You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. The grid exists once, so why are we creating several independent, unique and non-related versions of it? Why not create one grid with an instance in everyone's model? Revit MEP - General Copy/Monitor Matchlines If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. Afterall, the grid doesn't exist in several different instances in real life. This is just another way we can harness the power of Revit to do the work for us and pay attention to the important things. Moving a structural grid would be included in this list. The list may not be 100% complete with all minor changes, but anything major that would affect any of the consultants I include in the list so they are at least aware and will be looking for it. One of my best practices is to always include a list of changes when I send out a new model. This process seems a lot better than the alternative, loading in a consultant's model and then disovering only after working in it for a few hours that the location of a gridline has changed.
When the architect moves the grid over 6" to accomodate something in the design, the monitor tool within Revit will notify the structural engineer of the grid's movement upon his reloading of the new architectural model, and visa versa. If grids are copy/monitored, when these changes occure, the other will be notified. Whatever the reason may be, the point is that the grids may change either in quantity, location or both. Within Revit, when a walls is copied from the architect's model using Copy/Monitor, Revit does this based on wall centerlines, and this centerline can vary.
Further code analysis may indicate that additional structure be added on either side of a firewall, or the floor plan changes significantly. It may be because the design is changing, or it may be because after preliminary number crunching the structural engineer discovers that they need to add additional structure. Ive brought all floors and columns into Structure successfully using Copy/Monitor, but it does not appear that beams can be copied from a linked Building. Weve got an entire building (including concrete structure) built in Revit Building 9. Mostly to try to sway structural engineers toward the Revit solution. It does not store any personal data.Just in case last week's post didn't convince you why you should copy/monitor grids from linked models instead of just creating your own, here is another reason.Įarly on, usually after a kickoff meeting and you have a preliminary agreement with the strucutral engineer on the placement of the structural grids, one of you will find that you need to move/add one. Our architectural office has gotten a seat of Revit Structure to mess with and test. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Copy Levels for Monitoring You can copy levels from a linked model to the current project, and monitor them for changes. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". Workflow: Copy/Monitor for Linked Models This workflow describes a typical process to coordinate efforts between an architectural team and an engineering team working on the same building using linked models. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. This is different from other elements like grids and levels. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Using Copy/Monitor Revit does not complain when we change column families or types. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics".
These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly.