Any change made in your model is saved back to the original model.. Any change you make is saved to the original model and to your coworker’s model.. On the Collaborate tab, click the Wo
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aCC e p t i n g t h e pr i M a ry op t i o n
You will notice that when you are working in design options, you can only edit items belonging to the current option If your options set is set to None, then you are actually in the Main Model option When you are finished with the options and an alternative has been accepted, you can make the accepted option the primary option and click Accept Primary This deletes
all other options, leaving just the one option (Make sure you have a backup
before you do this.)
Are You experienced?
Now You can…
configure project phasing settings by adding new phases E
E change and add phase filters, and create phasing graphical overrides E
E create existing and demo plans E
E organize the project Browser to reflect your phasing E
E create design options E
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It is quite ironic that the second-to-last chapter of this book contains information that many of you will need to get your first Revit project off the ground That is, how do we work on a project when multiple people need to
be in the model? Revit is only one model, right?
enabling and utilizing worksharing
Working in the Revit shared environment
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enabling and utilizing Worksharing
You may be surprised, but the answer, and the procedure, is not as difficult as some make it out to be I have seen many explanations on the subject of proj-ect collaboration that are far-reaching and convoluted, thus causing an air of uneasiness Collaboration is not as horrible as it sounds, and this chapter will explain project collaboration in the simplest terms possible
First we’ll establish exactly what we are trying to accomplish and how to go about doing it The backbone of project collaboration is within the functionality
of worksharing.
The concept of worksharing in Revit, broken down into its simplest form, is this:
1 Open the model.
2 Issue a Save As command.
Now you have two models The model you just saved is linked to the original model Any change made in your model is saved back to the original model Subsequently, any changes from other users will be brought into your local model
Your coworker can now open the original model and choose Save As Now there are three models Any change you make is saved to the original model and to your coworker’s model Any change your coworker makes is saved to the original model and to your model
The original model is to be considered the central model The file you save is called a local copy So to reiterate: you open the central model, and then choose
Save As The file you now have is the local copy (see Figure 22.1) Another good way to view this setup is as a basic computer network You have a file server, along with several desktop computers that are networked to it
OK, so that’s the concept of worksharing It’s now time to drill down and see how
to activate this network of linked files As mentioned before, Revit has a function called worksets The worksets are the backbone of this entire concept
enabling Worksets
The worksets function in Revit influences your model and the way you go about working more than anything you can do Worksets is a mode you literally have
to enter into After you enable worksets, there is no going back Worksets are to the Undo button as Kryptonite is to Superman
Essentially, worksets are a way to divide your model You can almost look at this like phasing Every element in your model, once you activate worksharing, will have a workset associated with it As you will see in a moment, levels and
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auto-matically be assigned Workset 1 This assignment is in the form of a parameter
that you can see in the Properties dialog, and you can change that parameter
F i g u R e 2 2 1 The basic file-sharing configuration
Why would you want to change it? Good question Here’s an example: say you
are modifying an interior partition and your coworker (who is working on her
local model) tries to edit that same wall Your coworker will be denied access to
the wall But there is nothing stopping her from working on another wall in the
same area, one that you intended on making the same modifications to This
could get messy fast To avoid this situation, you can add all your interior
parti-tions to a workset called Interior Partiparti-tions and actually lock everybody else out
of any item that has been placed on this workset
Now that’s the way to work!
Obviously this process is not without its rules, quirks, and parts that need
fur-ther explanation, so to get started, go to the book’s web page at www.sybex.com/
go/revit2011ner From there you can browse to Chapter 22 and find the file
called NER-38.rvt
To enable worksets and start the worksharing process, follow these steps:
1 Open the NER-38.rvt file
2 On the Collaborate tab, click the Worksets button on the Worksets
panel, as shown in Figure 22.2
3 You will get a Worksharing dialog that welcomes you to the point of
no return Accept the defaults for Shared Levels And Grids and for
Workset 1, as shown in Figure 22.3, and click OK
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F i g u R e 2 2 2 Once you pass this point, there is no turning back.
