I have a fairly sizeable model which i solely was working on it contains Basement to sixth floor plans and elements. i now need others to work on it and have set up the worksets to suit each floor level.
I have tried to select all theon each level and move the info to the worksets but the worksets box is always greyed out, is this because some of the walls span between floors?
Is there any way of easily moving all the items on each floor onto the relevant workset.
Thanks in advance.
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If you already setup the collaboration worksets and the worksets box is greyed out when you select objects, then you may have some annotations, dims, tags in your selection. Exclude those.
@Anonymous wrote:
i'm only in the process of setting up the worksets, think i'll have to make one for external envelope as some of the walls and curtains walls span multiple floors. what is best practice for worksets, is there any guidance.
Basically what @RDAOU has already said.
- Go to Collaborate menu and start Collaborate
- There will be two worksets pre-created for you: workset1 and Shared Levels and Grids. Do not rename those.
- You can use the Shared Levels and Grids workset to store the obvious.
- Think about what should and should not be seen by everyone. If you plan to divide worksets by Levels then all elements spanning multi levels should be in a common workset, and go to each level and move elements to their Level workset (You may need to look at plan, RCP, elevation, and even 3D in order to select all of them. Optionally, you can create a multi-category schedule and filter by Level to select all the objects belong to that Level).
- Depend on Projects, some such as myself choose Site, Shell, Core, Finishes, FFE, System, Structure, etc... instead of by Levels.
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@Anonymous wrote:
.... with 2 people working on a project is it possible or feasible to use local copies with say someone working on ground floor plan and someone one first floor without using worksets? just careful coordination of who is doing what? and then save this back to a central file? Thanks
If you have local copies it means that you have already enabled worksets in a central file. So, how can you work on local copies without worksets? Anything you model will be in a workset, either you want it or not. At least, everything will be in Workset1 or Shared levels and Grids, but what would be the benefit of doing that?
Sorry,
i'm maybe not being clear, is it possible to:
1 - set up worksets, no other than the 2 which are created when worksets are enabled.
2 - create local copies.
3 - one person works on 2nd floor plan (not on a related workset) - one person works on 3rd floor plan (not on related workset)
4 - sync any changes with central file - will the changes to each floor be accepted or will one overwrite the other.
More like worksharing than worksets?
Thanks
Charlie
Yes, what you have said is possible.
There are 2 ways to work on worksets:
1) taking ownership of the worksets (Editable = Yes) or...
2) not taking ownership. (Editable = No).
The first option is too extreme, in my opinion, and not necessary in most cases, unless the team members cannot communicate to each other for some reason. Option 2 is enough so long as the users don't work on the same elements at the same time, which is easy to with good communication.

This only works when every objects has 3D geometry presentation and set to visible. For example, if a casework family was created with only plan and elevation drafting lines/regions, then it would neither be seen nor selected in a 3D view.
Revit creates workset for every view. You can see them if you open the workset dialog and check "Views". All 2D elements are placed on the workset for the opened corresponding view automatically, regardless of your current active workset.

I am not following you on how this post relates to your initial post, which is selecting objects in a 3D view using a crossing window?
Because if you do that in 2D view, you will be selecting 2D elements that are related to the workset corresponding to this view. These can't be placed on user-created worksets. Best way to place each floor on a workset is going to 3D view, rotate the cube to a side (ex: Left) and select the items. For best result, make sure to turn on only "Model categories". (Annotation, Analytical, Imported, and Links categories must be hidden)

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