Creating a Landing Page

What’s nice about Revit is the fact that we can actually create a startup page. That means that whenever we open a project, we will be greeted with a familiar view.

To create a landing page, follow these steps.

1- Open Revit.

2- Under Families, click New… as shown below.

3- Go to Titleblocks

4- Select E1 – 42x30.rft

5- Click Open

6- On the Create tab, click the Label button.

7- For alignment, select Middle Align and Align Center as shown below.

8- Pick a spot in the middle of the rectangle in the model area.

9- In the Edit Label dialog, select Project Name, and click Add Parameter(s) to Label as shown below.

10- Click OK.

11- Select the label.

12- Click the grips on the right and left and stretch it to the edges of the window as shown below.

13- Go to the insert tab.

14- Click the Image button

15- Find an image you’d like to bring into the landing page.

16- Save the file as Landing Page, but do not close it.

17- Open your architectural model.

18- Go back to the Landing page file.

19- Click Load into Project and Close.

20- In the architectural model hit Esc.

21- Right Click on Sheets (all)

22- Select New Sheet.

23- Select the Landing Page sheet.

24- Click OK.

25- Rename the sheet to 000-LANDING PAGE.

26- Go to Manage

27- On the Manage Project tab, click Starting View.

28- Select the Landing Page sheet as your starting page.

Your project will now always open with this view current.

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