The ZEN Design Language

Every command
is legible
before you click it.

ZEN does not use conventional icons. Every command is encoded as a 3×3 grid of circles and crosses — a visual grammar where position, count, and shape encode the nature of each operation. The icon is the documentation.

Top row cross → Export

A cross in the top row signals that data or configuration is flowing out of Revit. The position encodes direction before anything is read.

Bottom row cross → Import

A cross in the bottom row signals that data is flowing into Revit. Every import command carries this mark. The rows are compass directions.

Extra marks → Scale

A second cross in the export or import row signals batch execution — the same operation across many models. More marks, more scale.

Five icons that tell the story

Command

Select an icon above

Click any of the five icons to decode its visual grammar.

How to read it

Full command set

A grammar you learn once and read forever --
in every panel, every ribbon, every release.

ZEN