Frequent question: How do I change the family size in Revit?

How do I make my family smaller in Revit?

Autodesk Revit 2018 – Top Tips to Reduce Family File Size

1. Use only native Autodesk Revit geometry (no SAT files sorry!)
2. Keep voids to a minimum where possible.
3. Practice good family nesting (if geometry is used more than once, don’t array it, nest it)
4. Check for duplication of geometry in nested families.

How do I reduce the size of my family file?

The most common way of reducing file size is to Purge Unused information from the file.

1. This function is available from the Manage tab and the Settings panel.
2. If you select the Check All button, then select the OK button, most of the unused information in the file will be removed.

How do I change my family weight in Revit?

Click Manage tab Settings panel Object Styles. In the Object Styles dialog, click the Model Objects, Annotation Objects, or Imported objects tab. Click in the Line Weight, Line Color, or Line Pattern cell for the category you want to modify and make changes as necessary. When finished, click OK.

How do you resize in Revit?

Do one of the following:

1. Select the elements to scale, and click Modify | tab Modify panel (Scale).
2. Click Modify tab Modify panel (Scale), select the elements to scale, and then press Enter .

Why is my Revit file so large?

Every BIM manager needs to monitor this statistic for every Revit file they manage. If a file grows too large it either means that something is going wrong on the project, or it means that something is about to go wrong.

How do you purge unused families in Revit?

Select the family or type to delete. Tip: To select more than one family or type, press and hold Ctrl while selecting. Do either of the following: Right-click, and click Delete from Project.

How big should a Revit family be?

However, a 300k-500k Revit family file is an ideal Revit family file size. While we design for smaller family file sizes; we invest more time on “The Number 1 Item” that can adversely affect Revit project file performance.

Why are my wall lines so thick in Revit?

Causes: One of the following: Incorrect value settings for Line Weights. Incorrect values for lines in Visibility/Graphic Overrides for the view.

How do I make property lines thicker in Revit?

Navigate to Manage Tab > Settings Toolset > Object Styles and finally, it is found under the Site category. Here you can change the thickness of the line and also the colour.

How do you change line width in Revit?

You can examine or change the line weight settings by accessing Revit ribbon> Manage tab> Settings panel> Additional Settings> Line Weights. Revit will open Line Weights dialog. The default tab is model line weight. It controls the line thickness in your model.

Why can’t I change the scale in Revit?

To change the settings try one of the following steps: Remove (unassign) the view template from the view. This should unlock all of the properties so that they can be modified independently from the View Template. Modify the scale or other settings defined in the view template.

How do I change the size of a schedule in Revit?

Right click on the column letter of the newly created column and select Edit Font. (If you right click in the row instead of the column header the Edit Font option will be grayed out.) Set the desired size of the font. Click OK.