Same view/section on mulitple sheets

[Anonymous]

Is it possible or will it ever be possible to place the same view on multiple sheets? Right now we have to create a detail and use an extension to freeze (take a picutre of) the detail and make it a legend view to do this. The problem is that if the detail is changed we have to repeat the process to have it update on every sheet it is used on. 

Thank you,

JWW

[diegoaev]

If this is a section view no problem. duplicate such section view as dependant and then place in other sheet.

If this is a drafting view well, you have two opions,

1- Change this to a legend. Legend can be place un mutiple sheet.

2- Do the 2D work on the drafting view, export to CAD, sabe the CAD in a library folder. this can is the one you will link back and place in multime NEW drafting views and then place in multiple sheet. When you want to update the detail, just update in the "master draftin view" export to cad and override the old cad, do not change name, then go to managed links and reload such details. 

It is super simple. It looks complicated but it works for master updates for production building.

Let me know if i can help you a bit more

[Anonymous]

The second part is basically how we do it, but with an extension on Revit.  

I should have been a little more clear though. We are starting to ticket precast panels in Revit. So duplicating the section views as dependant would create a lot of views. 1 detail may be used 100 plus times. It seems using the Legend view is the best way to do this at the moment. 

[chrisplyler]

I use revit's Assembly funtionality once in a while for precast panels. It auto-generates some views for you if you want it to. But I've never dealt with hundreds of panels.

Why do you want the same detail multiple times? Put common details on a separate sheet or sheets - just once - and then reference them multiple times. Every type of structural drawings I've ever seen have been this way.

[Anonymous]

For the structural drawings that is what we do. These would be for each individual panel for production. So each Panel will need a corresponding detail for the ticket. 

[diegoaev · Accepted solution]

Ok, I understand better what you are trying to do now. I know of some plugging that would allow you to do this. We actually have software here that does something similar and gets all geometry from Revit as well as parameters.

If legends is what you will use for now, please accept my post as answer.

Thanks

[chrisplyler]

So your pre-cast supplier wants a single sheet for each unit ordered? They can't work from a drawing set that has a page of common details?

Hey, I'm not arguing. I'm just surprised.

Guess I would just duplicate the detail a hundred times, then put 'Copy 1' onto the sheet for Panel 1, put 'Copy 2' onto the sheet for Panel 2, etc. Yeah, that would be highly annoying.

[Anonymous]

No, we are the pre-cast supplier. We draw the structural drawings, do the engineering and communicate with the architect. After the buildings drawings are are approved we make tickets of each panel to be poured. We use to do it in ACAD but we recently moved to do it in Revit to cut down on errors from any changes in the building. Because when the building or a panel is updated/changed the ticket will automatically update with shape, size, weight, rebar, handling and so on. As of right now it seems that using the legend views is the best bet until we get a thrid party addon to do the job we needed. It just gets a little frusrating when/if a detail has to change to go around and have to change the legend view too so they will update on each ticket that it is used instead of a dynamic update once we change the detail. 

[Anonymous]

To have one detail sheet for the whole job wouldn't work out great. Our last job we had around 800ish details. So it would be more of a book than a sheet and it would be easier for a mistake to be made by the production crews.

[chrisplyler]

Gotcha. 800 Panels. Wow.

Have you made a bunch of imbed families?

I don't do precast design work often, and I don't get into the details ever, but I made myself a line based angle iron family and a face based threaded anchor imbed...just for fun and practice.

[Anonymous]

Hi, I have a similar issue, I need to place site plan in both cover and site plan sheets, but different scales, however, I don't want to duplicate by detailing because site plane is under design and it might change. Thanks for helping