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Array Repetitive Floor Plans

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Anonymous
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Array Repetitive Floor Plans

I was sure this might already be answered by someone, but didn't actually find any.

 

Am using Revit 2017. I am having repetitive floor plans. Is there a way that these floor plans can be arrayed, so that any change in one plan reflects automatically in all others? Copying to multiple levels doesn't help as it doesn't reflect changes.

 

Many Thanks,

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ToanDN
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

You can make the typical unit a Group and array it.
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FGPerraudin
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

Toan is right.

Optionnaly if you want to avoid common group issues, you can always save it as a link (in the options ribbon when you select the group) and the array it.

 

Cheers,

 

François



Francois-Gabriel Perraudin
BIM management and coaching

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Anonymous
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

Hi,

 

I suggest before arraying groups to check "Disjoin" and uncheck "Constrain".

Also make sure no reference is made toward any elements not in the group ( like a wall, a floor, or similar).


Regards,

Dan

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Anonymous
als Antwort auf: ToanDN

Thanks Toan. Actually there happen to appear a lots of group issues that need sorting out before actually succeeding in copying the group at multiple levels. Actually I do the way you suggested, but really looking for some work-around for those small small group issues.

 

Thanks again.

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Anonymous
als Antwort auf: FGPerraudin

Thanks Francois,

Could you explain the link & array method. Actually the array thing doesn't seem to work vertically in elevations.

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Anonymous
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

Thanks Dan,

I know releasing constraints while arraying. Could you explain disjoin?

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FGPerraudin
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

The arraying doesn't matter once you have linked your group.

 

Your group becomes a revit link.

Any modification to the link will modify every instance of the revit link.

 

Just copy/ paste "aligned to selected levels" instead of arraying!

 

François



Francois-Gabriel Perraudin
BIM management and coaching

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Anonymous
als Antwort auf: FGPerraudin

Oops!

Francois, I might be asking you very basics. But could you explain "linking"? The only one I knew was linking one file into another.

 

Many Thanks Man

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FGPerraudin
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

Of course no worries!

 

So, once you have grouped your elements, in the contextual ribbon, click on "link" (cf attachments)

Then pick "replace with a new project file".

 

It will create an external rvt file containing your group that it will link into your main project.

 

Many advantages, few cons:

  • PROS: you work on a link when editing your floor, so you can produce different files / options easily, and the decide how to display it or load a different version easily, have someone else working on a copy, etc...
  • CONS: you will have to dig into the display options and the properties of your link in order to get everything you want from it (ie: tick the "room bounding" type property for rooms calculations, and plan carefully how you manage your link display in the visibility/graphics > revit links panel...)

If you need some help for that part, tell me and I will send a few links to the relevant autodesk documentation...

 

Hope this helps!

 

Cheers,

 

François



Francois-Gabriel Perraudin
BIM management and coaching

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Anonymous
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

You are right regarding uncheck "Constrain"only.

"Disjoin" is a further option valid along "Constrain"on Rotate but not on Array.

Uncheck "Constrain" is ok, as you already said.

 

Dan

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Anonymous
als Antwort auf: FGPerraudin

Francois,

Thank you sooooo much for showing that method. You have really got me researching more and more into this. This is interesting.

 

So now further doubts come up (still sticking to the topic).

I have 2 typical floor types which are repetitive.

Level 0 - Ground

Level 1,3 - Commercial

Level 2 - Parking

Level 4 onwards upto Level 21 - Residential,

with Level 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 being type 1, their corresponding duplex upper floors at Level 5, 9, 13, 17, 21 being type 1(2).

And Level 6, 10, 14, 18 being type 2, their corresponding duplex upper floors at Level 7,11,15, 19 being type 2(2).

And Level 22 being Terrace.

 

As you showed, I made a group of Level 4, and created its link, selecting "Replace with a new project file", saving it as a new file. I think this must be really easy on computer hardware resources, it's amazing. But the problem is when I copy that group (link) in the main project at another level, say Level 8, it treats Level 8 as Level 0 and aligns that copy at an offset of (Level 4 - Level 0) from Level 8. Also it shows the Level 4 from the linked file at that upper level as well. How do you eliminate this "offset"? And how do you work around the "Levels" from the linked file?

 

On another note, I happened to notice the path of the cars shown in your plan. Is that path parametric? Does it modify itself as per the front & rear car locations, just from one single family? If that is, it's really really interesting stuff.

 

Many Thanks Man...

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