What’s new in Revit 2025
Key themes and features
Esam Azzam
BIM Manager | @Omniplan
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Key themes
Revit 2025
Design productivity Sustainability Analysis
Interoperability Cloud & data Documentation efficiency
New features and enhancements
Revit 2025
Design productivity
Create Walls with Auto Join and Lock Search in Project Browser enhancement
In-canvas wall Wrappings controls Dark Theme for Shared Views
Multiple loop mullion profiles
Revit personal accelerator UI
Single-element or empty arrays in families
Revit macro tools renovation
Site design – Toposurface conversion for Pads
Revit .NET 8
Site design – Toposolid by Face
Extensible storage improvements
Site design – Excavations on Toposolid
Site design – Excavation volume parameters Filter discipline updates
Site design – Shaft opening enhancement Option bar removal
Site design – Excavated surfaces host elements Parametric splicing for typical rebar
Site design – Toposolid smooth shading Highlight bars exceeding the maximum length
Site design – Contour display when editing Prevent unexpected changes to the rebar model
Site design – Shape editing snaps Enhanced Split features for framing and columns
Dynamo for Revit 3.03 upgrades
Updated set of rules for connections automation
New features and enhancements
Revit 2025
Design productivity(cont’d) Analysis
Disable Mark value for MEP categories LCS orientation for structural analytical elements
Validate model integrity Annual operating schedules for energy analysis
Single-phase components Interoperability
Maximum circuits parameter for “Data/Other Panel” Improved IFC Category mapping setting
Other Panels can consume power Import/Export STEP files
Fabrication Data Manager – edit part type geometry Support new GIS systems
Fabrication Data Manager – part search Informed Design for Revit
Fabrication Data Manager – upload and assign images Revit to Robot Link enhancements
Use Advance Steel part & assembly marks in Revit
Sustainability
Support for gbXML version 7.03
Cloud data
Forma Add-in for Revit Updates
Monitoring and visualization of Coordination Model changes
Total Carbon Analysis for architects – Insight | Carbon Insight
Total Carbon Analysis for architects – Insight | Flexible Dashboards
New features and enhancements
Revit 2025
Documentation efficiency
Sheet collections
Batch delete and add to library for materials
Material thumbnail generator improvement
Align and distribute annotations
Background PDF Export
Room perimeter accuracy improvement
Schematic bending details for rebar tagging
Enhanced annotations in bending details
Set presentation options for multiple bar sets at once
Tag and dimension components of connections
Material Gauge parameter for fabrication ductwork
Easier access to duct and pipe pressure drop data
Design productivity
Revit 2025
Create Walls with Auto Join and Lock
New wall placement options:
o Auto Join: Automatically join a wall with an
adjacent one.
o Auto Join & Lock: Join and lock adjacent walls.
Both move together.
Inserted elements perforate adjacent walls
Options not available for walls that are
structural, face-based, stacked, and curtain
walls.
Slanted and tapered walls can join but won’t
lock
Automate the modelling and representation
of adjacent walls
In-canvas wall Wrapping controls
Allow or disallow wall wrappings with the
new wrapping controls
Layer wrappings must be enabled in the
wall type properties
Controls only visible when a wall is
selected in plan view
Expedite the representation of wall
wrappings
Multiple loop mullion profiles
Previously, mullion profiles were limited to
a single loop.
