Opening Revit Files; Opening A Revit Project File - Autodesk 256B1-05A761-1301 - AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2010 User Manual

File Type
Image files (BMP, JPG, JPEG, or PNG) used
to create a custom color, design, texture,
or bump map for a render appearance
Photometric data files (IES) for use with
lighting families

Opening Revit Files

When you start Revit Architecture, the Recent Files window displays, listing the projects and families that
you opened most recently. If you are already working in a Revit session, you can return to the Recent Files
window by clicking View tab
To open a Revit file, use any of the following methods:
Press CTRL+O.
Click
Click
Click
Click on the Quick Access toolbar.
When you click a file under Projects or Families, Revit Architecture opens the file.
NOTE If you are editing a non-workshared file, other users will have read-only access to the file.

Opening a Revit Project File

1 Click
2 In the Open dialog, navigate to the folder where the project file resides. To see only files of a
3 Select the desired options:
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Windows panel
Open.
Open, and select a Revit file type.
and select a file from the Recent Documents list.
Open Project.
certain type, select that type from the Files of type drop-down list.
If you want to...
scan, detect and fix corrupt elements in
the project
Location
Windows XP:C:\Program
Files\Autodesk\<Revit release
name>\Data\Rendering\assetlib-
rary_base.fbm
Windows Vista:C:\Program
Files\Autodesk\<Revit release
name>\Data\Rendering\assetlib-
rary_base.fbm
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Applic-
ation Data\Autodesk\<Revit release
name>\IES
User Interface drop-down
Then...
select Audit. This can greatly increase the
time required to open files. Use this option
only for periodic maintenance of large
Recent Files.