Mirror a house set of plans to a mirror set of plan

[Anonymous]

I have a set of plans for a house. I would like to develope a mirror set of
constructuion documents for the same house to a different file or keep in
the same file as a reverse plan.

I could use different reverse sheets numbers for the reverse floor plan
layout.

I would like to group the set of plans so I can change only one set of plans
and have the mirror set up dated.

How is this done with a housing development type project for the reverse
plan?

--
Don Sutherland, Architect

[Steve_Stafford]

There is a thread at the AUGI Revit forums that outlines how to tackle this if you are interested in going there, you have to join, it is free.

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=7259

(look for the post by Jim Balding)

While many users think that it is or should be a simple task to mirror an entire building model and all documentation related to it, it is not. The Revit developers understand the wish and I'm confident they'll figure it out. For now however, it remains just as difficult a task as it would be to do the same task in regular cadd, when you factor in the mirroring effect on every plan, elevation, section and detail in a set of documents.

[Anonymous]

Thank you,

I'll make a copy of the file and give it a try.

After reading do I keep both copys the mirror and non mirror copy in the
same file?

I was thinking I could call the room names like : living rom and R living
room and filer out the names in the finish schedule, if possible?

Is it possible to group one so the other reverse floor plan would up date???

I'm only have 3-4 months into revit, w/ 7 projects completed revit.

thanks for your help.

--
Don Sutherland, Architect, AIA

Email: don@dwsarchitects.com
wrote in message news:4921812@discussion.autodesk.com...
There is a thread at the AUGI Revit forums that outlines how to tackle this
if you are interested in going there, you have to join, it is free.

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=7259

(look for the post by Jim Balding)

While many users think that it is or should be a simple task to mirror an
entire building model and all documentation related to it, it is not. The
Revit developers understand the wish and I'm confident they'll figure it
out. For now however, it remains just as difficult a task as it would be to
do the same task in regular cadd, when you factor in the mirroring effect on
every plan, elevation, section and detail in a set of documents.

[Steve_Stafford]

Grouping only makes it more reliable to mirror the building. It won't work to keep it grouped. Changes are too unpredicatable to maintain the integrity of the group.

You can keep the mirror copy in the same file. Generally I would avoid making changes to the mirrored version unless they really become different in some way. Instead I'd mirror the master when the first is as fully worked out as possible, then mirror again.

A co-worker found it reasonably productive to group and mirror the bldg as the design progressed. The mirror version was never worked on directly. Naturally it isn't as much fun when your are nearly finished or done with a CD set.

[KRISTI-4IDESIGNS]

Has there been any recent updates on reversing an entire floor plan?