Mixing Revit Building and Structure

[Anonymous]

We are about to give revit building and structure, and systems a test run. We have both Architects and Engineers in the same office. What's the proper way to mix Revit Building and Structure? Do the structural guys link to the Building model and build their components independently of Building, or can worksharing accomodate the two different softwares.

Does worksharing have any affect on the Analytic modelling that structure does, or is it best to only link?

I would hate to go down the wrong path, so any advice is appreciated.

[Anonymous]

The best practice is to have each discipline (arch, struct, MEP) have
separate models. Link them into each other or into a master master. This
will allow you to do interference checks. Revit 9 has improved the linking
capabilities of Revit models to help accomplish this.

Linking is the key here.
Hope this helps.

David Haynes, AIA
Ideate, Inc.
www.ideateinc.com


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We are about to give revit building and structure, and systems a test run.
We have both Architects and Engineers in the same office. What's the proper
way to mix Revit Building and Structure? Do the structural guys link to the
Building model and build their components independently of Building, or can
worksharing accomodate the two different softwares.

Does worksharing have any affect on the Analytic modelling that structure
does, or is it best to only link?

I would hate to go down the wrong path, so any advice is appreciated.

[jwieronski84]

David,

We are linking structural and architectural however the room boundaries do not recognize the linked structural. We have cols. and some structural walls in the linked structural.

How do we have room boundaries without drawing in boundaries?

Joe

[Anonymous]

Joe,
Room Boundaries are created when the walls are drawn or area boundaries are
created.
Are you using copy/monitor to copy and monitor the architects walls in the
structural plan.

If you are trying to copy the structural walls in the architect's plans -
that is okay - but monitoring is a bit tricky. Once the walls are copied,
you will get room boundaries. Room boundaries are not seen "through" the
link.

Regards,

David Haynes, AIA
Ideate, Inc.
www.ideateinc.com

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David,

We are linking structural and architectural however the room boundaries do
not recognize the linked structural. We have cols. and some structural
walls in the linked structural.

How do we have room boundaries without drawing in boundaries?

Joe