What is a Project template?

The project template is a vital starting point for new Revit models. A project template includes project settings like levels, loaded families, view templates, customized unit settings, line style settings, scale settings, fill patterns, etc.  With other words, the project template is a perfect possibility for the user to create and maintain office drawing standard. Every time new Revit model is about to be created, Revit would ask for a project template to be used. 

Figure 1 - Select Project Template, when creating new Revit models. 

Figure 2 - Selecting IMPACT Project Template when creating new IMPACT projects

IMPACT Project template location

IMPACT Project template can be found in the folder C:\Users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\StruSoft\IMPACT 17\IMPACT for Revit\Templates\Revit_202X. This project template is modified by StruSoft and it contains important project settings. It is advisable to use it, when creating new Revit files. 

Figure 3 -  IMPACT Project Template location

Set a default Project template

It is recomended to set the IMPACT Project template as default, when you start using the IMPACT Revit software. Later, when the company sets up their own company standard, the IMPACT project template can be sabstituted with another project template from the company standard. See the video below, showing how to set up a default project template in Revit. 

Figure 4 - Set up a default Project template in Revit. 

Active "Settings" button in IMPACT Project Template

Sometimes, user needs to have specific Project settings when starting a new IMPACT project and previously those settings could be configured after creating a new IMPACT Project. We are now giving flexibility to the a user by making possible to configure the settings in the IMPACT Project template. 

The "Settings" button under Link status is now active when opening the IMPACT Project Template and these settings are applied when creating a new IMPACT project as long as the IMPACT Project Template configured with the new settings is used. 

Figure 5 - Active "Settings" button in IMPACT Project Template

The settings available in IMPACT Project Template are similar to the ones after creating a new IMPACT Project. There is an exception - "Last element mark used" tab is not available inside the "Settings" dialogue window in IMPACT Project Template. 

Figure 6 - Settings available in IMPACT Project Template

The settings configured in IMPACT Project Template, can also be used when creating the IMPACT Revit file from Project Manager. 

Figure 7 - Selecting IMPACT Project Template when creating a Revit file from Project Manager