Start a New Revit Project and Set Units

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1. Open Revit and go to the Home screen.
2. Click New under the Projects section.
3. In the Template list:
   • Prefer Architectural Template if available.
   • If not available, choose Metric.
4. Choose Project under Create New and click OK.
5. After the project opens, set your project units:
   1. Go to Manage → Project Units.
   2. For Area, choose Square Meters (or as required).
   3. For Length / Distance, pick the unit your office or school standard uses:
      • Millimeters — the usual choice for construction documentation.
      • Centimeters — used by some regional standards.
      • Meters — for site and urban-scale work.
   4. Make sure both Length and Dimensions use the same unit system you prefer.
   5. Click OK to confirm.

Tip: In this workflow, you are only changing representation, not the actual model scale. Revit always models at real-world size (1:1).

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• BIM + Computational Workflow · 2023 — original class recording lives there.