revit methodology

[Anonymous]

I'm browsing the tutorials and am looking into the section "linking service
core". The tutorial starts with: "In this exercise, you remove the
multi-level stairs and stairwell that you created in a previous exercise
from the building, and replace them with a service core."

So, what would be the good practice for this item:´

1. To design the service core on a separate file, and KEEP IT in a separate
file permanently linked to the rest of the building?
2. Or is there a tool in RVT specificly for service cores? Or that you can
tell RVT "this is a service core"?

Thanks,

R Dias

[Anonymous]

I think its just giving you an example of how linking works. In my experience you don't want to use links unless you have very large projects. Links, like xrefs add additional management. So keep your file all as one and use worksets until you really hit a wall. Or you have multiple buildings on a site.

[Anonymous]

Thanks SD,

I've been looking at this a bit further and somehow relates to another
question. If I keep everything together, can I isolate service cores for
example? Or isolate cores, slabs and columns? This would be important on
large projects like retail, where you may need to spend some time just
looking at cores, and accesses.

Thanks again. I'm just trying to figer out the recommended way to do this.

R Dias

wrote in message news:5482425@discussion.autodesk.com...
I think its just giving you an example of how linking works. In my
experience you don't want to use links unless you have very large projects.
Links, like xrefs add additional management. So keep your file all as one
and use worksets until you really hit a wall. Or you have multiple buildings
on a site.

[Anonymous]

You may want to place core in a different workset than rest of your
building. You can create views that will only show core workset.
"R Dias" < wrote in message
news:5483237@discussion.autodesk.com...
Thanks SD,

I've been looking at this a bit further and somehow relates to another
question. If I keep everything together, can I isolate service cores for
example? Or isolate cores, slabs and columns? This would be important on
large projects like retail, where you may need to spend some time just
looking at cores, and accesses.

Thanks again. I'm just trying to figer out the recommended way to do this.

R Dias

wrote in message news:5482425@discussion.autodesk.com...
I think its just giving you an example of how linking works. In my
experience you don't want to use links unless you have very large projects.
Links, like xrefs add additional management. So keep your file all as one
and use worksets until you really hit a wall. Or you have multiple buildings
on a site.