david_peterson
2016-04-12, 05:45 PM
I have a current project that we were told by the client that we needed to design for 2 floors in the future.
So we've accommodated the extra load in the structure and took that into consideration for exiting.
Well we just finished up CD's for the Core and Shell of the building.
Now the client says they might want to add that 2 floors on right away.
So they want us to get started on it, but they need to come to a decision.
Of course they want to see it before they make their choice.
At the same time we need to finish the rest of the building, and as always the completion date isn't moving.
So here's the conundrum. How do I go about adding 2 floors to a building and completely remodeling another floor as options?
I've got 7-8 people working on it so I'm thinking design options are kind of out of the question since they create their own workset.
Since I know I'm going to have more than one person working on them, I don't think that's going to work out so well, unless I do a different design option for each floor/core area and exterior. I'm not really liking that idea.
So I'm thinking I can copy over what I have and start another model that will just contain these additional floor along with the remodeled floor that's already been issued. I could then link them together and bind them when they finally make their decision.
But I've never used the bind a link option so I'm looking for some advice there.
If anyone else has any other advice, I'm all ears.
Thanks in advance.
So we've accommodated the extra load in the structure and took that into consideration for exiting.
Well we just finished up CD's for the Core and Shell of the building.
Now the client says they might want to add that 2 floors on right away.
So they want us to get started on it, but they need to come to a decision.
Of course they want to see it before they make their choice.
At the same time we need to finish the rest of the building, and as always the completion date isn't moving.
So here's the conundrum. How do I go about adding 2 floors to a building and completely remodeling another floor as options?
I've got 7-8 people working on it so I'm thinking design options are kind of out of the question since they create their own workset.
Since I know I'm going to have more than one person working on them, I don't think that's going to work out so well, unless I do a different design option for each floor/core area and exterior. I'm not really liking that idea.
So I'm thinking I can copy over what I have and start another model that will just contain these additional floor along with the remodeled floor that's already been issued. I could then link them together and bind them when they finally make their decision.
But I've never used the bind a link option so I'm looking for some advice there.
If anyone else has any other advice, I'm all ears.
Thanks in advance.