Starting New Project with Office Standard Template

     If you want to start a new project in Revit Architecture, you need to know which template file to choose. Template files are designed to hold standard information and settings for creating new project files. Your office may have their own standard template file created by BIM Consultant / BIM Manager based on BCA’s Architectural BIM e-Submission Template.
     From the application menu, click New > Project

     You will see the New Project dialog as shown below

     Under Template file, you will see the default template. If you want to use your office standard template, you can click “Browse” and navigate to the location of the office standard template (----.rte), and then click open.

     Another way to start a new project based on the default template is to use the Quick Access Toolbar. At the end of the Quick Access Toolbar,

clickand select “New” as shown in below.

     By doing that, you will see New icon on the Quick Access Toolbar and just click on it.

  

     You also can set up the default to your office standard template under options dialog. From the application menu, this time go down to the bottom and click options. In the options dialog, click “File Locations” tab. Under  “Default template file” click “Browse” and navigate to the location of the office standard template (----.rte), and then click open, and then click OK. This is a one-time setting, such that the office standard template is always loaded when you launch the Revit application.