Bind Revit link

[Anonymous]

we have a building model (350mB) that has moved to a new site. we have been to tender for the original model and so have hundreds of dwg sheets already set up.

on the new site in order to fit and working with the planning dept we have had to rotate and mirror parts of the building which have been hived off as separate models.

after much kerfuffle in the mirror transaction we have managed to get all three models linked and bound - after lots and lots of errors. theres still quite a lot of work to get the dwg sheets back into shape however when we try and workset the new building we get a data corruption error.

all else seems ok - except we cant open on audit - we get the same data corruption error.

we are loathe to move on knowing the file data is corrupted........ and worksetting is quite important to get the productivity we need

are there any tips and/or tricks to the mirror / link / bind process that might account for the corruption?

pls and tks

[FGPerraudin]

Hi @Anonymous,

Have you already bounded every link?

I totally agree with you, you CANNOT continue with a potentially corrupted file.

It is a HUGE risk.

Here is what I would recommend:

1. Adress the main issues in your model (Manage > Inquiry > Warnings)
2. Delete imported data
3. Purge the model as much as you can
4. Then, try to open and audit it again.

Sadly there is no easy way to do the job, 

It will take a lot of time but basically there isn't many solutions...

The source of your problem probably comes from Geometry becoming irrational when binding the link (it tries to fuse the two models, objects will start interacting with others, etc...).

Or, what you do is that you start again before binding, and go slowly:

1. Bind a file
2. Adress the main issues / warnings
3. Purge
4. Repeat.

Hope it will go well,

François-Gabriel

[Anonymous]

Francois - Gabriel
Tks for your suggestions. I think I may need to start the 'rebuild' exercise again - paying more attention to audit and purge and also what I need to bring to the link to bind into the new model. Before I was just soooooo excited at the prospect that revit would be able to do all of it with just a tick box that I didn't really pay too much attention!! More fool me....

It IS a time consuming effort however imagine the work involved in building a new model with all the dwg sheets and details........ worth a bit of effort!! 😉

Tks again

regards

Tim Davies
Architectural Technician

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