Large project setup

[mhowell355986]

Hey all....excited to be new to the forum and eager to learning from others here.

Have a question that lead me here. My company runs Revit Structure. We are starting on a project that contains multiple 4-5 story buildings all with a different floorplan/details. Putting these all together in a single file might be cumbersome and would limit who from our office can work on it at a time.

I believe the solution is to set up individual files for each building type and then link them into a central model that contains all of the sheets that will be published in the set. Does anyone agree with this approach or have another alternative that has worked in the past for them?

Thanks!

[Wanderer]

Hey all....excited to be new to the forum and eager to learning from others here.

Have a question that lead me here. My company runs Revit Structure. We are starting on a project that contains multiple 4-5 story buildings all with a different floorplan/details. Putting these all together in a single file might be cumbersome and would limit who from our office can work on it at a time.

I believe the solution is to set up individual files for each building type and then link them into a central model that contains all of the sheets that will be published in the set. Does anyone agree with this approach or have another alternative that has worked in the past for them?

Thanks!

Welcome to AUGI and congrats on making your first post!

Some advice and discussion below might help:

Large Project Setup
Shared Details on a multiple model campus project
Managing large projects in Revit
Large Projects on Revit

Check below each of these threads also for the "Similar Threads" feature to find more discussions.

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.ph...large-projects
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.ph...large-projects
http://forums.augi.com/showthread.ph...jects-in-Revit

[Revit for Breakfast]

Divide the model as early as possible.

Label individual Buildings A, B, C, D, E

Divide each BIM model Building By Discipline.

Building A:
Structural Concrete
Structural Steel
Architectural Exterior
Architectural Exterior
Architectural Furniture
Mechanical HVAC
Mechanical Plumbing
Mechanical Fire Protection
Electrical
Site

This type of setup equates to roughly 50 central files.

Consider using Navisworks to aid with coordination.