Mirror Project Tips & Tricks - Mirror Linked Revit Models

[chandler]

Hello,

When I use the command Mirror Project on a project with other linked models.  Will it also affect their base files? If not,  how do I also mirror them at the same time?

Thanks

[AbdulKareem_Elsabeeh]

Mirror building means diffrent set of drawings, so you need to mirror all files and relink them to get the new mirrored building.

[RDAOU]

@chandler 

No it doesn't...Mirroring the link does not affect the original model of that link. It only mirrors its image in the main model.

• Either you could open the originals and mirror those
• Or if you want to keep the originals you can
  1. link them/each into a blank model >>>
  2. Mirror the link >>
  3. Bind the link
  4. and save as a new model mirrored and reuse those in lieu of the originals

What you need to keep in mind is that mirroring the project at a late stage of the design may cause various errors (some of which may not be ignored). Hence, Link/Bind might be your only way around such cases

[AbdulKareem_Elsabeeh]

Mirroring of Revit project process should be executed on all disciplines files at scheduled millstone before submission, to extract a correct set of drawing mirrored as needed, this process shall be occur with each submission; thus open the originals and mirror them. I don't agree with the option of keep the originals without mirroring, that will be confusing, where the links will not be placed/federated correctly when they come to Navisworks.

Our process is mainly focused on mirroring the projects and minimize the efforts required by MEP discipline of re-hosting their elements.

[RDAOU]

@AbdulKareem_Elsabeeh 

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@AbdulKareem_Elsabeeh wrote:

Mirroring of Revit project process should be executed on all disciplines files at scheduled millstone before submission, to extract a correct set of drawing mirrored as needed, this process shall be occur with each submission; thus open the originals and mirror them. I don't agree with the option of keep the originals without mirroring, that will be confusing, where the links will not be placed/federated correctly when they come to Navisworks.

Our process is mainly focused on mirroring the projects and minimize the efforts required by MEP discipline of re-hosting their elements.

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@AbdulKareem_Elsabeeh 

Your process is not the topic of discussion on this post; hence, you should not feel compelled to agree or disagree to anything!!! 

You can get both a correct set of drawings and the properly set-out federated model in Naviswork using mirrored Links. If you are unable to do that at your end then it would be a good reason for you to start a new post because asking your team or consultants to model everything twice on projects with mirrored units would be quite a waste of time and money for Dar Al Handasah