Create curtain wall mullions with profiles
with multiple closed loops
Open loops are not supported
Higher level of development in the
representation of mullions
Single-element or empty arrays in families
Single-element array (1)
Display arrays containing zero or one
element
Works as expected for both linear and
radial arrays
Available only within the Family editor
Empty array (0)
Greater modeling flexibility using families
with arrayed components
Site design – Toposurface conversion for Pads
Automatically convert legacy Building
Pads into excavated areas
Applicable to new Toposolids generated
from a legacy Toposurface
Legacy Toposurfaces and Building Pads
are preserved alongside the Toposolid
Downstream Toposurface upgrades while
maintaining design intent
Site design – Toposolid by Face
Create Toposolids on any non-vertical
faces of a mass family
Inspect the Related to Mass checkbox to
verify if the Toposolid is derived from a
Mass
Limited Shape-editing functions available
Cannot select faces from different masses
for the same Toposolid
Expanded options to represent complex
topography
Site design – Excavations on Toposolid
Use a Floor, Roof or a Toposolid to
excavate volume from the host Toposolid
The Toposolid volume value is adjusted by
the excavation volume
Remove the excavation to undo the cutout
Works also with legacy Pads
Enhanced control over topography cutouts
Site design – Excavation volume parameters
Report the volume of soil removed
by cuts and excavations
Two new parameters:
o Individual Excavation Volume
o Total Excavation Volume
Display excavation volumes in
schedules
More accurate and efficient way to quantify
excavation volumes
Site design – Shafts Opening enhacement
Previously, the Shaft Opening would cut
through the entire Toposolid, ignoring the Revit 2024 Revit 2025
bottom face
Now, the Toposolid detects the bottom of
the shaft as the cut off limit
Limitation: The removed soil by a shaft is
not tracked.
Enhanced representation of cutoffs created
by Shafts in Toposolids
Site design – Excavated surfaces host elements
Exposed surfaces of a cut toposolid
can host face-based components
Families report the Toposolid as a
host
Expanded modelling flexibility using
excavation surfaces
Site design – Toposolid Smooth Shading
Display Toposolids with smoothed surfaces
Visible in views using Shaded, Consistent
Colors, Textures, and Realistic visual styles.
Smoothness mantained with you print or
export
Limitations when enabled:
o Surface patterns will not display
o Materials cannot be overridden with paint,
decals, or graphic overrides
o For linked Toposolids, smooth in the original file
and reload
Enhance the visual representation of
Toposolids with Smooth Shading
Site design – Contour display when editing
Contour lines are now visible when shape-
editing a Toposolid
Contour visibility respond to graphics
overrides and contour type settings
Improved control and experience when
editing Toposolids
Site design – Shape Editing snaps
When shape editing a Floor, Roof or Toposolid,
enable or disable the snapping to inner points
and edges
Snapping options:
o Along Surface: XY snap, Z on topo surface
o Absolute: XY snap, Z based on elevation base
settings
o Snap XYZ: XY and Z snap to a 3D point
Limitations:
o Can’t snap to Splines.
o Snapping is conditioned by View Range
o Prioritizes Endpoint and Midpoint
Increased 3D modelling precision for higher
quality models in less time
Dynamo for Revit 3.03 upgrade
Revit 2025
Work better with linked models
Improved interactions with geometry
Toposolid nodes
The new Package Manager
Search for nodes by category
More readable Watch node text
Updated Revit sample files
Gate node and Remember node in the Dynamo library
Improved experience when developing
automation workflows
Search in Project Browser enhancement
Revit 2025
View all the child nodes when the parent node
contains the keywords
Collapse the child nodes when they don’t
contain the keywords
Search more efficiently in Project Browser Revit 2024 Revit 2025
Dark Theme for Shared Views
Revit 2025
Enabled for the first level user interface in
Shared Views
Keep consistent with the other Dark Theme
supported UI
Seamless and consistent visual experience
Parametric splicing for typical rebar
Revit 2025
Pick a line to splice multiple rebar sets
Splice rebar by length
Modify rebar splices
Splice types and lap length configuration
Automatic constraints for spliced ends
Enhanced user efficiency in accurately modeling concrete
reinforcement
Highlight bars exceeding the maximum length
Revit 2025
Visually inspect bars that require length
adjustments
Utilize Revit filters to highlight bars that
require splitting
Enhanced rebar quality control
Prevent unexpected changes to the rebar model
Revit 2025
