{"id":456827,"date":"2020-04-09T16:01:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T14:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/?p=456827"},"modified":"2021-09-17T11:53:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T09:53:29","slug":"own-revit-icons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/own-revit-icons\/","title":{"rendered":"Own Revit icons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Revit 2021 has been available since yesterday - but if, like me, you always have 2-3 Revit versions installed and then regularly switch between the German and English versions, then you know how easy it is to start the \"wrong\" Revit! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>There have been various instructions and websites where you can download Revit icons with dates for a while now, but I never really liked them and preferred to make my own - which I have just finally done! And I thought of you and that I could leave a sign of life and a little Easter present in the form of icons \/ instructions here just before Easter.<\/p>\n<p>Here you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/iby7u1drpc9m2ef\/Revit-icons.zip?dl=0\">My icons for Revit 2019-2022<\/a> download, both original and bw\/red, which I use for the English version.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Revit-icons2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"456832\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/own-revit-icons\/revit-icons2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Revit-icons2.jpg?fit=502%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"502,217\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Revit-icons2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Revit-icons2.jpg?fit=502%2C217&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-456832\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Revit-icons2-300x130.jpg?resize=300%2C130\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Revit-icons2.jpg?resize=300%2C130&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Revit-icons2.jpg?w=502&amp;ssl=1 502w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To activate the icons, you can simply use desktop shortcuts or Windows Start like I do (the latter also controls the appearance in the taskbar):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Revit-icons-anleitung.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"456829\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/own-revit-icons\/revit-icons-guide\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Revit-icons-anleitung.jpg?fit=1418%2C761&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1418,761\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Revit-icons-anleitung\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Revit-icons-anleitung.jpg?fit=750%2C403&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-456829 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Revit-icons-anleitung-750x403.jpg?resize=750%2C403\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Revit-icons-anleitung.jpg?resize=750%2C403&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Revit-icons-anleitung.jpg?resize=300%2C161&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Revit-icons-anleitung.jpg?resize=768%2C412&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Revit-icons-anleitung.jpg?resize=1286%2C690&amp;ssl=1 1286w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Revit-icons-anleitung.jpg?w=1418&amp;ssl=1 1418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you want to create your own icons: you can find the original icon here C:\\Program Files\\Autodesk\\Revit 2021\\Revit.ico<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the .ico format cannot usually be opened directly by image editing programs, but you can easily convert it to e.g. .PNG format using a web service - I have used this here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aconvert.com\/de\/image\/\">https:\/\/www.aconvert.com\/de\/image\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can then edit the PNG file as normal and convert it back to .ico format using the same website<\/p>\n<p>Happy Easter and stay healthy! 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