Opening Revit Files From Windows Explorer; Saving Revit Files - Autodesk 24000-000000-9860 - Revit Architecture - PC User Manual

To open files from the web library
1 Click Window menu
2 On the right side of the window, click Revit Web Content Library.
3 In the browser window, navigate to the desired collection, and click a family or template to
4 In the File Download dialog, click Open to open the item in Revit Architecture, or click Save to
5 If you opened a family, Revit Architecture displays the item in the drawing area. To use it in a

Opening Revit Files from Windows Explorer

To open files in Revit Architecture from Windows Explorer, use any of the following methods:
In an Explorer window, double-click a project or family file.
Drag a project from Windows Explorer into an active session of Revit Architecture.
Drag a family file from Windows Explorer into the Project Browser or drawing area of Revit Architecture
to load it into the project.
Drag a family file from Windows Explorer into any area other than the Project Browser or drawing area
(that is, the Design Bar, toolbar, or menu bar) to open the family in the Family Editor.
Drag multiple files from Windows Explorer into an active session of Revit Architecture. A dialog opens,
asking whether you want to open dropped files in separate windows or load dropped families into the
current project.

Saving Revit Files

The Save command saves the active file to its current name and folder.
To save a file, do any of the following:
Click
Press CTRL+S.
Click File menu
Recent Files.
NOTE If Recent Files is not available (it has been closed), you can access this page again when you
restart Revit Architecture.
The web library opens in a browser window.
download.
save it in a specified folder.
The loaded family or template is now available to the project. If you saved the file in a folder,
you can load it into a project.
project immediately, do the following:
In the Design Bar, click Load into Project.
In the Load into Projects dialog, select the open projects to load the family into, and click
OK.
Navigate to the Families branch of the Project Browser to see the new family.
on the toolbar.
Save.
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