RevitCat: RevitSpeak

It has concerned me for some time now that “RevitSpeak” is slowly but surely entering into common usage in the building industry around the world.

What do I mean by “RevitSpeak”?  Well, I mean the usage of words in the Revit User Interface that are not technically correct, or they are specifically American words that were not previously in common usage in other English speaking countries – some of these are now very commonly (mis)used in architects offices around the world.  One of the confusing things for me is that I no longer know if these words are ‘incorrect’, ‘specific to Revit’ or just common American words that are different to British, Australian, New Zealand etc construction terminology.

These days it is no good doing a search on the Internet because many of the results come up with examples from Revit models or drawings – so it does not clarify which are incorrect or just different.

Here are some examples:

1.   “Mullion” is defined as:

  • A mullion is a vertical bar…

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