Georgios Papadogeorgakis
Updated: May 6, 2024
Jumping in to Revit 2025? Here are the biggest updates you'll encounter!
Layer now supports Revit 2025! We know it can be a challenge getting familiar with an updated dashboard when you've been working in another environment for so long. In order to make your life a little bit easier, @georgios with the Layer team spent some time to outline the biggest updates you should know about!
We've outlined them below based on category and included some helpful screenshots so you can get back to what you do best: delivering beautiful projects to happy clients!
Georgios' list of the most important updates in Revit 2025
Design Productivity Enhancements
Auto Join and Lock for Walls: The new "Auto Join and Lock" feature ensures adjacent walls connect seamlessly, even around openings. Read More →
Flexible Family Arrays: The Family Editor now supports single-element and empty arrays, providing greater flexibility in creating and managing component families. Read More →
Site Design Improvements
Toposolid Enhancements: Revit 2025 expands the capabilities of Toposolids, allowing creation from non-vertical mass surfaces using the "Model by Face" tool. Additionally, new excavation tools enable precise modeling of site cuts and grading, complete with excavation volume parameters for accurate calculations. Read More →
Structural Detailing Upgrades
Parametric Rebar Splicing: Users can now automate the splitting of long reinforcement bars based on predefined lengths, with options for lapped, end-to-end, or staggered layouts, enhancing reinforcement modeling efficiency. Read More →
Rebar Constraint Management: The ability to disable constraints for individual rebar handles provides more control over reinforcement placement, reducing potential modeling errors. Read More →
Documentation Efficiency
Sheet Collections: This new feature allows users to group sheets into collections without the need for custom parameters, improving organization and navigation within large projects. Read More →
In-Canvas Spell Check: Revit 2025 introduces real-time spell checking directly within the canvas for text annotations and keynotes, enhancing documentation accuracy. Read More →
User Interface and Usability
Tabbed Project Browser: The Project Browser now supports tabbed views, enabling users to filter and display specific categories such as Views, Legends, Sheets, Families, and Links, reducing the need for extensive scrolling in large projects. Read More →
Manage Links Dialog: The updated Manage Links dialog presents linked files in a tree structure, categorized by type (e.g., Revit models, CAD formats, PDFs), with enhanced filtering and search capabilities for improved link management. Read More →
Interoperability and Collaboration
IFC Export Mapping: Improved IFC category mapping provides a more intuitive export process. This faclitates better collaboration with stakeholders using different software platforms. Read More →
STEP File Support: Revit now supports linking and exporting STEP files (ISO 10303), this broadens compatibility with various 3D geometry data formats and enhancing interoperability. Read More →
Sustainability and Analysis Tools
Total Carbon Analysis: The integration of Autodesk Insight enables architects to perform comprehensive carbon analyses, assessing both embodied and operational carbon from early design stages through detailed development. Read More →
