Revit – 2026 New Features (Part 2)

by Garry Stockton

continued from Part 1

User Interface Enhancement

One of the new User Interface enhancements in Revit 2026 includes a contextual ribbon for tags, which improves the efficiency of tag settings by placing them in the contextual ribbon instead of floating menus. This change reduces mouse movement and ensures tag properties can be set before placement.

Classification

Another update is the renaming of OmniClass fields to “Classification” in Family Parameters, offering more flexibility for users to assign other classification systems. This is long overdue, but I would’ve preferred to see an option for Europe’s Uniclassification. The User Interface also provides a more general Classification Number & Title instead of the fixed OmniClass references.

Manage Links: Better Visibility of Imported CAD

Another small but useful improvement is in the Manage Links dialog which now includes a “Show Imported CAD” option. Previously, these could only be viewed through a view's Visibility-Graphics dialog. This streamlines the process of tracking and managing CAD imports, especially on large multidisciplinary projects.

Coordination Model Enhancements

Coordination models, those lightweight, multi-format reference models, now benefit from enhanced graphical appearances, making them easier to interpret during the coordination process. While details are not obvious, visual fidelity and performance both appear to be improved in this release.

Toposolid Enhancements in Revit 2026

Sub-Division Enhancement

When creating a subdivision on a toposolid, a new sub-division is generated that follows the geometry of the host toposolid. You can provide an offset to the subdivision. A positive offset places the subdivision above the host, while a negative offset places it below the host. A negative offset excavates the host, and the excavation volume is reported in the properties of the subdivision. To create a subdivision that uses a different material than the host toposolid, change the toposolid type.

Subdivisions are a subcategory of toposolids. Use object styles and visibility/graphic overrides to control how subdivisions are displayed in views of your model.

Improved accuracy when linking topography

When reloading topography linked in previous releases of Revit, the improved precision of linking may result in topography that more closely aligns with the geometry of the link. In some cases, you can successfully link topography that was not previously possible. See images below for example.

Before Accuracy Improvement                                  After Accuracy Improvement