Linked Models and view settings

[wroberts509026]

I have searched all over and cannot seem to find a solution for this on my own, so I will ask the good folks here for help.

Here's the situation:

We have created a model of an apartment, with all the MEP done. The complex includes mirrored apartments across a corridor, and when I link in apartment A and mirror it to create apartment B, I have, of course, mirrored all the water and plumbing fixtures, with the hot & cold in the wrong locations. I've used plumbing connections I created in apartment A, and I copy/monitor the connections for the mirrored link.

This is good, and the boss accepts the idea.

However, when I want to turn off/hide the domestic water pipes in the mirrored link, I am unable to do so. I use the custom settings for V/G for apartment B, so I can turn off the visibility for the pipes for apartment B, but this also includes the DWV piping, so this is not good - it means I would have to redo the DWV as well as the water supply.

So now, my questions:

Is there a way to turn off the visibility for the water pipes for apartment B?

If not, would my best bet be to turn the water piping into a separate model and link it into the main model?

Is there another method of doing this that I cannot see?

I look forward to seeing your answers/suggestions!


Thanks!


Wayne

[james.klatt]

I do not do Plumbing by trade but I have helped develop a workflow years ago for the M&P team at my old firm. There are a couple ways you can do this if you just want on and off visibility you can go into the linked file and create separate worksets for each pipe system DWV on it's own workset and Water supply on it's own workset, etc... Then in the main model under V/G/Revit Links/Custom/Worksets you can turn off worksets in the link. (i.e. turn off domestic water workset).

Other option is to create filters in the same fashion, in model B there are multiple ways to create the filter you could filter by "pipe type"(requires a different pipe type for every kind of pipe) or you can use "system name"(requires that you have actually created systems). Once you get the filter created you can then link the model using "by linked view" method. These are more elaborate but allow more flexibility and even linetype appearances of each.

If you need further help with the 2nd option let me know.