This is the first in a series of Revit Best Practices (RBP) threads that will be posted, one per week, for input by all Revit Users. See the thread Revit Best Practices (RBP) - General. The goal of each thread is to identify Revit Best Practices for the topic, in this case, View Naming. At the end of each week, someone will be asked to formulate a Word Document in a standard format, summarizing the general direction of the thread, and come up with a single Best Practice for that topic with prehaps some possible alternates which will be posted in the last thread for that topic.
Please use the following guidelines listed below for posting and see Revit Best Practices (RBP) - General. for additional information on the overall Revit Best Practices concept of AUGI Revit Forum threads. The success and value of this is based on the input of many people, especially seasoned Revit users.
To start things off, here is a list of the View Types and some input based on information I gleaned from personal Office Standards and BIM manual posted online at http://www.4bim.com/share/hok/hokcad...dstandards.htm
General View Naming Conventions
Option #1
• Use "View Name" and not "Title on Sheet" in the view properties "Indentity Data'" area.
• Use capital letters for Views on Sheets and upper and lower case for other view types.
• Views on Sheets are named by subject first and with level when appropriate since the View Name property is used only.
Option #2
• Use "View Name" and not "Title on Sheet" in the view properties "Indentity Data'" area for all views to be consistent and not confuse staff.
• Use upper and lower case for all views and name so they sort in order of level or other order for easy access when working.
Color Fill Plan Views
• Color - "<Modifier>"
Exported or Background Creation Views
• Export - "<Modifier>"
Imported Views
• Import - "<Modifier>"
Callout Views
Drafting Views
• Name to be clear as what it is and add Drawing Number and Sheet Number to help locate in browser.
Schedule Views
Legend Views
Working Views
• Work - "Initials of Person" "<Description>"
Special Plan Views
Sheet Views
Dummy Sheet Views
Browser Organization Related to Views Including Specifics of How and Parameters Used Including Types.
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Construction Views
• ASIs
• RFIs
With the extent of this thread, this may need to be alive for more than one week, but next Monday, I will post another topic. If you have input on the next topic, please post it at the thread Revit Best Practices (RBP) - General. to keep this thread from getting cluttered and off focus.
Thanks!