Hybrid buildings with linked revit file for common part

[lucdoucet_msdl]

Hybrid beasts: creatures composed of parts from different animals.

Three separate buildings (A,B,C) on three  distinct sites and three separate contract documents, are designed with one half in plan (50% = side 1) the same for all buildings while the other half (side 2) is adapted to the site context.

As an added complexity, building C is a mirrored (left-right with respect to the project orientation ) version of A and B.

Finally, due to office politics, only the building envelope will be included in side 1. The structure, grids and interiors will be duplicated in the host model.

We aim to model and document (ie detail and annotate) side 1 in a linked project file to save time during preliminary and design development then duplicate the linked file once the contract is awarded so each project can evolve separately during construction. All files to be hosted in BIM 360.

I would be interested your input on:

- experience from similar projects (problem areas/solutions);

- limitations of linked views vs view in host files;

- mirroring linked projects;

- sheets in linked vs host (all sheets to be used in the three projects

- modeling the three distinct side 2 (A2, B2, C2) in the same linked project as side 1 versus modeling them in the host file.

Also note that while the side 2 envelope has a different floor plan configuration, the majority of wall sections for side 2 will be the same in the three buildings.

Thanks,

-luc 

[mshamalla]

Your question was so specialized and complicated.. was hard to wrap my head around what you were asking. What did you do and what did you learn?

[lucdoucet_msdl]

We modeled the common part as a separate project file, created views for the envelope in the common part, linked and mirrored (when required) the common part into each of the three distinct building projects, recreated the same views in the building projects and linked the views to get annotations.

what I learned could fill a book! but it’s complicated and feasible. You just need a team to follow specific steps and custom standards.

-luc