Setting Up Project Templates & View Templates???

I'm just getting into Revit, and I'm starting to see how much time can be saved by setting up not only a project template, but also view templates. Project templates would have annotations with the company standards loaded (fonts, leader symbols, etc), company titleblocks, commonly used families, etc. The View templates would be set for exactly what they're used for.

Does anyone have any sort of "checklist" of every element that should be assessed when creating/implementing Revit? I completely understand that the odds of getting it right the first time are slim to none, but if I can "learn from other people's mistakes" hopefully I can eliminate a lot of the "oh **** I didn't do ____ and now I'm screwed" moments.

Also, I think I need to dive into shared parameters ... any good reads on this?

Thanks,
Shawn

Shared parameters are a beautiful thing once you master them. Look into a family editing tool called "Bind Shared Parameters" for quick insertion.

Start with the OOTB template and work from there.

http://malleristicrevitation.blogspo...-template.html

This blog was my initial guide to template work.

sbrennen your problem of checklist can be solved by availing project template with checklist embedded in it where you can manage your activities.Why don't you try to avail project checklist templates.

sbrennan,

I found this resource, which I found very informative and is essential reading for setting up your Revit templates:

http://revit-templateer.blogspot.com/

I am setting up my firm's standards/templates and have been on the look out for resources/philosophies/ideas.

Dan J

Dan, thank you for sharing my blog!! I hope you found some interesting ideas for your template.
If you have any questions, or suggestions for a new post, contact me and I'll see what I can put together.