1. April 24-25, 2014
CENTRAL
STATES
SCOTT CONFERENCE CENTER
OMAHA, NE
Kelli Lubeley
A GOOD START
CREATING AN EFFECTIVE
REVIT MEP TEMPLATE

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
• Understand the role a template plays in the success of each project
• Organize the project browser and sheet index and create cartoon
views and sheets
• Create view templates and filters based on typical construction
document graphics
• Create and modify coordination schedules and panel schedules for
organized documents

3. STANDARDS
Title block Line Weights/Patterns MEP Settings
Category Tags Text Object Styles
Dimensions View Title View Tags
Cover Sheet Sheet Order Views on Sheets
Families/Types Naming Conventions

4. ORGANIZATION
Naming Conventions Families/Types Sheet Order
Project Browser
Organization
Cartoon Set Sheet Index
View Types Schedules for Sheet
Schedules for
Coordination
Panel Schedules Shared Parameters Coordination Views

5. STREAMLINING
Filters View Templates Coordination Views
Families/Types Standard Details
White
Papers/Documentation

6. Do Your Homework!
Gather:
• Sets of Current Documents
• Graphics for all disciplines
• List of systems on typical projects
• Typical details
• Standards Documents
Decide:
• Line Weights & Patterns
• Annotation Styles
• Naming Conventions
• Families/Types
• Views
• Sheets
• System Types

7. Let’s Get Started…

8. Graphic Standards

11. Line Styles

12. Somewhere in between
This: And this:

13. Legends

15. Browser Organization
• How do your users work?
• What do most of your projects
consist of?
• What makes sense to you?

16. MEP Settings

20. View Templates

24. Coordination Schedules

26. Panel Schedules

27. 1. Select a cell in the panel schedule template.
2. In the Choose Category drop-down, select a category.
3. In the Add Parameter drop-down, select a parameter.

28. Thank You!
Kelli Lubeley
Virtual Design Coordinator
Dewberry
klubeley@dewberry.com