• Be able to prepare • User have basic skills in BIM

graphic documentation modelling with Revit Software, and

out of the BIM Model in can navigate the model and project
form of sheets. browser.
• Be able to create a Sheet • User have notions about view
List showing project creation and graphic configuration.
information. • User can complete model views with
• Manage sheet creation annotation elements.
and organization in • User can create and edit schedules.
project • User understand the use of
parameters (project, family, shared
and system parameters).
At some point in the evolution of BIM Processes we will be able to delivery just the BIM
Model since it is a digital version in advance of the building to be and should contain all the
information needed. This moment has not come yet and in the meanwhile we have to get
ready a set of construction documents to explain the project.In this case the construction
document set is a group of sheets that describes the project as needed in each phase.
• A sheet view in Revit is a layout where you can place
• A Titleblock
• Multiple drawings (graphic views such as plan views, sections, elevations, details, 3D
views)
• Multiple schedules
• Images
• Texts
• External elements
• Since the project is a database, sheet lists can be managed from the model itself by the
use of schedules, making it not necessary to use an external spreadsheet to organize
them.
• To create a new sheet view go to View Tab >
Sheet composition panel > Sheet

• Once created sheets are saved and you can open them any
time needed like any other view. In the project browser they are
listed under their own section: Sheets.
• Once created sheets are saved and you can open them
any time needed like any other view. In the project
browser they are listed under their own section: Sheets.

• A new sheet can also be created right clicking on the

heading of the project browser section:
When we select to create a new sheet a menu will appear. In
this menu we can:
• Select one titleblock family for the sheet format
• Select no titleblock (not recommended)
• Select one existing sheet placeholder to create the sheet
(see Sheet List Section).
Sheet will be then created:
• It is automatically numbered. It can be renumbered by
user. Sheet number system parameter must be unique.
• It has to be renamed. Sheet names must not be unique.
2.1 Insert graphic views
• Views can be inserted from View tab > Sheet composition panel > Place View
• Or drag it from the project browser to the sheet and click to fix it to the wanted
position.

• One view can be placed only in once, in one sheet. If for any reason we want the same view in more
than one sheet, we have to duplicate it.
• Views are shown as they are configured by their properties. If we change anything in the view it will be
updated on sheet and vice versa. Editing a view from the sheet or from the project browser have same
results.
• Scale
• Cropped area
• Graphical settings
 • In project browser each sheet will
have drop-down tree where we can
see which views are placed in it.
• Size of views depend on the scale
and the cropping. Even for 3D Views.
• Size of Camera Views depend on the
size crop not on the scale. They act
like images.

• When placing a view on a sheet it becomes a Viewport (similar to viewports in

AutoCAD on paper space), that is a system element that includes:
• ViewTitle: it is a custom family that can includes selected about the view such
as Name, Scale, Detail Number on Sheet. It can be moved independently from
the view location by selecting it and not the whole viewport.
• View: You can edit it in the same way you were editing it from the project
browser by activating it. Select it and select Activate View (or double click on it).
• A schedule can be placed on a sheet like any other
view, but with some specific points:

• We can drag it to the sheet and place it into the right

position
• We can do it in the View tab > Sheet Composition
Palette > Place View
• Schedules can be
placed in more than one
sheet.
• If the same schedule
(same contents and
configuration) must be
placed in different
sheets with different
graphical appearance,
the schedule has to be
duplicated.
• Column width can be
adjusted in schedules
once the are are placed
on sheets. Select the
schedule and drag the
blue handles on the
2.2 Insert schedules
• Schedules on sheets can be split if they are too long:
• Go to Insert Tab > Import panel >
Image

• Keep in mind that images should be placed with the right format
and graphics since when they are placed on a sheet they cannot
be edited (colour, crop…). They can only be resized maintaining
proportions (size crop).
 2.4 Sheet layout tools
• View internal reference: when we place two plane views that are coincident on a
sheet there is an automatic tool that helps to align them horizontally or vertically.
Same occurs with View Titles if we want to move them from their initial position.
• Guide Grid: It can be activated on the View tab > Sheet Composition
> Guide Grid

• We can create more than one guide grid (with different

spacing between grid lines) and assign a different one
(or none) or the same on each sheet to arrage views so
that views appear in the same location sheet to sheet.
• When we try to move a view on a sheet to place it to
the final placement, notice that we can snap only to
certain elements inside views:
• Crop region
• Levels
• Grids
• Reference planes
• Title Blocks are elements that inside Revit have their own category (same name: Title Blocks).

• They are custom annotation families with one special feature: the external lines of the format define the boundaries or
borders of the sheet. They generally include information about the design firm, client, and about the project.

