Understanding Your Revit Screen

Overview

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This document introduces the key areas of the Revit workspace and explains how they support the Artcraft Design-to-Order workflow.

The Properties Palette

The Properties palette displays information about the object or view you currently have selected.

For example:

Selecting a cabinet displays its parameters and configuration options.

Selecting a wall displays wall-specific properties.

Selecting a view displays settings related to that particular view.

Many of the modifications you'll make to Artcraft cabinets—including dimensions, hinging, and custom options—will be completed through the Properties windowpalette.

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The Project Browser organizes everything contained within your Revit project.

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Common sections include:

Floor Plans

Elevations

Sections

3D Views

Sheets

Schedules

Families

If the Project Browser is accidentally closed, it can be reopened by navigating to:

View → User Interface → Project Browser

Understanding Views

One of the most important concepts in Revit is that you everythingare innot yourcreating project,separate but these tabs break it down into different categories. drawings.

The cube will show you all the different views you have created. When using Revit, it’s important to keep in mind thatInstead, you are building a 3D model. You can create many different views of the model with different settings. It’s important to understand if you make a change to yoursingle 3D model, that change will be reflected in all views. 

Artcraft has cabinet families that are drawn to our exact specifications. The cabinet families can be modified to your specifications. The modifications that we allow for in Revit mimic the same modificationsmodel that can be doneviewed in Akoldaes.many different ways.

ToCommon moveviews include:

Floor Plans – Top-down views used to design cabinet layouts.

Elevations – Side views used to review cabinet heights and alignment.

Sections – Cut-through views that show construction details and vertical relationships.

3D Views – Perspective or orthographic views used to visualize the complete design.

Because every view is generated from the same model, any design change automatically appears throughout the entire project.

Sheets

Sheets are the pages used to organize your screenfinal drawing package.

A sheet can contain multiple views, including floor plans, elevations, sections, schedules, notes, and details.

The Artcraft Template includes pre-configured sheets and title blocks to help standardize documentation and reduce setup time.

Designers can also replace the Artcraft logo with their own company logo while maintaining a consistent drawing layout.

Schedules

Schedules are organized tables of information extracted directly from your Revit model.

Rather than manually creating cabinet lists, Revit automatically reads information stored within your Artcraft cabinet families and generates a schedule.

In the Artcraft workflow, cabinet schedules play a critical role because they provide the information that will later be exported from Revit and imported into Accolades for pricing and ordering.

This eliminates manual counting, improves accuracy, and significantly reduces repetitive data entry.

Families

Families are the building blocks of every Revit project.

Each Artcraft cabinet family contains not only the cabinet geometry, but also the product information, parameters, shell codes, master codes, and scheduling data required throughout the Design-to-Order process.

Because Artcraft families are built specifically around the Artcraft catalog, the options available within Revit closely mirror the same options available within Accolades.

This consistency helps create a seamless workflow between design, pricing, and manufacturing.

Working in a Single Model

One of Revit's greatest advantages is that every view is connected to the same model.

If you:

Move a cabinet

Resize a cabinet

Modify a wall

Add or remove cabinetry

those changes automatically appear in:

Floor Plans

Elevations

Sections

3D Views

Schedules

This coordinated workflow reduces drafting time, improves accuracy, and helps ensure every drawing remains synchronized throughout the project.

Navigation Tips

As you work in Revit, holdyou'll downfrequently use these navigation controls:

Hold the scroll wheel to pan around the drawing.

Use the scroll wheel to zoom in and out.

Use the View Cube to quickly change between standard views.

Press ZA on your mouse and move around. You can also use the keyboard shortcut “Z A” to recentre your view. You will also use the scroll wheel to zoom in.to fit and re-center the active view.

These shortcuts quickly become second nature and will significantly improve your efficiency as you begin designing Artcraft projects.

Key Takeaways

The Revit interface is designed around a single intelligent model.

Instead of managing separate drawings, Revit automatically generates coordinated plans, elevations, sections, schedules, sheets, and 3D views from one source of information.

Understanding how the Properties palette, Project Browser, views, sheets, schedules, and families work together will provide the foundation for every Artcraft project you create.