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4. Under the Preview section, you can specify which view this file will be
previewed in. I like to keep it as the current view. That way, I can get
an idea if the file is up-to-date based on the state of the view. Click OK.
FIGURE 1.52: The Options in the Save As function allow you to specify
number of backups as well as the view it will use for the preview.
5. Create a folder somewhere, and save this file into the folder. The name
of the file used as an example in the book is called
NER.rvt. (NER
stands for “No Experience Required.”) Of course, you can name the
file anything you wish, or you can even just do your own project
using the steps and examples from the book as a guideline.
Now that you have experience adding components to the model, it is time to
investigate exactly what it is we are adding here. Each component is a member
of what Revit calls a family.
und e r s ta n di ng th e re v i t ar C h i t eC t u r e File (.rvt)
The extension for a Revit Architecture file is .rvt. There are three separate
Revit applications: Revit Architecture, Revit Structure, and Revit MEP. All
three Revits share the same .rvt file extension. You can open a Revit file
produced in any of these three applications directly. You do not need object
enablers to read items that do not pertain to that discipline.
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