New Project Existing Model

[bfriske]

I am facing a scenario I haven't faced before in Revert.  I am going back to an old Revit model to do a new project for an existing client.  My office did the original project a few years ago and I updated the model to 2014 without problems.  The issue is, how can I set this new detached project as a single existing phase? The original project had three phases. An existing phase (the building was existing), and two phases of new construction.  When I merge all the phases together (I tried every combination of merging them), the demo'd elements show up as temporary.  I understand the concept of this.  The elements still remain demo'd, only now there is a single phase, thus they become temporary.  I did manage to make a schedule to select elements by phase and delete, but that worried me and seemed like a backwards way to get ride of the now non-existent elements.

Has anyone faced this problem before?  It seems new to me.  I want the model to start with a single existing phase to represent the new existing conditions. How can I eliminate all the old demolished elements easily so they do not show as temporary?

Any insight would be helpful.

Thanks

[alan.quinn]

This is an interesting question. It would seem to me that you only need the existing elements the did not change and the new elements in Phase 1 and 2 from your old project. If you open a blank file so you have somewhere to copy into to, then in your existing 3D view change your Phasing to Shown Complete - Phase 2 (or whatever you called your second phase).

You should now only see eexisting elements the did not change and new elements in Phase 1 and 2. Highlight all, copy, ctrl tab to the new blank file and paste. While everything is still highlighted change the elements phasing to Phase Created = Existing and Phase Demolish = None as they will copy in as New Construction.

This worked in my test file...Thanks for posting and let me know your results.