Residential project file size

[DanielleAnderson]

I just inherited a residential file. I have only used revit for large-scale transit work previously. This particular house is quite unweildy, so my question for all you residential people out there: how large is your average house with detail call outs?

[Wes Macaulay]

We've got a client with a project in Whistler that is -- hold your hats -- 80Mb!

But 10Mb is more common for a project like the Gowen house that David was working on, for example. That project has phasing and lots of data in it. So come to think about it 15 or 20Mb wouldn't be unreasonable.

[Prodev75]

Guess I'd better find somemore stuff to load in my project.

[beegee]

We do some houses now and then. File sizes are from 0.6 to 1.0+ Mb with phasing for renovation work.

[Henry D]

I mainly do houses. The file sizes range from 10 to 20MB.

[BillyGrey]

My houses go 18 to 25ish on a biggy.
Some that have advanced topo's or dock/deck modelling get big and slow, then I'll
split and link in those cases (worksets next for me).
I must admit my templates carry allot of baggage.
hth
Bill

[mlgatzke]

I just finished my own house and it's 18MB. In looking back at my projects, my average house is 14-18MB.

[Paul P.]

Just a quick question off topic in regards to Bill saying his templates carrying allot of baggage. What do other's put in their template, do you just the bare minimum and add in what you need as you go along or is it all there to start with. And does it make a difference.

Regard’s, Paul.

[blads]

Conceptual stage: usually 10-15Mb sometimes they hover around 25Mb depending on site/topography

Working Drawings: usually only add 2-5Mb more

as far as templates are concerned I have my different wall styles loaded (ie strawbale, reverse brick veneer (with a couple options of external cladding), rammed earth etc), line styles, etc, font settings, phase settings, etc you know all the usual stuff...

mind you I should purge some of the unwanted stuff once the job has finished...

[Wes Macaulay]

And does it make a difference?It won't affect your project's performance except for loading and saving time. And you can always purge what you don't use later on.

[DanielleAnderson]

Thanks for the input. This file is about in that range, I managed to purge it down to about 18M.

[BillyGrey]

Yea Paul,

I keep my templates full because my workload is demanding, and culling through libraries
to find/recreate stock items really does become a time gobbler...Bring on the library parts, I'm hungry :)

[MikeJarosz]

We've got a client with a project in Whistler that is -- hold your hats -- 80Mb!

But 10Mb is more common for a project like the Gowen house that David was working on, for example. That project has phasing and lots of data in it. So come to think about it 15 or 20Mb wouldn't be unreasonable.

Whoa!!!! The Freedom Tower (world's tallest building) is only 67MB

[Wes Macaulay]

Well, they've modelled all the French colonial furniture that the client has (crazy? Not if the client is willing to pay for it)... ergo the insane file size. Performance is not a problem, tho loading can take some time if all worksets are being loaded.

[anthony.67953]

Our largest so far is 70 Meg - again it is very detailed with Vanities, Bookcases, Paneling etc. etc. 7000 SF house

[narlee]

15 to 30+. Never under 10.

[beegee]

Geez, you guys have much bigger ones than me. :Oops:

[ita]

Geez, you guys have much bigger ones than me. :shock:

The cry through the eons of time!!

[ilya.bass]

It won't affect your project's performance except for loading and saving time. And you can always purge what you don't use later on.

actually, file open time is only affected by what you see in the view(s) that open when you open. so even a lot of unused families/types will not affect the open time significantly.

Save times on the other hand may be affected, especially if you are in a single-user mode (and thus the entire file is always written). In multi-user project, only the changed worksets are written, so the unused stuff matters even less.