F i g u R e 2 2 3 The Worksharing dialog
N O T E turning on your worksets is a onetime activation process You
do not have to do this every time you want to work on the project
4 The next dialog you arrive at is named Worksets, as shown in
Figure 22.4 As you can see, your two worksets are present in a spreadsheet format It says they are both Editable and that you own them Congratulations There is plenty to explain here:
Active Workset indicates the workset where any new item will
be either drawn on or inserted on (sort of like the current layer
in AutoCAD) There is also a Gray Inactive Workset Graphics option When checked, this will shade the items not on the cur-rent workset
The Show area at the bottom of the Worksets dialog will allow
you to add specific families, project standards, and views to the workset list (see Figure 22.4)
5 Click OK to get back to the model.
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N O T E You can turn on additional items in the Show category Unless
there is a compelling reason to do so, don’t—especially if this is the first
project your team is taking on in revit try to keep your worksets as simple
and painless as possible Just because you can assume ultimate control over
your users does not mean you have to.
Now that you have activated the worksets and saved the model, it is time to
create the central model This will always be the next step in the process
creating a central Model
Creating the central model generally will be a onetime deal You create it
imme-diately after you enable your worksets Also, the individual who creates the
cen-tral model needs to be your best Revit user
Okay, best Revit user, follow this procedure to learn how to create the central
model:
1 Click the Application button and choose Save As ➢ Project, as shown
in Figure 22.5
2 In the Save As dialog, click the Options button in the lower-right
corner
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F i g u R e 2 2 5 Saving the project using Save As
3 In the File Save Options dialog, change the Maximum Backups to 1
(see Figure 22.6)
N O T E Notice that the Worksharing area is not active This is because you are saving the file for the first time after activating worksharing You have no choice but to make this the central model
4 Click OK.
5 Call the file NER-CENTRAL.rvt.
6 Click Save.
7 On the Collaborate tab, click Synchronize With Central ➢ Synchronize Now, as shown in Figure 22.7 This saves any changes made
8 On the Worksets panel in the Collaborate tab, click the Worksets
button
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F i g u R e 2 2 7 Clicking the Synchronize Now button
9 Change both worksets by choosing No for the Editable column (see
Figure 22.8)
10 Click OK (Don’t worry—I will explain what all this means in a
moment.)
11 Click the Synchronize Now button.
The reason we made these worksets not editable is because when you are
working in the central file, you always want to leave it with no editable worksets
That way, users do not have access to these worksets in their local models
O Notice that on the Quick access toolbar the Synchronize button is now avail-able Since this is the central model, the actual Save icon
is inactive.
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F i g u R e 2 2 8 Releasing the worksets by clicking No for Editable
The next task we need to tackle is how to make a new workset and move some components onto the new workset
The objective of the following procedure is to create a Site workset and to move the topography and the site components to this workset:
1 Click the Worksets button on the Collaborate tab.
2 In the Worksets dialog, click the New button, as shown in Figure 22.9.
3 In the New Workset dialog, call this workset Site, and then click OK.
4 Set Editable for Workset1 to Yes.
5 Click OK.
6 Go to the default 3D view.
7 Select the toposurface.
8 In the Properties dialog, find the Identity Data category, find the
Workset row, and change the workset to Site
9 Select the rest of the site components, including the split surfaces,
the tree, and the shrubs
10 Put these items on the Site workset.
11 On the Collaborate tab, click the Synchronize Now button.
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12 On the Collaborate tab, click the Worksets button.
13 Make all worksets not editable, as shown in Figure 22.10, and then
click OK
F i g u R e 2 2 1 0 Making all worksets not editable
14 Click the Synchronize Now button.
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If you are finding that the workset parameter in the properties dialog is inactive, make sure you set the Workset1 workset to active.