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How would I go about hiding a nested category with a linked file.

I have a file from the interior designer, they have linked a lighting fixture into a furniture family and I have to turn it off in my lighting view.

I have turned off lighting fixtures category in the linked file, however because the lighting fixture is linked into a furniture family, it still showing, thing is I NEED to show the furniture in my layout, so I can't just turn off the furniture category.

I've asked them if they could remove the lighting fixture from the nested family and add it as a fixture in its own right, but they won't it would create hours of work for them, and would require coordination whenever something gets moved, while their current solution works for them.

Anyone have any ideas?

I got a call from the Architect saying our model does not align with theirs. So we figured out that I would need to reposition the linked-in Arch Model by right clicking and selecting "Reposition to Internal Origin". The issue I have with this is that we already have work done in the model and the work does not mode with the model. I tried repositioning the model then mass-moving all of the MEP work but I get the error "cant move these elements. One of them is restricted to moving in one direction while the other is restricted to moving in a conflicting direction".

Help? Are we SOL or is there a way to move everything in this model (linked model & our MEP work) all at once?

I am an electrical designer looking for a way to create a view title that has a scale that is associated with the view scale. Ideally, it would automatically change which scale is visible based on the scale of the view. Has anyone managed to do this successfully? I would love some advice! Thank you!

I have a problem drawing the stairs to match the actual detail drawings.

The construction drawings show the stringers being 100mm perpendicular to the nosing, and 115mm above the landing.

The stringer should be continuous up to the 30th floor and should also extend a bit at the landing.

I’ve been experimenting with the stair parameters for a while to achieve the exact details but still can’t get it to perfect.

The stringers can’t become continuous even if I make the stairs continuous to every level, and I couldn’t quite achieve the 100mm and 115mm offset from the nosing and landing respectively, it’s either one or the other.

I saw other models made by my colleagues, some just use the typical stairs without any care of the details, while another modeled the stairs as a separate family, modeling the nosing, steps, and stringers separately then loading it into the project.

I’ve read that the stair tool in revit is more of an SD/DD tool and wanted to confirm if that’s true. Because if it is, then I have no choice but to model the stairs separately as well.

Hello,

The architect is saying our model is not showing up in the correct location. How do I get their model location accurate to our linked model? Do they have to publish their coordinates? then we acquire them?

We already have wall hosted elements, so I would like to avoid unloading then reloading links.

Any help would be useful.

Edit:

Thank you for your help. Right now I have an architect who is saying this is my issue and messaging me constantly to fix it.

I acquired coordinates, clicked their model and checked that it rotates on True North.

Their model shows the base point: Shared site - N/S: -9' E/W: -34' Angle: 66

Our model linked into their model is still showing as: Survey Point - Internal - Shared Site - N/S: 0' E/W: 0'

Any suggestions?

I’m working on a townhome project and curious how others would approach this in Revit.

Project has 8 units total. The buildings are all identical through top of plate, but from top of plate and up, 4 of the buildings will have a mirrored roof.

For the permit set, i’ll be documenting one building, but I still need to show a second roof plan for the mirrored condition.

My initial thought was to copy over the geometry from top of plate and up, mirror it, and control/ document it with a scope box.

I’m wondering if there’s a “cleaner” way to accomplish this. How yall would approach this?

Thank you

Just wanted to solicit feedback on a proposed change to our process. I am looking at a process for aggregating scope of work Sqft from many different projects across a large firm.

The proposed workflow is each project creates a Scope of Work Area Plan for each floor and we use the calculated area to determine the total SQFT for each project.

What I think we would need to do is leverage dynamo or C# addin to copy the total sqft from all the SOW area plan areas in the model to a project level (probably shared so I know it’s our parameter) parameter. Yes I know this could be scheduled but I don’t see how I can pull the calculated total sqft from a schedule grand total to a parameter.

Anyway the idea is as the work progresses changes to size of SoW are reflected in the updates to this SoW area plan areas. In theory this would be more reliable and accurate than the marketing data the team currently has. And we could use additional parameters to divvy up the SoW into types of work (lab, sleeping areas, k12, industrial, etc).

I foresee having issues aggregating this data somewhere accessible from models hosted in Forma, users updating this data (probably falls on the BIM team realistically), and parsing out “true project” Revit files from models copied forward to support future work. I’m confident parameter work for filtering sorting grouping etc on the reporting end (probably PBI or excel).

Anyway I’m just fishing for thoughts or recommendations.

Hi,

We use iPhone/ipad for basic LIDAR scans and it’s working ok for us and looking to upgrade to something better. We do mostly renovation projects in the NYC and sometimes basement, fitness centers etc. most apps won’t work without a strong WiFi or phone data connection.

I’ve been looking at Insta 360 + Matterport, some people use this to produce home walkthroughs etc, but, are these scans be used for measurements? I don’t need high level tolerance but +/- is fine.