Best way to work with Revit linked file

[marco.defina]

Hello,

in the last times i worked a lot on drawing of external architect. Everytime I drawed my duct or pipe directly in the Revit file.

But if the Revit file change every week will be a problem...

I insert the Revit file as xref and then i draw all my installation...

But if the architect delete a level where drawed what happens?

It's possible to copy axis and level from the xref? So i have my native axis and level, i work on this regardless the update of the Revit file.

I don't know if is it clear

[fabiosato · Accepted solution]

Hello Marco,

The best way is to have your own file, link the architecture file using origin to origin insertion point, then use copy monitor tool to duplicate the architecture levels in your file, monitoring the levels from the architecture, if they change, after reloading the new file, you will get a warning, when you can decide what to do, change your levels according to the architecture, of leave as it is, of course the best way is to follow the arch file.

If you draw your ducts in the arch file, if the architect deletes a level, everything on that level will be deleted, no questions made to you, working with linked arch, you can decide what to do.

If you need more information make a search using copy monitor levels revit, you will get many content.