Hi,
Thank you for your interest in our workaround. I have to say, the suggested method should be used as last option only. In general more links you have more pain you cause yourself.
Try to separate te model to Worksets and open only the group affected by your actual changing will.
@Anonymous in your case, when everyone is inhouse, Worksets should be loaded or unloaded to keep the amount of data in your RAM on a reasonable level.
@Anonymous If you place multidisciplinear families to a workset (or a bunch of worksets, based on the levels or wings of the building) not permanently owner by anyone, can solve your problem in one project file.
@bnydam I think, you are looking for the Copy/Monitor tool.
@hobyrne.ca & @Mark.Friis Copy/Monitor's Coordination Settings can automate you the mapping of "Architectural" and "MEP" families. One with the geometry, the other is with the proper connector settings. https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2019/ENU/Revit-Collaborate/files/GUID-F6C13AE9-07D2-47FD-A1B7-2A591DAF3E53-htm.html
@Martin__Schmid is absolutely right: parameter modifications and updates yould be done with the argeement of all affected parties at all cases above.
If you continue to insist on linking your models, you should pay attention to the followings at Duct Systems and Piping Systems:
- Connector in the family collecting a branch: Flow Configuration must be "Calculated"
- Connector in the family at branch connections: Flow Configuration must be "Preset"
- If you do not want to manage internal IDs, just pick (or create) a paramater to pair the connector families in the separated project files.
- If you do not want to run the Dynamo script constantly, simly write the values to a text file and use it as an input for the other project.
I hope I hear about your successes according to the topic. Good luck