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You are at a good point now to save the fi le. And this brings the book to a good
point to discuss the different fi le types, and their associations with the BIM model.
File Types and Families
Revit Architecture has a unique way in which it saves fi les and utilizes different
fi le types to build a BIM model. To learn how and why Revit has chosen these
methods, follow along with these steps:
1. Click the save icon (see Figure 1.50).
FIGURE 1.50 The traditional save icon will bring up the Save As dialog if
the file has never been saved.
2. In the Save As dialog, click the Options button in the lower-right cor-
ner (see Figure 1.51).
FIGURE 1.51 The Options button in the Save As dialog lets you choose
how the file is saved.
3. In the File Save Options dialog, you will see at the top a place where
you can specify the number of backups, as shown in Figure 1.52. Set
this value to 1.
Revit provides this option because, when you click the save icon,
Revit duplicates the fi le. It will simply add a suffi x of “001” to the end
of the fi lename. Each time you click the save icon, Revit will record
this save and add another fi le called “002,” leaving the “001” intact.
The default is to do this three times before it starts replacing the 001,
002, and 003 with the three most current fi les.
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