Our firm is wondering how the revit development team envisions setting up projects with multiple buildings (4+) that won't necessarily fit in one file.
A bit of backround info:
- To date, we've been building projects with up to 4 appartment buildings and a couple parkades in a single file with little difficulty (file size 400-800mb). Now we are beginning to get projects that require us to design 8 large apparment buildings at one time and we forsee this project slowlying down the program due to it sheer size.
We have read that other Architectural firms are creating one building per file and then are generally linking them into a larger file. We don't mind doing this but see a few issues which greatly detract from this way of doing things:
Namely How are unit groups (suite layouts) and wall families kept up to date across multiple files?
- If a unit group in one file undergoes model changes and say some wall type parameters are changed; copying and pasting that revised group to the other building files won't necessarily bring all the updates. The file into which you are pasting will overwrite the type parameters from the host job. I shouldn't have to go to 8 separate files and have to change each wall type to match so my construction types are unified. Same goes for unit groups and any other model elements shared between jobs that experience change.
Hopefully there is a simpler way to set up our jobs and to unify big elements across files. I appreciate any help on this issue. Thanks.
@Anonymous wrote:
,,,
- To date, we've been building projects with up to 4 appartment buildings and a couple parkades in a single file with little difficulty (file size 400-800mb). ...
We have read that other Architectural firms are creating one building per file and then are generally linking them into a larger file. ...
Yes, one model per building is the recommended approach. If you have 4 buildings, you need 4 architectural models + 1 Site plan model. And there will be 4 structural models, 4 plumbing & fire protection models (or 4 combined MEP models), etc... This is ideal because it keeps the workload and the model in a more manageable size.
About your other questions: you need someone in the team with good knowledge and experience on how to setup all this and keep things coordinated between your own team and your consultants.
Sie finden nicht, was Sie suchen? Fragen Sie die Community oder teilen Sie Ihr Wissen mit anderen.