Revit links: Grids and levels
Hi @XXalessio.amodioXX . Go to Manage Links and close workset with grids and levels.
Best regards, Pavel Plotitsyn.
- get a floor plan view the way you want it to look with items turned on/off etc
- view Ribbon
- View Templates
- Create View template from current view
- Name it
Then you can apply that view template to all floor plan views and the changes will be applied.
Do the same for any other view types, Ceiling Plan, Elevations, Schedules, etc...
Howard Munsell
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why does everyone keep saying "If not a workshared file"? We use VT's in my office on workshared files all the time and they work Great.
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If that is all your using the VT for than i guess id agree with you. We have our VT's customized so the user just has to apply the correct, company standard, VT to a view and the view settings are adjusted/corrected. They seldom need to be modified.
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ok, i can accept that 😁.
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Even though it is very tempting to use Specify and Close a specific workset, I favor using a Filter and View Templates.
I find relying on Worksets is too vulnerable to others not assigning all the grids/levels to the correct workset. It is too dependent on people I don't/can't exert any control over. It's nearly inevitable that it will happen on at least one if not several links and vary over time. I've seen projects that start out fine but end up with changes and grids are routinely missing or showing up whenever someone has decided to rely on the workset approach.
In contrast, I can control our grid/level names so a Filter can always isolate mine from theirs. Then our view templates include a filter to turn them off. It does take a little planning in advance and VT/Filter configuring. Once it is configured I can deal with other things. We just make sure all views that get printed (on sheets) have a VT. I use a few views that always show the grids/levels so it is easy to see if they are not still coordinated.
Steve Stafford
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@martijn_pater wrote:If it is a workshared file you could use both methods above,
this is what we do. we don't rely on the VT's to control everything. but they are the basis of making the views look consistent.
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@martijn_pater wrote:
No need to name every individual grid/level then.
It's possible you misunderstand me.
As you know, all grids/levels have a type name. If I work for ABC Architecture I can generally assume that adding a prefix of ABC_ to each type name is enough to make my own grid/level names unique. That's defined in our project template(s). Combine that with a filter that looks for a grid/level that does not contain ABC_ is enough to remove all grids/levels other than my own. The people I work with don't have to think about assigning grids/levels to a workset or scope box or anything and they never have to care what the consultants grids/levels types are named or which workset they are assigned to.
If I happen to encounter a project that works with a consultant that uses the same prefix we use I can make mine different again by adding one character to the type name, such as *ABC_ and revise one filter and everything goes back to normal.
Steve Stafford
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