Disable rebar constraints on individual bar handles
A handle with a disabled constraint doesn’t react to
changes of the concrete faces
Manually drag a bar handle with a disabled constraint
Edit constraints for multiple bars and disable all the
constraints
Check the rebar constraints status by using schedules
or filters
Enhanced control over rebar geometry
Enhanced Split features for framing and columns
Revit 2025
Consistent ribbon experience for accessing “Split”
and “Split with gap” for steel members
Splitting steel framing and columns that have steel
connections
Enhanced detailed steel design
Updated set of rules for connections automation
Revit 2025
Place more typical connections using less
scripts
Select where to place the steel connections
Easier usage of steel connection automation
Revit personal accelerator UI
The Revit Personal Accelerator (PAC)
optimizes performance when working on
Revit Cloud Models
Display PAC available storage
Change max capacity limit (GB) value
Copy cache folder location to clipboard
Direct access to log and help files
Improved performance and stability when
working with Revit Cloud Models
Revit macro tools renovation
Revit 2025
The new workflow uses Visual Studio Code
as a more modern and extensible code editor
Support for automatic template generation
Document Level Macros, Python, and
VB.NET macros are no longer supported
Streamlined and more efficient coding experience
Revit .NET 8
Revit 2025
Revit migrated an important technical
framework to the latest version (.NET 8)
Improved 3rd party developer experience
Integration with modern development
environments like Visual Studio Code
Staying current with technology and regular
maintenance
Improved performance across the board
Extensible storage improvements
Revit 2025
Resolve Schema Conflict in file upgrade
Resolve Schema Conflict when Sync to
Central or Reload latest
Resolve Schema Conflict in file open
Optimized workflows minimizing schema conflicts
Filter discipline updates
Revit 2025
Update filter discipline of some categories
under Visibility Control dialog
The changes are based on a user survey with
300+ valid user replies
Architecture Structure Mechanical Electrical Piping Infrastructure
The category filter was reassigned as shown Medical
Equipment X X X X
in the table for these categories Food Service
Equipment X X X X
Audio Visual
Device X X
Fire Protection
X X X X
Vertical
Circulation X X X
Hardscape
X
Temporary
Structure X X X
Work more efficiently with categories Signag
X X
# Name How to trigger it Moved to Moved to
Option bar removal 1 3D Snapping option Create a new conceptual mass family
>- Enable “3D snapping” option
Property Palette Ribbon
X
Revit 2025
2 Workplane Space Setting Show Work Plane >- Select work
Options move to Property palette plane >- Change “Space” setting X
3 Ellipse Line: Keep Ratio Select an ellipse line >- Enable “Keep
option Ratio” option X
Options move to ribbon
4 Arc Line: Keep Concentric Select an arc line >- Enable “Keep
option Concentric” option X
Allows for keytips, shortcuts, and
to be closer to other functionality 5 Apply Area Rule option Create new area boundary line >-
Enable “Apply area rule” option X
6 Modify: Scale tool Modify >- Scale
X
7 Create Level: Make Plan Create a level >- Change "Make Plan
View and Plan View Types View" checkbox and "Plan View X
setting Types" settings
8 Annotation: Tag by Category Click Annotation>Tag by category
tool X X
Easier to find controls, that are more visible and accessible
Disable Mark value for MEP categories
Revit 2025
Mark Numbers will no longer auto-
generate as new elements are created for
the following MEP categories
• MEP Ancillary Framing
• MEP Fabrication Ductwork Stiffeners
• Air Terminals
• Mechanical Equipment
• Duct Accessories
• Electrical Equipment
• Electrical Fixtures
• Mechanical Control Devices
• Lighting Fixtures
• Pipe Accessories
• Sprinklers
• Plumbing Fixtures
• Plumbing Equipment
Streamline mark numbering for cleaner documentation
Validate model integrity
Revit 2025
Validate model health before updating
configuration
No longer wait for several hours for
reload configuration only to undo the
reload due to disconnects
Issues are stored as reviewable
warnings
Avoid fabrication rework with model validation
Single-phase components
Revit 2025
Revit will now support single-phase
components within three-phase
connections and a variety of single-
phase and three-phase configurations
Parameters have been renamed to
clearly identify power properties
Enhanced efficiency and design for electrical phasing
Maximum circuits parameter for “Data/Other Panel”
Revit 2025
A new parameter “Maximum amount
of circuits” has been added for data and
other panel
Variable amount option can be
enabled for data panel schedule
