Mirroring half a building

[Anonymous]

I have a two story building. It is symmetrical about the midpoint so I have been developing only half of the building. Now I want to mirror the first half but I need to grab everything from the ground to the roof. Any suggestions?

[Anonymous]

I hate to sound like , but that ain't a good idea in Revit.
While a valid technique in any CAD program, Revit isn't CAD and shouldn't
be approached that way. Approach the modeling of a building in Revit
somewhat the way you might approach modeling it with real-world materials.

Now, somebody please shoot me. Or failing that, give me an icepick so I can
give myself a lobotomy...

"mrdavie" wrote in message news:6356164@discussion.autodesk.com...
> I have a two story building. It is symmetrical about the midpoint so I
> have been developing only half of the building. Now I want to mirror the
> first half but I need to grab everything from the ground to the roof. Any
> suggestions?

[Anonymous]

But... here's something you might try...

Go to a 3D View, and view the model from the top. Set your model graphics
style to Wireframe. Select the entire model (or half-model as in this case)
with a window or crossing selection box and mirror it.

I'd save a backup before doing this, of course, and make sure you've got
EVERYTHING turned on in the 3D view using Visibility/Graphics Overrides.
Realize also, that you'll only be editing model geometry and not annotation,
and that you may experience some strange results with some specific items
that you'll need to fix later.

"Matt Dillon" wrote in message
news:6356220@discussion.autodesk.com...
>
>
> I hate to sound like , but that ain't a good idea in Revit.
> While a valid technique in any CAD program, Revit isn't CAD and shouldn't
> be approached that way. Approach the modeling of a building in Revit
> somewhat the way you might approach modeling it with real-world materials.
>
> Now, somebody please shoot me. Or failing that, give me an icepick so I
> can
> give myself a lobotomy...
>
> "mrdavie" wrote in message news:6356164@discussion.autodesk.com...
>> I have a two story building. It is symmetrical about the midpoint so I
>> have been developing only half of the building. Now I want to mirror the
>> first half but I need to grab everything from the ground to the roof. Any
>> suggestions?

[Alfredo_Medina]

If your building is symmetrical, you may benefit from the Group tool. Convert one half in a group, except anything that is exactly at the center line. Then use Mirror. The advantage is that you can continue editing your group, (one half) and the other half will update as well. Note: some things like grid lines are not supposed to be mirrored since each grid line has a unique id.

Alfredo Medina
info@planta1.com

[Anonymous]

Or do a "saveas" from your model and give it another name. Then link this
second model into the first. This saves you from trying to select everything
to make a group. Mirror the linked file and position it. Then use the Bind
function to turn the linked file into part of the original file.

"Alfredo_Medina" wrote in message news:6356196@discussion.autodesk.com...
If your building is symmetrical, you may benefit from the Group tool.
Convert one half in a group, except anything that is exactly at the center
line. Then use Mirror. The advantage is that you can continue editing your
group, (one half) and the other half will update as well. Note: some things
like grid lines are not supposed to be mirrored since each grid line has a
unique id.

Alfredo Medina
info@planta1.com

[Anonymous]

Wow! What great suggestions. I have something to work on.The only reason I developed only on half of the building is because it is long and has very little detail except at the ends. I found myself zeroing in on one end and did not want to do it again at the other end. I should have probably just planned on mirroring the end. However, since this is a practice project I won't be in too much trouble if it does not work out.

[Anonymous]

Mirroring the model worked perfectly because I did not have to filter out any grid lines.

I appreciate all those who respond to my questions with insightful solutions.