Wow, interesting idea:
"the folks who have things working as intended with the MEP side are those who are working directly in the model and NOT working with a linked arch model."
Is it possible then to have two teams, one on Revit Architecture 2008 and the other on Revit MEP 2008 working on the same model? Can someone from Autodesk confirm?
But this brings another question regarding content. It is hard to create all you need. And nice once you have created it to be able to use it in other projects. But with this two approaches to work on a project, either with the architecture as a link or as part of the model, the objects would need to be different for each one of these approaches...
Let me put an example. Hangers. Does Revit come with a family for them? I can't see one right now, but if it does not, how would you make such a family? Ceiling-based? If you work on an architectural model as a linked reference, wouldn't that keep you from using that family? Face-based? It would still need to be hosted, so again, this wouldn't work. Standalone?
Has anyone thought of the cons of not having it attaching to the ceiling/roof? Are there any cons?
Regards,
Jose