Chapter 23Sheets

Construction documents, drawings, and specifications are likely to continue to be our instrument of service to our clients for many years to come. Autodesk® Revit® MEP 2016 uses sheets to allow us to organize our model views, schedules, legends, and details into documents suitable for printing whether using paper or electronic formats like PDF.

Sheets can be compared with creating a layout in AutoCAD, assuming you have prior experience with that task. The significant difference is that sheets use the plan, section, and elevation drawings that are derived from the views of your model. These are far better coordinated because all of them are located in this project, and they are integrated more fully and reliably.

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