On the Manage tab, click the Design Options button, as shown in Figure 21.23.. In the Design Options dialog, click the New button under Option Set.. In the Option Set category, click th
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7 In the Phasing dialog, click the Phase Filters tab Notice this tab
contains the filtering you are using in this project You can add or modify these filters at any time (see Figure 21.19)
8 In the Phasing dialog, click the Graphic Overrides tab Here you can
see that you can change the line types and the shading for each phase status (see Figure 21.20) Click OK
F i g u R e 2 1 1 8 The Show Complete phase filter
F i g u R e 2 1 1 9 Phase filters
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Typically in a set of drawings, you are not going to have a show complete view,
but it can be extremely helpful with internal coordination throughout the life of
the project You can quickly see where major deficiencies happen when you view
a model as completed
One problem with all this phasing is that, on some projects, your Project
Browser will become confusing and crowded quickly Let’s look at dividing the
browser up into phases
1 In the Project Browser, right-click on the Views (Discipline) heading,
as shown in Figure 21.21, and click Properties
F i g u R e 2 1 2 1 Opening the browser’s properties
2 Click the Edit button in the Folders row.
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phase filters are great, but don’t go crazy with them You can easily create more confusion than good.
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3 You will see that the browser is already organized by Discipline Focus
on the Then By section, and change the Then By category to Phase (as shown in Figure 21.22)
4 Click OK twice to get back to the model.
Well, I think you can see that browser organization can help you organize a project Be careful, though Adding random, multiple categorizations could get out of hand and wind up more confusing than if you had just left the Project Browser alone
F i g u R e 2 1 2 2 Changing Then By to Phase
What the heck is that? As you can see in the following graphic, there are three question marks in our Project Browser This will happen when you start organizing the browser by a specific property that some views do not contain The views categorized in the ??? heading are drafting views, and they do not have a phase property
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phas-ing, but has an entirely different meaning when it comes to tracking aspects of a
project This functionality is called design options
creating design options
Revit is equipped with the functionality to allow you to model different options
in one model, better known in the design world as bid alternates The great thing
about how Revit handles this functionality is that any alternate design will never
be (or at least will seldom be) a completely new structure There will be items
that are in more than one option Revit allows you to keep like items intact while
creating new or different items that belong to different options This creates a
situation where you only need to model the common items once, so you can
focus on the alternates
That being said, there is a lot to be added to this functionality Many of the
examples in this section of the chapter will deal more with flaws in Revit than
with actual design option procedures
To get started, go to the book’s website at www.sybex.com/go/revit2011ner
From there you can browse to Chapter 21 and find the file called NER-38.rvt
Follow along with the procedure
1 On the Manage tab, click the Design Options button, as shown in
Figure 21.23
2 In the Design Options dialog, click the New button under Option Set.
N O T E You can have as many option sets as you choose there will be
cases where you have other, unrelated options in other places in your model
F i g u R e 2 1 2 3 Clicking the Design Options button
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3 Select Option Set 1.
4 In the Option Set category, click the Rename button.
5 Call the option set West Entry.
6 Select Option 1 (Primary).
7 In the Option category, click Rename.
8 Rename it to With Entrance.
9 In the Option category, click the New button.
10 Rename the new option Without Entry (see Figure 21.24).
F i g u R e 2 1 2 4 Adding options
11 Click Close.
12 In the Project Browser, go to the Level 1 floor plan.
13 Select the curtain wall to the left of the entry, as shown in
Figure 21.25
14 Click the Cut to Clipboard button, as shown in Figure 21.25.
15 Delete the door family in the middle of the wall.
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T I P If you have a lot of in-place families, you are going to have an
extremely difficult time with design options When you know you might have
design options, create all your families outside the model
16 Select the walls as shown in Figure 21.26, and click the Add To Set
button in the Design Options panel on the Manage tab (You will have
to click the Manage tab.)
17 In the Add To Design Option Set, only check With Entrance
(Primary), and click OK
18 Select the floor.
19 Click the Add To Set button.
20 Add the floor to both options (Keep both items checked.) Click OK.
21 Go to a 3D view.
22 Select the curtain walls and the roof (Use your filter and only check
Curtain Systems and Roof.)
23 Click Add To Set.
24 Add the curtain walls and the roof to the With Entrance (Primary)
option only, and click OK
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F i g u R e 2 1 2 6 Adding the walls to the option set
Phew! Let’s take a breather! The next thing we need to do is put that curtain wall back into the model To do this, we need to make the option we want this wall
to be in current It is almost like making a layer current in AutoCAD
To start placing objects in a specific option, follow along with these steps:
1 On the Design Options panel of the Manage tab, click the Active
Design Option menu, and select With Entrance (Primary), as shown
in Figure 21.27 (This that you are making this option current.)
F i g u R e 2 1 2 7 Making the design option current
wall is back in action
3 Go to the Level 1 floor plan.
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5 Select the floor, and click the Edit Boundary icon on the Modify |
Floors tab
6 Eliminate the jog in the floor, leaving only a straight line.
7 Click Finish Edit Mode, and click No for the next two questions.
8 On the Home tab, click the Wall button.
9 In the Change Element Type dialog, select the Exterior - Brick And
CMU On MTL Stud (No Parapet) wall type
10 Draw a wall across the front of the building, as shown in Figure 21.28.
F i g u R e 2 1 2 8 Drawing a new wall across the front of the building
At the ends of the walls, you may run into a join situation If this is the case,
be sure to set wall joins to Mitered
11 Go to a 3D view Attach the wall to the roof.
Notice that the foundation and the pad are causing trouble You
can add these items to the current option as well To do so, return to
the previous exercise
12 Click the Active Only button off at the bottom of the screen, as shown
in Figure 21.29
13 Select the entire site, including plantings and walkways, and click
Hide In View ➢ Category
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14 Select the five foundation walls under the entry and the long wall,
and add them to the set
15 Go to the T.O Footing Structural Plan.
16 Change Option to Without Entry.
17 Draw a new foundation wall and add a footing to it.
F i g u R e 2 1 2 9 The Active Only button
18 Go to a 3D view.
19 Change Current Option to None.
Now that the options are set, we can toggle the views to reflect the option we desire To do so, we will create a duplicate view and have two different option sets for a 3D view
1 In the Project Browser, right-click on the {3D} view, and duplicate it.
2 Call the new view West Entry - With Entry.
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Without Entry.
4 Open the West Entry - Without Entry view.
5 Type VG.
6 On the Design Options tab, select Without Entry from the Design
Option menu, as shown in Figure 21.30
7 Open the West Entry - With Entry view, and change the option to
With Entry
F i g u R e 2 1 3 0 Choosing the correct option
Your options are set Do not expect to have a graceful experience with this the
first time you venture into design options However, once you get the technique
down, you will start to see the advantages of using this feature