We do a lot of Medical work. Hospitals are constantly doing small remodels to existing buildings. What's the best process for working on on-going projects?
I'm talking about remodeling one part of a building - say the 4th floor, and then, after that project is complete, doing another remodel on the 2nd floor.
Here's a couple of methods we've used, but I'm not happy with any of them.
1.) Copy the Central file to the new project & blow away all the old views & Sheets
2.) Start a new project, Link in the old, and then Bind the Link.
3.) Export (shudder) to IFC or ACAD & bring it back in to a new project.
Method #1 seems the simplest, but takes a lot of cleanup & drags along any sludge from the old project.
Method # 2 took me a couple of days to set up on the last project I tried. First I had to clean up a bunch of errors before I could Bind, and then - worst of all - it brought in ALL of my phases from the old project. Including Demo. It took a lot of cleanup to make that one usable, too.
I haven't even had the nerve to try #3. I'm afraid we'll lose too much. Like all our custom Door Parameters.
Any recommendations?