One Building - Multiple small Projects

[Anonymous]

We handle an account that has a portfolio of an existing building.  The building has multiple tenants.  I have created one revit file that has the existing building and plan to have construction documents for each tenant space accordingly.  The reason for this is we would always have a master plan of how the building is currently leased at that point in time.  If the tenant ever moved out, we would have the existing plans already in place which we could modify as needed. 

This is working great currently but the only problem I am having is the title block.  The parameters for the title block align with the project information so every time I change the address/suite number, dates, project number, etc. all of the sheets change.  Is there a way to have different information on a title block without having to remove all the parameter labels from the title block?   Is it possible to create multiple project information families and set them to a certain title block?  Maybe this needs to be an Idea instead of a question but was hoping someone may have figured this out. 

[SteveKStafford · Accepted solution]

You could isolate the project specific details to the title block family instead of using the project parameters. Treat the title block as the "project". This means you might end up with many types in the title block where each project data item is different. Create a sheet and choose the right project TB.

Instance parameters, unique per sheet, are another matter like sheet number. If you use the stock parameters you'll bump into past numbers. If you can always make them unique it might not matter. If you must use A.100 over and over then you'll need to consider making your own sheet parameters for number, name etc. That also means your view referencing annotation will need to be modified to use those too.

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

You can add shared parameters to the Project Info and the Titleblock family.  Create different titleblock types and use visibility to turn on/off appropriate labels.

For Sheet Numbers, you can have more than one sheets with (appear to be) the same Sheet number by appending Unicode character(s) after the number.

[joe_keogh · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous 

I have had similar experience with documenting Airport projects.  and agree that having the master file that contains current "As-Built" model is a great benefit.  However where my approach differs is that the documentation for an individual fit-out or refurb is done in a linked file.  Essentially the master file is the Base build of the complex, and a fit-out project is modelled in a separate file, with the Master file linked in.  All of the fit-out/Refurb models are likewise linked into the Master.  

This way, all individual projects have there own sheet sets and can be documented without work-arounds to get sheets to number correctly. 

Each Fit-out/refurb project has a new phase created in the Master and is mapped to the New Construction phase of the project model.  When the project is complete the project can then be bound to the Master, if needs be.

[andybrack]

Yes, we do this at my firm too.  It makes easy work of dealing with the restrictions such as unique sheet numbers and view names. In the past we have done some of the workarounds such as changing the nomenclature for sheet names such as A-100 for Project A, then A.100 for Project B, then A100 for Project C, and A 100 for Project D.

[Anonymous]

Thanks all!  These are all great ideas.  

I've used the linked file method previously but it differs a bit because I did it for multi-family where I would have several different unit plans.  It was easy to copy when you had a several story building.  

I never thought about the numbering of sheets because I didn't get that far in my thought process.

I will have to think about how I want the format to be used in our office but I believe I may use @joe_keogh method.  

Again, much appreciate the quick responses.