I tried searching for this but all of the search terms are too generic... lots of results about creating detail families, etc. Feel free to point me to an existing thread / resource...
Say I have a handful of custom families (casework, custom decorative fabrications, etc.) that I need to detail (document) with sections, elevations, enlarged views, details, etc. What is the best way to do this?
Ideally I'd like to be able to 1) use the Revit Keynoting system, and 2) create views and details outside of "project 3D space". In other words, I'd like to be able to move these families around, place and delete instances, without worrying about destroying views tied to a particular family instance.
It's been suggested that I create and demolish these families in a dedicated phase (or phases) to essentially remove them from the project space, and I remember using this technique to solve other problems in the past. Is this the best approach?
From what little I know of Revit Assemblies it seems like kinda sorta what I want to do (I want to do with casework what the structural engineers are doing with foundations, reinforced concrete assemblies, etc.). Is this worth pursuing?
You could create all those details with detail components in drafting views, in an empty project, a project that becomes your library of casework details. Then, when you are working in a real project, you can use Insert > Views from files, to bring your drafting views into the real project. Then, in your elevations and sections, create callouts that point to an existing view, the corresponding drafting view that contains the drafting view that you imported from the library.
Yes, what you describe is a very reasonable process, and I thank you for your suggestion.
I was hoping to find a way to cut live sections, elevations, plan views, and details of a family without falling back to drafting views. Perhaps it is as simple as using one or more phases dedicated to this kind of thing.
I can see the benefit of using drafting views, however, in the ability to re-use those details on future projects.
I guess in a sense what I am talking about is more "industrial design" than "architecture". Perhaps, technically, Inventor would be a more suitable environment for documenting a product.
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