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Specifying File Locations

This document provides instructions for specifying file locations and library settings in Revit Structure. It describes where default project templates and family template files are normally located and how to browse and select different locations. It also explains how to view industry-specific templates, modify existing library names and paths, and create new libraries.

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Specifying File Locations

This document provides instructions for specifying file locations and library settings in Revit Structure. It describes where default project templates and family template files are normally located and how to browse and select different locations. It also explains how to view industry-specific templates, modify existing library names and paths, and create new libraries.

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NOTE Revit Structure Journal files are normally found in C:\Program Files\Autodesk Revit Structure\Journals.

The path may vary depending on your operating system or where you installed Revit Structure.

32 Click OK.
Notice that the drawing area background colors are no longer inverted and that tooltips display when you
place the cursor over any building component.

33 Click File menu ➤ Close. If prompted, do not save the changes.


34 Proceed to the next exercise, “Specifying File Locations” on page 14.

Specifying File Locations


In this exercise, you specify your default file locations. These settings control location of important Revit Structure files
such as your default project template, and the family template files, the family libraries, as well as the material and
rendering libraries.

Set file locations


1 Click Settings menu ➤ Options.
2 In the Options dialog, click the File Locations tab.
3 Under Default template file, click Browse.
Notice that there are industry-specific templates that you can set as your default template.

TIP To view a template, you can start a new project with that template. Click File menu ➤ New ➤ Project,
and click Browse to select a template.

4 Click Cancel.
5 Under Default path for user files, click Browse.
6 In the Browse for Folder dialog, select the folder to save your files to by default, and click OK.
7 In the Options dialog, under Default path for family template files, click Browse.
This path is set automatically during the installation process. These are the family templates that you use
to create new families. It is unlikely that you would ever want to modify this path. However, there are
some circumstances where you may need to modify the path, such as in a large, centralized, structural firm
where customized templates reside on a network drive.

8 Click Cancel.

Specify library settings and create a new library

9 In the Options dialog, under Libraries, notice the list of library names.
The list is dependent on the options that you selected during installation. Each library path points Revit
Structure to a folder of families or training files. You can modify the existing library names and path, and
you can create new libraries. An icon for each library displays in the left pane of all Revit Structure Open,
Save, Load, and Import dialogs.

14 | Chapter 2 Modifying Project and System Settings

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