Change room level

[Andre Baros]

Once upon a time this was easy, so I can't imagine the option is gone... but I can't find it.

How do you move a room from one level to another. In the past, deleting a room tag didn't get rid of the room, and you could just place it in a new location... with all of it's schedule information intact. How do you do it now... without loosing all of its schedule information?

Thanks

[dbaldacchino]

Cut the room and paste it to a new level by switching to another view with a different associated level ( or Edit->Paste->Select levels by name).

[sbrown]

Yes this is one of our biggest gripes with the new room behavior. You now have to copy the room to its new location, then delete the old one. Or ctrl+X should work too.

[luigi]

Yup...like everyone is saying, sadly, we must cut and paste....but it isn't foolproof..sometimes, because of one reason and another, even the paste to level by name doesn't work...Out of the 20 or so rooms I had to change levels to, 3 of them I cut and pasted about 10 times before I figured out I had to change the base of the walls I was pasting the room in.....I was on level 1 trying to paste to level 3 (all 3 levels are on one floor plan view, not on top of each other)...anyways...a big pain!!!




Once upon a time this was easy, so I can't imagine the option is gone... but I can't find it.

How do you move a room from one level to another. In the past, deleting a room tag didn't get rid of the room, and you could just place it in a new location... with all of it's schedule information intact. How do you do it now... without loosing all of its schedule information?

Thanks

[sjsl]

Thanks for this post. I had been racking my brain for several weeks now ignoring this until now. Sad part is now I have to go and find all of the plumbing fixutres people put in the model because they could not see them on insertion they ignored the error and never reported it. What fun:)

[brenehan]

This has been fixed in Revit 2009. In fact there has been several imporvements in regard to rooms in 2009

Rooms Can Be “Unplaced”
When a room is deleted from a model view, it will not be deleted from the project. It will remain as an unplaced room. The room continues to display in schedules and is available when rooms are placed. Its area will show as Not Placed and its volume as Not Computed until it is once again placed in the model. To remove the room completely, delete it from the schedule.

Tag All Not Tagged for Rooms and Areas
The Tag All Not Tagged command is available for rooms and areas in any 2D view.

Move Room Tags in All Views after a Room Is Moved
When a room is moved, room tags may be left outside their rooms in many views. In Revit Architecture 2009, the system will offer to move room tags for that room in all views.

Room Volume Calculations
Calculation height set by level type Room calculation height is a property of the Level type rather than a project-wide setting. Multiple Level types can be used in a project, allowing adjustment for specific building conditions.

Volume calculation always to finish face
Volume calculation is always made to the finish face of room-bounding elements. It will correspond to the outline and color fill displayed when a room is selected.

Room bounding property always effects both 2D and 3D calculation
When an element is set as room-bounding, it is used to determine the 2D perimeter, area, and volume of rooms.

Rooms can extend down as well as up
The room volume calculation engine looks down as well as up from the measurement height. Rooms have a Base Offset parameter, defining the limit of the lower boundary. This can be used to limit the extent of rooms with no floor, or prevent rooms from leaking through floor openings.

Select Rooms in Sections and Elevations
Rooms can be selected in section and elevation views that cut through them. Once selected, their properties can be modified.

Room Graphics in Section and Elevation views
Accurate boundary display
The boundary of rooms selected in section or elevation views represents the boundary being used for volume calculation. If the measurement height is set to a value other than Automatic, a dashed line will indicate the measurement height.

Easier control of vertical extents for rooms
When a room is selected in a section or elevation view, the top and bottom limits are displayed as lines if they are beyond the geometric extent of the room. The limits can be modified graphically with drag controls or by specific numeric input into temporary dimensions.

Color fill rooms in section and elevation views
As in plan views, rooms can be colored in section and elevation views by assigning a color scheme to the view. The color fill will extend to the boundary shown when the room is selected. Color scheme legends can be placed in section/elevation views. Color schemes are project-based, so the same scheme can be used for plan views and section views.

Additional Room-Bounding Elements
Building pads can now be marked as Room Bounding, in addition to walls, roofs, curtain systems, and columns.

Rooms Can Be Bound by Elements in Linked Models
Geometry from linked models can be used to define rooms by setting the link’s room bounding property. If set on, all room bounding elements in the link will be room bounding in the host project. If a bounding link is unloaded or not found, the rooms it defines will continue to exist as unenclosed rooms until the link returns.

[Dimitri Harvalias]

Nice first post buddy!
Well done.:beer:

[sjsl]

Unfortunately, we can't go to 09 until we finish this job.

Some more fallout from the cutting and pasting of rooms. when I cut and replace a room it works for the most part occaisionally I have to delete and do over (wonderful). Now doors will not cut the wall except at the former level where the room was. The walls, doors, etc are all set to the same level but the wall runs trhu the doors. Inserting a new door into this wall looks ok but in reality is on another level. Plan Region is not on in this area. It keeps finding a different level in another adjacent building by default.

Any thoughts?