Two Door Hardware Changes Every Architect Should Know About in the 2027 IBC
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Door hardware sets for Revit
Door hardware, organized inside Revit.
Group doors into hardware sets, let built-in checks catch the door that doesn’t belong, and write set names straight to your door schedule. No spreadsheets. No retyping.
Nobody edits walls one at a time. Why do it with door hardware?
Walls, rooms, finishes, and equipment all live in the model as connected data. If every one-hour wall changes, the model finds them. Door hardware still runs on spreadsheets, spec books, and markups, with the architect cross-referencing it all by hand.
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Sets live outside the model
Hardware sets tracked in spreadsheets drift out of sync the moment the plan changes.
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Every door checked by hand
Room names, door types, fire ratings, and owner standards cross-referenced one opening at a time.
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The wrong question
Teams ask “which doors do I need to update?” The better question is “what defines this group of doors?”
That’s not a hardware problem. It’s a workflow problem.
Group the doors. dRVT checks the set.
Add doors to a set in one move
Every door in the model, in one list. Select the ones that share hardware and add them to a set together. Pick the hardware once for the whole set.
dRVT checks they belong together
Same fire rating, hinges that suit the sizes, locking picked. A door that doesn’t match gets flagged before it reaches the schedule.
SET 03 Office · 18 doors CHECK ✓ Same rating (non-rated) CHECK ✓ Hinges suit the door sizes CHECK ✓ Locking picked WRITE Hardware Set = "03 Office"Onto the schedule, and into your specs
dRVT writes the hardware set name to each door, so your door schedule is current without retyping a cell. Then export every set to Word for your firm’s specifications.
What it does now, and what’s next.
Here is exactly what dRVT does today, and what we’re building next. Early users help decide the order.
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Add doors to a set in one move
Every door in the model in one list. Search, filter by level and phase, select the doors that share hardware, and add them to a set together.
Built-in checks on every set
Each set checks that its doors belong together: same fire rating, hinges that suit the sizes, locking picked. Doors that don’t match get flagged.
Specify hardware once per set
Pick hinges, locks, stops, and silencers for the set, not door by door. Every door in the set gets it.
Write the set name to your schedule
Apply to model writes the set name to the door parameter your schedule already reads. No separate spreadsheet to keep in sync.
Export sets for your specifications
Export every set to a Word document: a description, its doors, and each component with quantity, finish, and manufacturer. Bring it into your firm’s own specifications.
On the roadmap
Sets that keep up with the plan
Save what defines a set and run it again, so new and changed doors pick up the right hardware.
More checks
Flag more common conflicts, like hardware that doesn’t suit a door’s type or rating, or your office standards.
Reusable set libraries
Carry your office’s hardware sets from project to project instead of rebuilding them.
Assignment history
A record of what changed, when, so a set revision is easy to review.
Roadmap items are planned, not promised. dRVT supports your judgment and your consultant’s review; it does not certify code compliance.
Notes on hardware, code, and workflow.
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