Working with multiple levels, best way to do it.

[pputte.stenqvist]

Hi!
I´ve been working on houses that have many levels lately. (see picture)
The building in the picture have diffrent levels at all stairwells. When you start modeling the house in revit you get a problem when placing for example walls. If you are placing walls at level 1 (stairwell A) you want it automatically go up to level 2 (stairwell A), but it attatches to the closest level above (for exampale level 1 (stairwell B)).

This takes a lot of time and is quite annoying. So too my question: Is there any better way to do this?

Is there a way to make revit understand that each part (stairwell) have only the relevant levels. I dont want to see all level options when im connecting walls to the level above, only that part of the stairwell.

I hope you understand my problem. Thanks!

[martijn_pater · Accepted solution]

You could attach levels to a scope box for each stairwell, the levels will only be there in relation to that part of the building then. Perhaps there are other ways aswell.
edit: also another thing is modeling building A/B/C/etc. as seperate files combined would be better probably. Or otherwise you can use scope boxes to define building levels for A/B/C/etc. aswell.

[pputte.stenqvist]

I tried to attatch the levels to scopeboxes but it wont work for me. I probably do something wrong..

[pputte.stenqvist]

I have seen that suggestion when i was googeling this issue. But it seems timeconsuming to switch between the revit files, also im working with pointcloud that is put together as one, but mabey thats not a problem. Why should you do this, any pros except levels?

I will try this method in the next project. Thanks! 🙂

[barthbradley]

The only "relevant" levels to stairs are those you make relevant through the Stair's Instance Properties on placement.  I can think of a couple of ways to make it so the stairs won't "read" the next or wrong Level as the Default top Level, but they would create more work, not less.  Personally, I would just deal with it.  Input Top Constraint Level manually on Placement.   Out of curiosity, how many stairs are we talking about here?    

[pputte.stenqvist]

It´s not the stairs i have a problem with, It´s the walls and other objects that attatch to the wrong levels. But i understand that you thought so. I just call the different buildingpart as "Stairwells" (A/B/C/D/E) but it could be "Building part 1, building part 2, etc.."

[barthbradley]

Whatever; I deal with multiple levels in every project.  The best solution IME&O is to name them for easy identification.

...you could also color-code them.  

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

I would not create a level for every landing. When you create a wall, choose Top Constraint = Unconnected and draw the wall. From then on, every wall you draw has that option by default until you choose to set it again.