templates
Revit will show “Warning” if user
attempts to connect more circuits than
“Maximum amount of circuits”
Enhanced efficiency for electrical design
Other panels can consume power
Revit 2025
Power from low voltage panels like
fire alarms are now accounted for on
power circuits
The System Browser will report the
load to the assigned power connector
Expanded options for informed data of
electrical systems
Fabrication Data Manager - edit part type geometry
Revit 2025
Edit geometry in Fabrication Data
Manager (FDM) for product listed parts
only
Add and remove part types
Easily edit part data such as
diameter, angle and length
Enhanced features for editing fabrication parts
Fabrication Data Manager - part search
Revit 2025
More accurate parts search in
Fabrication Data Manager (FDM)
Filter using part data
Search by part name
Choose between tile and table views
Enhanced features for fabrication part search
Fabrication Data Manager - upload and assign images
Revit 2025
Easily upload and assign images
to parts in Fabrication Data
Manager (FDM)
Generate from 3D Model will take
snapshot of current view
Upload File will allow you to bring
in a png, jpeg, or jpg image
Simplified imaging for fabrication parts
Sustainability
Revit 2025
Export gbXML schema version 7.03
Revit 2025
Revit now supports the latest version v7.03
of gbXML (v7.03)
Expanded descriptions of HVAC
equipment and operational parameters
including
o Zone Equipment
o Air Systems
o Hydronic Loops
o HVAC systems: Air systems, Heat
Exchangers, Fans, Chiller and Coil types
More comprehensive modeling of building
energy systems
Forma Add-In for Revit - Updates
Access in Revit proposals optimized by
the latest set of Forma’s environmental
analysis and capabilities:
o Embodied Carbon Tech Preview
o Solar Analysis Beta
o Rowhouse tool
o Rhino extension
Update notifications in Ribbon
Reduce the environmental impact in Forma’s
conceptual proposals and transfer them to Revit
Total Carbon Analysis for Architects
Insight - Carbon Insights
Offers directional insight on embodied and
operation carbon impacts and tradeoff between
architectural systems in Revit
Available in Revit as a plugin
Leverage EC3 Databases to configure the
analysis
Display results in graphs by Construction,
Material, Intensity by Area
Access data-driven insights for designing
buildings with a lower carbon footprint
Total Carbon Analysis for Architects
Insight – Flexible Dashboards
Build customized flexible, open and
transparent dashboards
Suggest targeted improvements
Create custom data points (factors) and
performance indicators (metrics) to
customize the analysis scope
Make comparisons and understand design
trade-offs, with new flexible dashboards
Analysis
Revit 2025
LCS orientation for analytical elements
Revit 2025
Change or align the X axis orientation for
multiple analytical members at the same time
Use a reference line to align the X axis
orientation or align/flip the Z axis orientation for
multiple analytical panels simultaneously
Supports the control of orientation for loads,
boundary conditions, results, etc.
Clear and accurate structural analysis results
interpretation
Improved analytical consistency with
structural analysis software
Annual operating schedules for energy analysis
Revit 2025
Building Operating Schedules can
now be easily accessed under MEP
Settings
Annual schedules can now be
defined for different operating
conditions, multiple daily schedules,
and hourly load intensity
Enable energy efficiency in design with
enhanced scheduling features
Interoperability
Revit 2025
Improved IFC Export Mapping Settings
Customize Revit category mapping
with templates
Create, import, duplicate, save,
export, rename and delete
templates
Search category keywords
Use the dialog launcher to select
IFC Class and Predefine type
Reset to default values.
Improve collaboration with enhanced
interoperability settings
Import/Export STEP files
The STEP format is a universal neutral
format read by most CAD software
programs
Enhanced coordination with non-Revit
stakeholders and product manufacturers
Map imported geometry to a specified
Revit category
Expanded options of information exchange
Support new GIS coordinate systems
Support five new GIS coordinate systems
o CGCS2000
o UK GG951
o Amtrak Northeast Corridor
o US Albers NAD83
o ISN2016
Enhanced integration with geodesical
referenced datasets
Informed Design for Revit
• Template Discovery: Browse catalogs
of known-manufacturable building
products for use in Revit projects.
• Customization: Tailor building products
to align with your building's
requirements, ensuring compliance
with manufacturers' specifications.
• Certainty: Ensure design decisions are
accurate and manufacturable to reduce
project risk and prevent errors.
