For better understanding, we may add a title field for each material. Under the “Sorting/Grouping” tab, uncheck the option of “Itemize every instance.” Then click on 'OK.' Now only the kinds of materials are listed in the schedule.

In the “Sorting/Grouping” field, click “Edit….” We shall see the pop-up window of “Material Takeoff Properties.” Under the “Sorting/Grouping” tab, in the “Sort by” drop-down menu, select “Material: Name.” Then click on 'OK.' The material of each instance is now listed in the schedule however, we care more about the kinds of materials, so let us go back to the “Material Takeoff Properties” window. First, we want to sort the schedule according to the materials the walls are using in this project. Now, let me use the material takeoff schedule for walls in this project as an example for demonstrating how to perform sorting, totaling, and filtering in it. For example, if we delete this wall, then it will also disappear from the schedule. All schedules are automatically updated when we modify elements in this project. A view list is a schedule of views in a project. A note block, also known as annotation schedule, lists all instances of annotations that we can add using the “Symbol” tool. We can use a sheet list as a table of contents for a construction document set. A sheet list is a schedule of sheets in a project. A material takeoff schedule shows more details about the assembly of a component with lists of sub-components or materials.

A graphical column schedule is for identifying structural columns’ intersecting grid lines, top and bottom constraints, and offsets. The six schedule types are “Schedule/Quantities,” “Graphical Column Schedule,” “Material Takeoff,” “Sheet List,” “Note Block,” and “View List.” A quantity schedule lists the building components in a project.

Then, I will use the material takeoff schedule for walls in this project as an example for demonstrating how to perform sorting, totaling, and filtering in the schedule and how to export the schedule. Let us go through the six schedule types in Revit first. In this session, we are going to take a quick look at Revit schedules.

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