DeanB72
2016-02-15, 03:27 PM
Hi,
I'm a structural engineering technician who is new to this site and new to Revit but have an issue that I would like to get other people's opinions about....
After having recently started using Revit with a bit of basic training and some over the shoulder guidance from an experienced user, we have been asked by an Architect to change the way we model our structural elements.
Currently, we set up our structural models using various "levels" for our foundations, framing, floor slabs etc. and place structural elements on these levels. An Architect that we work with (who is also new to Revit) has told us that when he loads our model into Navisworks for clash detection, it causes him problems if we have too many levels in our model. The Architect wants us to only use the levels he has set up in his model (eg....finished floor levels) and then "offset" all our structure relative to the finished floor levels.
This doesn't seem to me to be the most efficient way of working but as a new Revit user I would like other people's opinions.
So, which do you think is the right way of working....
Place structure on specific levels (eg. foundation top of concrete level, 1st floor top of steel level, ground floor structural slab level, etc. etc.) ?
or
Place structure offset from Architect's levels ?
Thanks for any input.
I'm a structural engineering technician who is new to this site and new to Revit but have an issue that I would like to get other people's opinions about....
After having recently started using Revit with a bit of basic training and some over the shoulder guidance from an experienced user, we have been asked by an Architect to change the way we model our structural elements.
Currently, we set up our structural models using various "levels" for our foundations, framing, floor slabs etc. and place structural elements on these levels. An Architect that we work with (who is also new to Revit) has told us that when he loads our model into Navisworks for clash detection, it causes him problems if we have too many levels in our model. The Architect wants us to only use the levels he has set up in his model (eg....finished floor levels) and then "offset" all our structure relative to the finished floor levels.
This doesn't seem to me to be the most efficient way of working but as a new Revit user I would like other people's opinions.
So, which do you think is the right way of working....
Place structure on specific levels (eg. foundation top of concrete level, 1st floor top of steel level, ground floor structural slab level, etc. etc.) ?
or
Place structure offset from Architect's levels ?
Thanks for any input.