topic Re: Showing Future Phases in Revit MEP Forum

Showing Future Phases

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 12:30:37 GMT

Anyone have any input on how to show Future Phasing with Revit's Limited Phasing manager?Also if anyone has any examples of how they achieve a Future-ish Phase would be great.

Thanks in advance

Re: Showing Future Phases

L.Maas — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:45:13 GMT

This is just not how the phasing tools work. You are limited to the new, existing, demolished and temporary.

That said I never had a need for future phasing.

If you really need to do something in that respect I think you could add a project parameter to the relevant families (e.g FuturePhase) and then use view filters in combination with graphics overrides

Re: Showing Future Phases

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:48:57 GMT

I guess I forgot to mention that, that is currently how I do it, Using a Shared Parameter/ View Filters. I guess I was trying to see if there were other ways on how to do future phasing.

Re: Showing Future Phases

RobDraw — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:24:27 GMT

How about utilizing the new phase as future?

Re: Showing Future Phases

Anonymous — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:41:59 GMT

I have attempted that, but my Engineer hates that they look like a demolition item.

Re: Showing Future Phases

ToanDN — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:48:02 GMT

1. If you only need to present them on sheets then you can place two views, one is the current phase view and the other is the future phase view (only show future items) on one sheet.

2. If you need them in one view, put all future items in a different workset, and use View filter criteria based on the workset name. It is similar to using parameter to filter, just a little bit easier and better for the long run, when you need to actually move them to the future phase.

Re: Showing Future Phases

JOHN.SZLACHTA.JACOBS — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 18:52:50 GMT

Autodesk still needs to add a Future Phase to the Phase Filters. Been a request for many years now.

Re: Showing Future Phases

WFTDesign — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 23:55:35 GMT

TELL ME ABOUT THAT!!!!

I have submitted Revit Idea and attached my Revit file on that idea. So they can play with my file like a toy.

Here is link: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/add-future-category-for-phasing/idi-p/8552085

Here is link to my Revit file, so you can play that file like a toy: https://a360.co/2DD0mrD

Please, may I have your vote there? 😄

Re: Showing Future Phases

WFTDesign — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 23:57:39 GMT

Yes, that is what I thought so, too and I would do that. But not a perfect solution.

I have submitted Revit Idea and attached my Revit file on that idea. So they can play with my file like a toy.

Here is the link: https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-ideas/add-future-category-for-phasing/idi-p/8552085

Here is the link to my Revit file, so you can play that file like a toy: https://a360.co/2DD0mrD

Re: Showing Future Phases

RobDraw — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 00:25:28 GMT

Good luck?

Re: Showing Future Phases

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 17:17:15 GMT

I created a new Phase Filter and named it "Show Future + Existing".
Set the Filters as:
New = Overridden

Existing = By Category

Demolished and Temporary = Not Displayed

Then I changed the New Graphic overrides to show new as grey dashed lines and set my views to the "Future" Phase.

Re: Showing Future Phases

s.borello — Fri, 18 Oct 2019 17:36:59 GMT

Great idea... voted!

Re: Showing Future Phases

mroble — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:23:27 GMT

I have gone and created a Shared Parameter named "Phase" and, pretty much applied it to all modeled entity categories in my template. I can then create items, they all have the Phase Shared Parameter applied to them via project parameters.

I go and assign that parameter on everything 1, 2, 3, A,B,C, whatever (only on projects that involve phasing, mind you)... And then I can make a filter that can allow me to show, not show, make hidden, make phantom, make red, blue, brown, whatever, it opens up a lot of options.

The downside is, you kind of have to babysit this, because as you add more and more content to your model, you need to make sure EVERYTHING is assigned a phase in this regard, but the pros are that it leaves you with a bunch of representation options.

Re: Showing Future Phases

michaelburke1114 — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 19:51:34 GMT

I just had a similar request from the Project Engineer; show the "Future" columns on the graphical column schedule. I ended up:

-creating a "Future" project phase

-creating a new phase filter "Show New + Future" set to New=overridden, Existing=by category, Demolished=Not Displayed & Temporary=Overridden

-updating the graphic overrides for the "Temporary" phase status overrides to hidden

-set both column phases to "Future" (phase created & phase demolished) & added a comment "Future Col"

-modified our column tag to be able to show just a comment

-tagged the future columns in the graphical col schedule

-set both graphical column schedule phases to "Future" (phase created & phase demolished)

-to see the future columns in 3D: set the phase filter to "Show New + Future" & the phase to "Future"

Re: Showing Future Phases

travisdehart — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:09:12 GMT

Bump: This thread asking for a future phase in Phasing Graphic Overrides has been circulating since 2017. It's now 2023 and we still don't have this option.

Re: Showing Future Phases

RobDraw — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:28:09 GMT

Were you expecting it to happen? I don't think it was ever stated that it was placed on a future phase for development.

Re: Showing Future Phases

ToanDN — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:31:12 GMT

@travisdehart wrote:

Bump: This thread asking for a future phase in Phasing Graphic Overrides has been circulating since 2017. It's now 2023 and we still don't have this option.

You can now show future phases via view's filters. Filter by phase were introduced after this topic and the marked solution above.

Re: Showing Future Phases

bdowney — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 16:37:50 GMT

As I have experienced it, there are two issues at hand here, first simply viewing the future phase on a sheet is fairly simple by setting your view to the Future Phase and set the Phase Filter to also show the previous phases. The second issue as I understand it, is to be able to edit a view within the New Phase while simultaneously displaying the Future Phase as a reference. The best work around I've seen on this is to create a not-for-plot working sheet and overlay multiple copies of the same plan so that one can be set to future and the second is set to new, but this creates other issues, and it would be better if we could create a Phase filter for a view set to the New Phase to also show Future Phase elements in the same view.

Re: Showing Future Phases

amacomberGH6MU — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 17:58:14 GMT

Care to elaborate on how that works or maybe a link to a help file that shows how to do the filter by phase?

Re: Showing Future Phases

ToanDN — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 23:08:43 GMT

@amacomberGH6MU wrote:

Care to elaborate on how that works or maybe a link to a help file that shows how to do the filter by phase?

Example: