Appendix B. Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

This appendix provides some tips, tricks, and troubleshooting to help keep your project files running smoothly. Listed here are some pointers to keep you from getting into trouble, as well as a peppering of time savers and other great ideas.

In this appendix, you'll learn how to:

  • Optimize performance

  • Use best practices

  • Learn tips and shortcuts

Optimizing Performance

It should make sense that a smaller file on a good network will run the fastest. There is no "typical" Revit file size, and they can range anywhere from 10MB to over 300MB. Much of that variation depends on the level of detail in the model itself, the presence of imported geometry (2D CAD files, SketchUp, and so on), the number of views you have, ...

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