Tracking Changes in your model

[davidcobi]

Here's an interesting use of the element override to see what has been added since your last inspection of the model:

* Setup a 3D work view of your model with all phases turned on.
* Select everything in your view... Right Click... Hide in view...
Elements.
* This will hide everything giving you an "empty" view.
* As people add model objects to the project these model objects
will start poping up in your "empty" view.
* Check this work view at the end of the day to see what has been
added to the model.

What we really need is a 3d view that will show us anything that has been added, edited or removed since our last inspection of the same 3D view. A progress capture view if you will.

Copy monitor only works for walls, floor, columns, grid, levels as far as I know.

[dbaldacchino]

David, what have you been drinking?! Great "out of the box" thinking! Excellent tip.

[Dimitri Harvalias]

That is very creative!
I'm sure someone will poke around with API and set up some sort of 'element by date' filter for the view. I nominate you David B.
Thanks for posting.

[dbaldacchino]

If the flight gets delayed some more, I'll start learning the API

[Gadget Man]

Great tip.

By the way, why can't we have a "selected objects counter"? It would be so handy to know how many of the objects are selected/highlighted... and so simple (I think) to implement...

[dbaldacchino]

An API tool exists, although I have to agree that it needs to be in Revit's core tools.

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=64374

[davidcobi]

A filter by time stamp showing everything added or modified since a specified date would be handy for seeing progress of the model in a 3D section box view. I wonder if Revit timestamps elements every time a change is made. In addition to a time stamp, a user stamp might come in handy for visualizing, by color, who made the last change to an element.

[davidcobi]

David, what have you been drinking?! Great "out of the box" thinking! Excellent tip.

I switched from Diet Coke to Starbucks House Blend.

[dbaldacchino]

I see it's working well for ya Missed chatting at AU this year...I guess you skipped the fun!

[davidcobi]

Yeah, I didn't make it this year. Maybe next time.