{"id":456700,"date":"2020-01-17T07:23:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T06:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/?p=456700"},"modified":"2020-01-17T10:07:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T09:07:43","slug":"divide-revit-model-into-construction-phases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/divide-revit-model-into-construction-phases\/","title":{"rendered":"Divide Revit model into construction phases"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In many construction companies, Revit models are increasingly being created for costing, but are often not used further. A Revit model can offer many advantages in work preparation, such as better change tracking or 4D\/5D simulation.<\/p>\n<p>In the course of work preparation, construction phase plans are drawn up for larger projects. As a rule, the floor slabs and walls must first be divided into construction phases.<\/p>\n<p>There are two options for this:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 <strong>The walls with the <em>Cutting<\/em> Share tool<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Walls can be covered with the <em>Cutting<\/em> tool with one click, but please note that certain properties are not applied to both segments. During the cutting process, one segment is created by shortening the original wall, the second segment is created with a new Revit ID. Certain properties of the original wall may be lost in the second segment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Self-created copy parameters<\/li>\n<li>certain standard specimen parameters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To better understand which standard copy parameters are adopted and which are not, you can use the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/jeremytammik\/RevitLookup\/tree\/master\/installer\">Revit Lookup Tool<\/a> take a look at the Revit database:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03-01-_2020_10-34-40.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"456705\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/divide-revit-model-into-construction-phases\/03-01-_2020_10-34-40\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03-01-_2020_10-34-40.jpg?fit=1657%2C1119&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1657,1119\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"03-01-_2020_10-34-40\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03-01-_2020_10-34-40.jpg?fit=750%2C506&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-456705 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03-01-_2020_10-34-40-300x203.jpg?resize=300%2C203\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03-01-_2020_10-34-40.jpg?resize=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03-01-_2020_10-34-40.jpg?resize=750%2C506&amp;ssl=1 750w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03-01-_2020_10-34-40.jpg?resize=768%2C519&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03-01-_2020_10-34-40.jpg?resize=1536%2C1037&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03-01-_2020_10-34-40.jpg?resize=1022%2C690&amp;ssl=1 1022w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03-01-_2020_10-34-40.jpg?w=1657&amp;ssl=1 1657w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If this is not a problem, there is nothing to be said against the <em>Cutting<\/em> Tool for the walls.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Duplicate the elements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, storey ceilings cannot be <em>Cutting<\/em> tool, but there is a simple workaround here. To do this, first split the floor slab with the <em>Copy - Paste - Aligned in the same place<\/em> duplicated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03-01-_2020_11-23-59.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"456706\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bim-me-up.com\/en\/divide-revit-model-into-construction-phases\/03-01-_2020_11-23-59\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03-01-_2020_11-23-59.jpg?fit=260%2C312&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"260,312\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"03-01-_2020_11-23-59\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03-01-_2020_11-23-59.jpg?fit=260%2C312&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-456706 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03-01-_2020_11-23-59-250x300.jpg?resize=250%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03-01-_2020_11-23-59.jpg?resize=250%2C300&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bim-me-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/03-01-_2020_11-23-59.jpg?w=260&amp;ssl=1 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The limit for both storey ceilings is then adjusted accordingly. The same principle can also be used for the walls if you want to ensure that the values of the self-created example parameters are adopted.<\/p>\n<p>A model prepared in this way can now be divided into Revit phases. More on this in one of the next articles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By the way, here are a few Revit Ideas that would make the described workflow easier and that you can vote for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/revit-ideas\/revit-split-walls-should-contain-all-parameters\/idi-p\/7548675\">Revit - Split walls should contain all parameters<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a id=\"link_13\" class=\"page-link lia-link-navigation lia-custom-event\" href=\"https:\/\/forums.autodesk.com\/t5\/revit-ideas\/allow-split-element-for-floors\/idi-p\/8758957?search-action-id=474262974026&amp;search-result-uid=8758957\">Allow\u00a0<span class=\"lia-search-match-lithium\">Split<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"lia-search-match-lithium\">Element<\/span>\u00a0for Floors<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In many construction companies, Revit models are increasingly being created for costing, but are often not used further. 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