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FIGURE 1.56 All of the families are listed in the Project Browser.
Using Revit Template File (.rte)
The .rte extension pertains to a Revit template fi le. Your company surely has
developed a template for your own standards or will soon. An
.rte fi le is simply
the default template that has all of your companies standards built into it. When
you start a project, you will use this fi le. To see how an
.rte fi le is used, follow
these steps:
1. Click the Application menu button and select New
➢ Project.
2. In the resulting dialog, shown in Figure 1.57, click the Browse
button.
3. Browsing will throw you into a category with several other templates.
You can now choose a different template.
4. Click Cancel twice.
FIGURE 1.57 A new Revit model is based on an .rte template file.
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