Revit Project Template
A structured Revit starting point configured across five layers, so the model holds up when delivery pressure hits.
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▸Views (usNCS)
▸01 - GENERAL
▸G10 - LIFE SAFETY PLAN
- LIFE SAFETY PLAN - LB1
- LIFE SAFETY PLAN - L01
- LIFE SAFETY PLAN - L02
- LIFE SAFETY PLAN - ROOF
▸G11 - AREA PLAN
- AREA PLAN - LB1
- AREA PLAN - L01
- AREA PLAN - L02
- AREA PLAN - ROOF
▸03 - SURVEY
▸V10 - EXISTING SITE PLAN
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
▸V11 - EXISTING PLAN
- EXISTING PLAN - LB1
- EXISTING PLAN - L01
- EXISTING PLAN - L02
- EXISTING PLAN - ROOF
▸V12 - EXISTING RCP
- EXISTING RCP - LB1
- EXISTING RCP - L01
- EXISTING RCP - L02
- EXISTING RCP - ROOF
▸05 - CIVIL
▸C10 - SITE PLAN
- SITE PLAN
▸06 - LANDSCAPE
▸L10 - LANDSCAPE PLAN
- LANDSCAPE PLAN
▸07 - STRUCTURAL
▸S10 - FOUNDATION PLAN
- FOUNDATION PLAN - LB1
▸S11 - SLAB PLAN
- SLAB PLAN - LB1
- SLAB PLAN - L01
- SLAB PLAN - L02
- SLAB PLAN - ROOF
▸S12 - FRAMING PLAN
- FRAMING PLAN - LB1
- FRAMING PLAN - L01
- FRAMING PLAN - L02
- FRAMING PLAN - ROOF
▸08 - ARCHITECTURAL
▸A10 - FLOOR PLAN
- FLOOR PLAN - LB1
- FLOOR PLAN - L01
- FLOOR PLAN - L02
- FLOOR PLAN - ROOF
▸A11 - RCP
- RCP - LB1
- RCP - L01
- RCP - L02
- RCP - ROOF
- A20 - EXTERIOR ELEVATION· no views placed
- A30 - BUILDING SECTION· no views placed
- A40 - ENLARGED FLOOR PLAN· no views placed
- A41 - ENLARGED RCP· no views placed
- A42 - ENLARGED ELEVATION· no views placed
- A43 - ENLARGED SECTION· no views placed
- A50 - WALL SECTION· no views placed
- A51 - EXTERIOR DETAIL· no views placed
▸09 - INTERIORS
▸I10 - FINISH PLAN
- FINISH PLAN - LB1
- FINISH PLAN - L01
- FINISH PLAN - L02
- FINISH PLAN - ROOF
▸I11 - FURNITURE PLAN
- FURNITURE PLAN - LB1
- FURNITURE PLAN - L01
- FURNITURE PLAN - L02
- FURNITURE PLAN - ROOF
- I20 - INTERIOR ELEVATION· no views placed
- I30 - MILLWORK SECTION· no views placed
- I40 - ENLARGED FINISH PLAN· no views placed
- I41 - ENLARGED FURNITURE PLAN· no views placed
- I50 - INTERIOR DETAIL· no views placed
▸12 - PLUMBING
▸P10 - PLUMBING PLAN
- PLUMBING PLAN - LB1
- PLUMBING PLAN - L01
- PLUMBING PLAN - L02
- PLUMBING PLAN - ROOF
▸14 - MECHANICAL
▸M10 - MECHANICAL PLAN
- MECHANICAL PLAN - LB1
- MECHANICAL PLAN - L01
- MECHANICAL PLAN - L02
- MECHANICAL PLAN - ROOF
▸15 - ELECTRICAL
▸E10 - ELECTRICAL PLAN
- ELECTRICAL PLAN - LB1
- ELECTRICAL PLAN - L01
- ELECTRICAL PLAN - L02
- ELECTRICAL PLAN - ROOF
▸17 - DEMOLITION
▸X10 - DEMOLITION SITE PLAN
- DEMOLITION SITE PLAN
▸X11 - DEMOLITION PLAN
- DEMOLITION PLAN - LB1
- DEMOLITION PLAN - L01
- DEMOLITION PLAN - L02
- DEMOLITION PLAN - ROOF
▸X12 - DEMOLITION RCP
- DEMOLITION RCP - LB1
- DEMOLITION RCP - L01
- DEMOLITION RCP - L02
- DEMOLITION RCP - ROOF
▸18 - COORDINATION
▸Z10 - COORDINATION PLAN
- COORDINATION PLAN - LB1
- COORDINATION PLAN - L01
- COORDINATION PLAN - L02
- COORDINATION PLAN - ROOF
▸Z11 - COORDINATION RCP
- COORDINATION RCP - LB1
- COORDINATION RCP - L01
- COORDINATION RCP - L02
- COORDINATION RCP - ROOF
▸Sheets (usNCS)
▸SHEET TEMPLATES
▸01 - GENERAL
- G00#COVER SHEET
- G01#GENERAL NOTES
- G02#SYMBOLS & LEGENDS
- G10#LIFE SAFETY PLAN( - L##)
- G11#AREA PLAN( - L##)
▸03 - SURVEY
- V10#EXISTING SITE PLAN
- V11#EXISTING PLAN( - L##)
- V12#EXISTING RCP( - L##)
▸05 - CIVIL
- C10#SITE PLAN
▸06 - LANDSCAPE
- L10#LANDSCAPE PLAN
▸07 - STRUCTURAL
- S10#FOUNDATION PLAN
- S11#SLAB PLAN( - L##)
- S12#FRAMING PLAN( - L##)
▸08 - ARCHITECTURAL
- A10#FLOOR PLAN( - L##)
- A11#RCP( - L##)
- A20#EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS( - DES)
