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REVIT TERMINOLOGY

• Discuss the essential terminology of Revit

• Revit not only differs in workflow but, it uses completely different vocabulary
• A project is a single database that contains all the 3D building geometry, views of the information,
and documentation objects
• Model view and view specific elements are the three core classes of elements to a Revit Project
• Model elements are what make up the 3D geometry of the building
• View elements display the model and allow it to be edited and documented
• View-specific elements document the elements displayed in a given view
• Parameters define the behaviors, relationships, and information stored in the project
• The parametric change engine parametrically coordinates all elements
• A change anywhere, is a change everywhere
• Datum elements give the model context and makeup the fourth class of elements
• A category groups common elements together called families
• A family is a set of characteristics (geometry and parameters) that describes a discrete
elements in the project
• A type is a set of unique values given to parameters called type parameters
• An instance is a single representation of a type in the project that is defined
by parameters called instance parameters