A Revit Door Schedule That Counts Doors by Type, Not Lists Them
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Key takeaways
- Schedule/Quantities with Type and Count as scheduled fields counts doors by type instead of listing every single opening.
- Sorting by Type and unchecking Itemize Every Instance is the one toggle that collapses a per-door list into a per-type count.
- The count comes from the model, so it updates itself the moment a door is added or deleted; nobody retypes a number.
- Highlight in Model and Tile Views let you check a schedule row against the actual door without leaving the view.
One schedule, one toggle, and Revit counts doors by type instead of listing every opening by hand. This is the full workflow from the video, step by step.
A door schedule that counts, not lists
Most Revit door schedules do one thing: list every door, one row at a time. This one does something else. Set it up with Type and Count as the scheduled fields, sort by Type, and uncheck one box, and the same schedule stops listing doors and starts counting them, by type, on its own. Delete a door and the count drops by itself. This is the full workflow from the video, promised for commenting BIM: every step, in order, with where each piece lives in Revit.
Start a new door schedule from the View tab
Open the View tab, click Schedules, and select Schedule/Quantities. In the New Schedule dialog, scroll the category list to Doors and confirm. That builds a schedule tied to the Doors category in the current model, the same starting point any door schedule in Revit uses, whether it ends up listing every door or counting them by type. Autodesk's own support article walks through this same dialog for a standard door schedule.
Add Type and Count so it counts instead of lists
In the Schedule Properties window, move Type and Count from the available fields on the left into the scheduled fields on the right. Type is what the schedule will group by; Count is the field that turns a list into a number. Without Count in the field list, Revit has nothing to tally, and the schedule defaults back to one row per door.
Sort by Type and turn off Itemize Every Instance
Go to the Sorting/Grouping tab. Set the sort field to Type, then find Itemize Every Instance at the bottom of that tab and uncheck it. With it checked, every single door still gets its own row even with Count in the schedule. Unchecked, every door of the same type collapses into one row, with Count showing how many of that type exist in the model. This single toggle is the difference between a list and a count.
The count updates itself when a door is deleted
Nothing about the Count field is typed in. It is reading the model, the same way a legend or a tag reads the model, so adding a door of a given type raises that type's count on the schedule, and deleting one lowers it, the next time the schedule view recalculates. Nobody opens the schedule to fix a number after a change order drops two doors from a floor; the schedule already reflects it.
Highlight in Model: find the door behind the row
Select a row in the schedule, right click, and choose Highlight in Model. Revit flags the exact door that row refers to in whatever plan or 3D view is open, which answers the question a typed-in count never could: which physical opening is this row actually counting. That matters most on a type with a count that looks off, where confirming the actual doors behind the number beats recounting the floor plan by eye.
Tile Views: check the schedule against the model
Tile Views, the default shortcut WT, arranges every open view into a grid on screen instead of stacking them behind full-screen tabs. Put the door schedule in one tile and the floor plan in another, and a count that looks wrong is one glance away from the door it refers to, with Highlight in Model pointing at it directly. The full Revit shortcut sheet documents WT alongside the rest of Revit's default keyboard shortcuts, and the visual style shortcuts cover how Tile Views works together with Wireframe, Hidden Line and Shaded with Edges to compare views side by side.
Where this fits with the rest of your door documentation
A count by type answers how many doors of each kind exist. It does not replace the rest of a door schedule: size, material, fire rating, hardware set and the other columns a US drawing set expects still belong in their own fields. The door schedule template covers every column a Rutgers-style or IBC-referenced door schedule needs, with example rows for a standard door, a rated stair door and a pair of glass doors. Building past the count with four more shortcuts that stop the repeat click, Array, Match Type Properties, Pin and Unpin, keeps the rest of the documentation moving at the same pace.
When the bottleneck isn't the schedule anymore
A Type and Count schedule fixes how fast one person checks how many doors of each kind exist. It does not fix a Revit workload that has grown past what one person can carry, which shows up as the same project architect or BIM lead quietly absorbing routine schedule and documentation work between the tasks only they can do. That is a staffing question, not a schedule question; see do you need a dedicated Revit hire or more overflow help for how to tell a recurring workload from a one off spike, and who staffs the Revit to render handoff at your firm for the same staffing question on the step right after documentation.
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Frequently asked questions
Answers to the questions readers ask most about Revit door count schedule.
Can Revit generate a door schedule automatically?
Yes. From the View tab, the Schedules menu opens Schedule/Quantities, and picking the Doors category builds a schedule straight from the model, not from a typed list. See how to start it above. Autodesk's own documentation covers the same dialog.
How do you make a Revit door schedule count doors by type instead of listing every door?
Add Type and Count as scheduled fields, then sort the schedule by Type and uncheck Itemize Every Instance in the Sorting/Grouping tab. That combination is what turns a row-per-door list into a row-per-type count. The two steps are covered in adding Type and Count above and turning off Itemize above.
Does the door count update automatically when a door is deleted in Revit?
Yes, without touching the schedule. The Count field reads the model directly, so deleting or adding a door of a given type changes that type's count the next time the schedule view refreshes, with nothing to retype. See why the count updates itself above.
What does Highlight in Model do on a Revit door schedule?
Highlight in Model takes the row you have selected in the schedule and flags the matching door directly in the floor plan or 3D view, which is the fastest way to confirm which physical opening a given schedule row is actually counting. Full detail is in Highlight in Model above.
What is Tile Views used for when checking a Revit schedule?
Tile Views arranges every open view side by side on screen, so the door schedule and the floor plan sit next to each other instead of behind separate tabs, which is what makes checking a count against the model fast. See Tile Views above, and the full Revit shortcut sheet for where WT and the other 194 default shortcuts live.
Is this the complete door schedule workflow from the video, or is something missing?
This covers the full workflow from the video: Schedule/Quantities, Type and Count fields, Itemize Every Instance, the count updating on its own, Highlight in Model, and Tile Views. For the columns a US door schedule needs beyond the count (size, fire rating, hardware set), see the door schedule template.
