REVIT® CORNER NEW FEATURES IN REVIT 2024

From the modernized project browser to the ability to open sheets directly from the drawing area, REVIT 2024 brings a host of exciting new and updated features. The revision updates highlighted below are just two of the features Kohler Ronan is most enthusiastic about!

Schedule Revision Clouds

When creating a schedule, you can now pick Revision Clouds as a category. By default, you will only see three available fields: Comments, Mark, and Revision. However, you can also use the dropdown menu to pick parameters from the Revision, Views, Sheets, or Project Information options.

delivered via operable windows, posed a problem in that the windows were rarely used. Modern HVAC systems work more effectively but, notably, with the windows shut—therefore negating the natural air ventilation they were designed to provide. By changing the applicable codes to require mechanical ventilation, the occupant will now get the full benefit of outside air.

Below is an example of our completed revision schedule:

Further, pre-conditioning the air with an ERV system will help reduce the energy costs of treating the air.

The requirement for mechanical ventilation introduced in the 2022 New York City Mechanical Code will add cost to projects that have traditionally utilized operable windows for ventilation. Design teams should be aware of and account for the additional equipment and associated ductwork needed to provide outdoor air (on all projects) under the 2022 Code. Fortunately, there is an upside to this code change: consistent outdoor air introduced into occupiable spaces. Mechanical ventilation will thus go a long way to improving the quality of our indoor environments, the importance of which should not be underestimated, given the amount of time we all spend indoors.

In the Comments field, you can describe the nature of the revision. Or, you can add project parameters for additional information about each revision cloud. You can also select one of the rows and use the Highlight in Model tool to quickly see where the cloud is located. While the benefits of these revisions might be primarily for internal use, helping to control and validate multiple revisions and keep track of all the clouds, this is a simple but extremely helpful addition to REVIT.

Set Revisions to Multiple Sheets

This feature was actually added in Revit 2023.1 but is a big improvement over the original version that many people might have missed.

Revit 2023: If you want to add revisions to sheets, you can only do it one sheet at a time. Users are forced to use plugins such as pyRevit to set revisions to multiple sheets.

Revit 2024: You can set revisions on multiple sheets at the same time. Both the CTRL and SHIFT options select them in the project browser.