- A30#BUILDING SECTIONS( - DES)
- A40#ENLARGED VIEWS
- A50#WALL SECTIONS
- A51#EXTERIOR DETAILS
- A60#DOOR SCHEDULE
- A61#WINDOW SCHEDULE
▸09 - INTERIORS
- I10#FINISH PLAN( - L##)
- I11#FURNITURE PLAN( - L##)
- I20#INTERIOR ELEVATIONS
- I30#MILLWORK SECTIONS
- I40#ENLARGED VIEWS
- I50#INTERIOR DETAILS
- I60#FINISH SCHEDULE
- I61#FURNITURE SCHEDULE
▸12 - PLUMBING
- P10#PLUMBING PLAN( - L##)
▸14 - MECHANICAL
- M10#MECHANICAL PLAN( - L##)
▸15 - ELECTRICAL
- E10#ELECTRICAL PLAN( - L##)
▸17 - DEMOLITION
- X10#DEMOLITION SITE PLAN
- X11#DEMOLITION PLAN( - L##)
- X12#DEMOLITION RCP( - L##)
▸18 - COORDINATION
- Z10#COORDINATION PLAN( - L##)
- Z11#COORDINATION RCP( - L##)
▸CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS
- empty until the project starts
Actual browser structure · rendered, not a screenshot
The recurring errors trace back to the file the project started from.
Most Revit production problems share the same root cause. Not the software. Not the skill level. The structural decisions, or the absence of them, made at the start of every project.
A project browser that was never properly organised. View templates that drift after the first override. Naming conventions that mean nothing to the next person on the model. Phases configured incorrectly in week one, impossible to correct cleanly at deadline.
These aren't random failures. They're predictable ones. And they're preventable, not with more training or a faster machine, but with a template that was built to prevent them in the first place.
Five configuration layers, decided deliberately.
A Revit template is the product of hundreds of decisions. Most get made poorly, or not at all, and the projects that follow pay for it. This template makes them deliberately, across the five configuration layers that separate a structured template from the defaults, each layer configured to prevent a class of error that repeats from project to project.
Naming conventions
Views, sheets, families, types, and parameters named to one consistent system, aligned to ISO 19650 and the US National CAD Standard. Naming is structured communication, not personal preference.
Graphic controls
Object styles, view templates, phase filters, rule-based filters, and annotation styles configured to work together at every level of Revit's graphics hierarchy. The printed set matches itself; graphics don't drift.
Browser organisation
Views organised by NCS discipline designators and numbering, driven through view types. A table of contents that scales with the project instead of collapsing into a scrolling list.
Model organisation
Phases, worksets, revisions, and a structured shared parameter set, configured at the template level where clean setup is still possible. Schedules pull real data because the fields exist before drawing starts.
Content management
The content every project needs and nothing that only some projects need: datum and documentation types, annotation types, and working wall, floor, ceiling, and roof types built as real assemblies. Typology libraries load separately.
Each layer is unpacked in the guide, with the class of error it prevents and a 15-minute test you can run on any template: What a structured template contains →
Everything is built to ISO 19650, not as a credential, but because a standard is what makes a template consistent, predictable, and reusable across your team.
What that adds up to.
Configuration you would otherwise build yourself, decision by decision, on the clock, at the start of a project that has already started.
