more than 36,000 details and customize them to fit your specific project requirements. All of our details are comprised of 2-D parametric components and can easily be inserted into a Revit project. You can visit the site at www.ARCxl.com, download samples and try the interface in demonstration mode. I hope this helps.
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Create a new Revit Project. Label it something like standard details. Use drafting views and import those dwg files. Create a cataloguing system - probably the same as your DWGs. Fix all the lineweight/colour issues (it will take a little work - but now you'll only have to do it once instead of everytime). Then save.
In your project, go to Insert > Insert from File > Insert views from File. Then select which views you want to import.
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