How to set a dark theme for Revit

Autodesk Support

Oct 1, 2024

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You want to know how to set a dark\black interface theme available in Revit.

Revit

Revit Options: Revit has the following options to reduce the brightness of the interface:

Active Theme: Setting the Active Theme = Dark will change the appearance of the Ribbon from light gray to dark gray. See the help link for more details.

Active Theme Dialogue box

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Canvas Theme: "The Canvas theme can be set to dark or light using the Canvas Theme ribbon button in the View tab."

Requirement: Windows needs to have the Dark Theme available for Revit's Dark Theme to work.

For more information on this Windows mode, see the following Windows Blog post: Windows 10 Tip: Personalize your PC by enabling the dark theme.

Revit Options: Revit has the following options to reduce the brightness of the interface:
- Active Theme: Setting the Active Theme = Dark will change the appearance of the Ribbon from light gray to dark gray. See the help link for more details.

Revit Options dialogue box