Leverage manufacturer-supplied data in real-time to design
more quickly, accurately, and cost-effectively.
Informed Design for Revit
• Insert pre-generated variations: Browse
the list of validated product variations to
place instances quickly and easily.
• Update and replace: Modify the values of
existing instances to configure
replacements. Swap out-of-date products
with the manufacturer’s latest product
release.
Explore building product templates, tailor and add
them into design files, ensuring traceability as a
known, manufacturable component.
Revit to Robot Link enhancements
Revit 2025
Transfer of Local Coordinate Systems after
Revit analytical LCS enhancements
Transfer for split members
Better support of BIM-centric structural analysis workflows
Use Advance Steel part & assembly marks in Revit
Revit 2025 P5
Transfer and synchronize single part marks
and assembly marks 4x PL06
Create general arrangement drawings for
steel projects P1
AS-001
8x M20 8.8
2x PL01
P2
2x PL01
PL02
PL03
PL04
Better connected projects across design, fabrication, and PL02
construction PL03
PL04
Cloud data
Revit 2025
Monitoring of Coordination Model changes
Revit 2025
Comparing changes across coordination
model versions
Displaying type & number of changes
Consistent results & user experience with
Autodesk Construction Cloud
Insights into object parameters that changed
Coordinate design development and model deliverables more
effectively between stakeholders
Documentation
efficiency
Revit 2025
Sheet Collections
Create multiple, flexible groups or
packages of sheets
Allow duplicate Sheet Number values
across collections
Use two new view parameters: Sheet
Collection and Referencing Sheet
Collection
Drag and drop sheets in the Project
Browser to organize sheet in collections
Deliver projects faster with clear and
organized sheet collections
Sheet Collections
Apply a custom Browser Organization
using the Sheet Collection parameter
Create new sheets directly on under a
collection in the project browser
Filter sheets by Sheet Collection before
printing or exporting
Apply View Filters using Sheet Collection
values
Deliver projects faster with clear and
organized sheet collections
Batch delete and add to library materials
Select multiple materials at once
Delete materials in batches
Add material to custom libraries in batches
Manage project materials quickly
Material thumbnail generator improvement
Generate thumbnails in the material
browser faster with the new ‘Quick’ render
setting
Display thumbnails with fewer CPU
resources
Explore project materials with ease
Align and distribute annotations
Revit 2025
Select annotations including text, tags and
keynotes
New Align and Distribute contextual ribbon
panel
Neatly distributed with one click
Text alignment for multiple selected texts
Quickly align annotations to create neat and legible drawings
Background PDF Export
Revit 2025
Continue working on your model while the
export process completes
Monitor the status of the PDF export
Seamless design workflow
Room Perimeter accuracy improvement
More accurate room perimeter
calculations at:
o Inner loop boundaries
o Curved boundaries
Perimeter values may change slightly
when a file is upgraded
Get more accurate data from room
schedules
Schematic bending details for rebar tagging
Revit 2025
Options to show dimensions or just the bar
bending
More complete shop drawings
Streamline coordination between
designers and fabricators
Enhanced annotations in bending details
Revit 2025
Improved control over annotations in bending
details
Select and move dimensions and tag in
bending details
Align tags in realistic bending details
Align multiple bending details
Streamline coordination between
designers and fabricators
Enhanced rebar set presentation
Revit 2025
Select bars to show from multiple rebar sets
Set presentation options for multiple bar sets
at once
Enhanced productivity during the creation of shop drawings
Tag and dimension components of connections
Revit 2025
Existing tags and dimensions are preserved
on steel connections break command
Break
Improve your engineering documentation
More easily access duct and pipe pressure drop data
Revit 2025
Analytical Duct and Pipe Segments
with associated tag categories have
been added as Analytical Model
Categories
Flow and pressure loss information
is now available in schedules and
shown in properties
Enhanced access to analytical model categories
Material Gauge parameter for fabrication ductwork
Revit 2025
A new parameter “Material Gauge”
has now been added for MEP
fabrication ductwork
This new parameter will be read-only
and can be used in Tags and Schedules
Increased fabrication efficiency
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