tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422615611587038208.post8136041773999733362..comments2023-12-25T03:54:47.212-05:00Comments on Malleristic Revitation: Design Options, Linked Files, and Revit Standards...Aaron Mallerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08146075275463175361noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422615611587038208.post-25706424477322919262011-12-19T18:54:59.793-05:002011-12-19T18:54:59.793-05:00If you ever find a solution to setting the design ...If you ever find a solution to setting the design options globally, please post. I have been looking for the same solution as well. We do projects like the one you modeled all the time and it is frustrating to always have to set up a view template for each view type to correct the issue.<br /><br />Thanks for the rant. I share your pain.La tournee de fauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00501472522652053435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422615611587038208.post-10375940087685120272011-08-19T07:42:48.087-05:002011-08-19T07:42:48.087-05:00It works fine, just like in the 3D view you see ab...It works fine, just like in the 3D view you see above. That is several instances of the same link, all showing different design options. View Templates allow each instance of an RVT:Link Type to show a different design option.Aaron Mallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146075275463175361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422615611587038208.post-89527985380286793132011-08-19T04:56:42.349-05:002011-08-19T04:56:42.349-05:00What about 3D views that show multiple linked file...What about 3D views that show multiple linked files that need to have different options selected?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422615611587038208.post-29187591901677007762011-03-17T21:17:25.320-05:002011-03-17T21:17:25.320-05:00If you know me, you know im not a fan of proofread...If you know me, you know im not a fan of proofreading/spellchecking/apostrophes. Thats just part of the Mallerisms. Sorry!Aaron Mallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146075275463175361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422615611587038208.post-4187154582278079152011-03-16T09:02:33.510-05:002011-03-16T09:02:33.510-05:00DUDE! Spelling....DUDE! Spelling....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422615611587038208.post-54794986211409741242009-10-07T02:10:25.815-05:002009-10-07T02:10:25.815-05:00Fascinating tuff. As a relative newcomer, and an M...Fascinating tuff. As a relative newcomer, and an MEP type at that, I don't pretend to understand all the technicalities of this thread, but I believe I will invest some time in researching it. From a purely MEP standpoint there are often subtle differences which preclude using this approach totally for building services (Pipe/Duct risers for example) but if I can find a way to break these out, then the rest of the model for that floor level becomes usable as a template.Now you might wonder what a non architect type is doing in your blog, but since the architectural revit is light years ahead of the infant MEP suite, it seems to me I can learn from you old timers. For example, I have attended a couple of Paul Aubin's lectures at various AUGI functions and I picked up all sorts of useful points. I do have some background as an building designer having moonlighted for a friend doing his detailing on custom houses and light commercial projects and I also designed and CM'd my own waterfront custom house a few yearsback. (Did I mention that I went broke doing it)After that I found myself having to build my own 3d architectural and structural models to have something to hang my systems in since the professionals I was partnered with stubbornly stuck to the old 2d stuff. So hopefully you will put up with my interjections from time to time, as I plan to follow your blog in the future.fishandchipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02062401938358417118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422615611587038208.post-6663765634738227292009-09-09T06:49:16.215-05:002009-09-09T06:49:16.215-05:00David-
When i had items like system families whos...David-<br /><br />When i had items like system families whos definitions had to change across the Linked Files, i used Model Groups to save the content out and reload it in to the other Linked Files. In this project it was less of an issue, since the different links are merely instances of the same Link, but in other projects i use the Group Files with good success.<br /><br />For instance, ill have one group called "Partition Types." If someone needs to edit a wall type, they do so in the group, then save the group out. You still need to manually remember to reload the group in to all of the links, but it updates the wall types. <br /><br />Ive handled Walls, Families and Types, Materials, Floors, Ceilings, Roofs, and OTHER model groups in this fashion.<br /><br />The one bizarre exception is Sweeps and profiles. Since the profiles define the sweep (but are somehow not considered part of it) they do not reload, so you have to reload whatever profile Family you have used in embedded wall sweeps. All in all not a biggie. :)Aaron Mallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146075275463175361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422615611587038208.post-30747698246887284932009-09-09T02:03:50.991-05:002009-09-09T02:03:50.991-05:00Hi,
Just a question on the original use of linked...Hi,<br /><br />Just a question on the original use of linked files. How do you maintain your families between files? If, say, the External Wall-Type 1 changes over the life of the building, do you use the Transfer Project Standards tool (which is bizarelly mechangical) or have you found another more automated way of doing things?Helsinki_Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02980635871534441510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422615611587038208.post-18364237088643723702009-02-24T11:12:00.000-05:002009-02-24T11:12:00.000-05:00Very well said Kell! And i agree with you on most...Very well said Kell! And i agree with you on most of what you say. Regarding intellectual capital versus property, all i meant to say is that if we all share, it doesnt have to be "download and adopt" so much as "download and deconstruct, and discuss," which is what im hoping for.<BR/><BR/>Youre right, we can all build content, and surely we all do. I find the BIM exectution much more important as well. Those are the discussions that drive a lot of what we make in our templates, i think. <BR/><BR/>Regarding the frustration of time and money in building such a device... That IS a touchy subject. WOULD we have all spent so much time and money if we were all sharing? :) Its much like AUGI. Someone goes there with an issue while theyre trying to learn, and its an issue you might have burned up project budget finding a solution to. In the same right, why would we help? Because i want to see us all succeed with this tool.<BR/><BR/>I think if our methodological products were our deliverable, id be much more hesitant. But if anything, our processes are what differntiate us, not our (technological) content... :)Aaron Mallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08146075275463175361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4422615611587038208.post-5905343993960861852009-02-24T10:58:00.000-05:002009-02-24T10:58:00.000-05:00Nice to see you back!Regarding standards... I agre...Nice to see you back!<BR/><BR/>Regarding standards... I agree with you in principle. However, I can understand a firm's reluctance to give away something that cost them time, money and gallons of frustration to get right. Intellectual property is a touchy subject. One might argue that coming up with a fantastic template for Revit is as much architectural design as the building itself. How we design is a cornerstone for the end result after all. <BR/><BR/>My other thought was that simply adopting another firm's template does not enrich the BIM arena at all. It's not at all like an "open source" project where multiple groups contribute to a product and enrich it with all their experience. I like to trade templates and ideas with other BIM managers but the goal is to mutually improve our efforts. Different types of projects motivate BIM users to approach problems differently. Often, I'd even rather see a firm's BIM Execution Plan and talk about the reasoning behind their processes than analyze the families they've loaded into their templates. (I can make my own families after all.) Processes evolve as a result of experiences; they tell you more about what is working and what isn't for a firm. In the long run, I think that is somehow more valuable than the stuff... <BR/><BR/>I try to deal more with Intellectual Capital than Intellectual Property.Kellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04463427749684093048noreply@blogger.com