- 38
- Sheet templates
- 69
- Views pre-placed
- 18
- NCS discipline codes
- 8
- Phase filters
- 3
- Revision sequences
- 9
- Suitability codes
pre-numbered, across 12 disciplines
across four building levels
one naming system, end to end
over 2 project phases
ISO 19650 WIP · Shared · Published
S0 to S4, A1 to A4
Line weights follow ISO 128, text styles ISO 3098, and every view type carries its own view template. The title block runs to 20 consultant cards you switch on and off rather than redraw.
The browser stays organised without anyone maintaining it.
Most browser organisation schemes fail the same way: they work on the day they are set up, then decay, because staying organised depends on every person typing the right value into the right parameter on every view they create. Nobody does that at deadline.
Here the sorting values live on the view templates, not on the views. Create a view by picking its view type, and it inherits the template, the graphic standard, the default phase, and both sorting values at the same moment. It lands in the right discipline group, under the right view type, in the right order, with nothing typed by hand.
The browser at the top of this page is the actual structure. Open it up and it stays that shape as the project grows.
One honest exception: Revit exposes no browser organisation parameters on schedule templates, so schedules are the one place those two values are entered by hand. The template documents it rather than pretending otherwise.
Revisions that know what stage they are at.
ISO 19650 defines three states an information container moves through before it is archived. In most templates that lives in a spreadsheet, or in somebody's head. Here each state is its own revision sequence in the file, so ten work-in-progress revisions never make a sheet look like it is on its tenth issue to the client.
- P01, P02... Work in progress
- Internal. Not yet checked or approved, never leaves the authoring team. P for Preliminary.
- C01, C02... Shared
- Issued to the wider project team for coordination, information, or review. Not yet a contractual deliverable. C for Coordination.
- A01, A02... Published
- Formally authorized: to the client, a statutory body, or for construction. A contractual milestone. A for Authorized.
Alongside the number, each issue carries a suitability code saying what the information is authorised for, S0 through S4 for work in progress and coordination, A1 through A4 for permit, tender, construction, and record. The template also documents the seven-field information container ID that ISO 19650 expects on exported deliverables.
ISO 19650 requires a project to agree its own suitability codes in the BIM Execution Plan. The set above is the template's default, meant to be confirmed against the project.
What you get.
- RVT file: Revit template file, delivered in three versions: 2025, 2026, and 2027
- Shared parameters file: .txt format, structured for project documentation and ready to extend
- Getting-started guide: how the template is organised, what each of the five layers configures, and how to adapt it without breaking the structure
Delivered by email immediately after purchase. No account required. No platform to log into.
Who this is built for.
This template is built for design architects at small AEC firms with no dedicated BIM support: teams dealing with recurring model errors, inconsistent drawing output, or a blank starting file that causes more problems than it solves.
It's equally useful for practice managers and project leads who want a consistent, professional starting point across their team: something that doesn't get rebuilt from scratch at the start of every project.
This isn't a beginner's guide to Revit. It assumes you know the software. The value is in the configured structure underneath it: the decisions that most firms either skip or get wrong, not in explaining how the tools work.
One purchase. No subscription.
Own the files. Use them across your projects. No seat limits, no annual renewal, no subscription of any kind.
7-day money-back guarantee. If the template doesn't meet the standard described on this page, email within 7 days of purchase for a full refund.
Built from 15 years of delivery.
This template was built by Raul Alvarez, ISO 19650-certified BIM Director at one of Canada's largest design firms. Every configuration decision in this template has been applied across 400+ live projects.
ISO 19650 Certified · BSI · Parts 1, 2 & 4
Common questions.
What Revit versions does this support?
The template is delivered in three versions: Revit 2025, 2026, and 2027. All three files are included with a single purchase.
Can I customise it for my projects?
Yes. The getting-started guide explains which elements are designed to be adapted and how to modify them without breaking the underlying structure. The template is a configured starting point, not a locked system.
Does it work for my project type?
Yes. The template is universal: the structural layers (naming conventions, graphic controls, browser organisation, model organisation) apply to any project type, and the content layer ships lean by design. Typology-specific content (families for residential, workplace, and materials) is delivered through separate family libraries, currently in development. Sign up at datumaec.com to be notified when they launch.
Is this a subscription?
No. One purchase. No recurring fees. You own the files.
How is it delivered?
By email immediately after purchase. You'll receive a secure download link for all three Revit version files and the guide.
What's the refund policy?
7-day money-back guarantee. If the template doesn't meet the standard described on this page, email raul@datumaec.com within 7 days of purchase for a full refund.