• As custom families we can create them with any appearance that is required in project, and they are formed by:

• External boundary lines (can not be deleted but can be moved)

• Annotation lines. With any graphic appearance.
• Images (for logos, key plans)
• Title Block data:
• Fix text. They are created as Texts.
• System Project info parameters can be shown in Titleblocks (See Parameters Guideline). They are shown by Labels.
• Custom Shared parameters can be shown in Titleblocks. They are shown by Labels.
• When creating a title block and inserting information in it to be shown later, we can think as if it were the tag in model for
two categories: Project Info and Sheets. This can help to understand how to add parameters and labels in the family.

• Title block is inserted in sheets when we create them or can be done later. It is recommended to have different types of title
blocks loaded in models and play with types to create sheets with different settings.
• For the sheet management we have to rely mainly on the info that
they include. That info is stored in models in form of parameters.
For sheets we will find system project parameters, custom project
parameters and custom shared project parameters. (See
Parameters Guideline)

• System parameters: will show in title blocks, will show in

schedules.
• Custom Project parameters: will show in schedules but not in
titleblocks.
• Custom Shared project parameters: will show both in schedules
and in title blocks if required.
• In any project we can have a
large number of sheets. To
be able of working in an
orderly way with all that
information that will be living
in the model, that specific
section in the project browser
can be organised according
with some criteria.

• For that we will use the

ability to organise the project
browser:
• When defining the rules that
we will use to sort and
organise sheets, it has to be
clear which parameters that
already exist for sheets we
are going to use.

• They can be, as always,

system parameters, project
parameters, or shared
parameters.
• It is a schedule of the
sheets in the project. It can
be used also to create
placeholder sheets prior to
creating actual sheets.

• (See Schedule Guideline).

• The best way to manage

sheets is using the Sheet
List.

• View tab > Create panel >

Schedules drop down menu
> Sheet List
• Add to the schedule any sheet parameter that need to be controlled in model.

• We can have more than one Sheet list, for different purposes:

• Have a Sheet List to be placed in the front page of the construction set, with some
of the information.
• Have a Sheet List to manage the information that should appear in Title Blocks
across sheets.
• In Sheet lists we can:

• Fill in all the info for sheets

• Create placeholders for sheets and fill the information before creating the actual
sheet. Then we can have in advance the complete sheet list and have control over
the documentation that has been completed and know what is still missing.
• That placeholder sheet
will be available to select
it when we create a new
sheet, and its parameter
will be automatically filled
in with the values that
were previously defined in
the schedule.
5 Print sheets
• Go to main Revit Menu > Print > Current Window/Selected
views sheets
• You can print:

• Only the current view (current sheet then).

• A set of sheets
• Change the printing setup:

• Select printer (or to PDF)

• Select paper size/orientation/placement
• Use options: Hide ref/work planes, Hide Scope boxes, hide
corp boundaries…
• Select if print in Vector or Raster processing.
• One of the options that most influences the quality of the printing will be its processing. There are two options for this: raster or
vector image.

• A raster image is made up of pixels, so the resolution of the image, and therefore its quality, depends on the number of pixels to
which the image is printed.

• A vectorised image stores coordinates of the vertices of each geometric element and its control points.

• Programs such as Illustrator or Corel draw work vectorially, and the practical effect of inserting a vector image into a vector
program is that the lines and points of the image become the native lines and points of the editing program. However, if a raster
image is entered, the editing program only inserts it as an image and cannot control its points.

• With a vector image, we will always have better quality, however, Revit has a limitation when it comes to printing, and that is
that by default it rasterises those views that contain shadows, gradients, sketch lines, images or point clouds, making it
impossible to print in a vectorised way, even if this has been selected.

• Therefore, when we have a sheet that contains any of the elements mentioned above, we will have two options to get a good
quality image.
• 1- Print in a raster way playing with your print quality
options to achieve an optimal result.
• 2- If you need the image to be vector, in order to go
through post-processing in other software, you will
have to turn off all the elements mentioned above, print
vectorially, and apply shading etc. directly in the
publishing software.
• Use the “Itemize every instance” schedules in Sorting/Grouping Tab in schedules to
populate at once same values in many sheets.
• Sheet Number must be unique for sheets. Sometimes this is not convenient for project
sheet numbering, and it is required to create additional custom parameters that can play
that role in title blocks, and leave OOTB Sheet Number to just identify drawings in model.
• Sheets cannot be duplicated with the standard functionality. It can be achieved with some
programming in the API though.
• When it comes to printing, our recommendation is to always have vector printing selected
by default, as the plans will be of higher quality, especially now that deliveries are in digital
format and unlimited zoom is possible. In a raster image, if you zoom in too much, you will
end up seeing the pixels, but in a vector image, you will always see lines. In addition, the
weight of the pdf files will be much less. Which is also a relief for our data storage system.
• When we create a BIM Model
we cannot forget that the
documentation process is maybe
so important than the modelling
phase. It is not recommended to
focus only in modelling tasks
and aspects when actually the
sheet creation and description of
the model will consume at least
as much time as the modelling
part.