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    Duplicating a Revit Project

    I have not come across this before. We are architects. We modeled and put together construction docs for an elementary school. It is currently under construction. The exact same building plan is now going to be used at another site and we need to put together construction docs for it. The only real difference between the 2 projects will be site drawings. The principal of the firm has directed me to use the same model we used for the first building so that as changes are made during construction admin, those same changes will be part of the new project.

    I would like to be able to link the project that is currently under construction into a new, blank revit project, along with all of the sheets, views, details, etc. Is this even possible?

    Anybody done something like this before? If so, what is the workflow?
    Thanks.
    Dan
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    #2
    Nobody's got anything? No one here has ever come across this?

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      #3
      Honestly? I get asked about it all the time. But i think the folks that ask me about it want to save five minutes, even if it costs them five hours.

      1. Do a Save As to the project, and save it somewhere else.
      2. Clear out the Revisions, since CA wont have started on the second job yet.
      3. Revise Project Information.
      4. Wait.

      When you know the full tally of what changes on the first job, go change it on the second job,. Yes, manually.

      If you think thats a waste of effort and time, wait until you see the hoops youll jump through trying to make it *automatic.*
      Aaron "selfish AND petulant" Maller |P A R A L L A X T E A M | Practice Technology Implementation
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        #4
        Originally posted by Twiceroadsfool View Post
        Honestly? I get asked about it all the time. But i think the folks that ask me about it want to save five minutes, even if it costs them five hours.
        ...
        When you know the full tally of what changes on the first job, go change it on the second job,. Yes, manually.
        Just wait until the client wants to build the same building with only a month or two start time delay. "Guys, why are we having the same problems on Project B that we had on Project A!?!? This should have been resolved!"
        Revit for newbies - A starting point for RFO

        chad
        BEER: Better, Efficient, Elegant, Repeatable.

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          #5
          Thats all part of managing a client, im sorry to say. Ive had to explain to a lot of clients that *copy-tecture* doesnt cumulatively solve problems on the later job, because of the nature of the industry. Lets suppose (for a second) that when you changed or updated something to solve a problem on Job 1, that you COULD instantly have it solved in your drawings in Jobs 2, 3, and 4... There is still the entire supply chain issue:

          The drawings are already out, Bids are already in progress, Subcontractors are already looking at the project... And those multiple buildings are more than likely different teams.

          Its just not as simple as *revise all my drawings simultaneously.* Yeah, ive been there with clients. But we owe it to them to not say *yes* just because they think the Drawing is the complicated part of the work.
          Aaron "selfish AND petulant" Maller |P A R A L L A X T E A M | Practice Technology Implementation
          @Web | @Twitter | @LinkedIn | @Email

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            #6
            Why have two models? Just create sheets that have a number A-101A for the first school and A-101B for the second school. That way when revisions occur, they are in real time for both schools.
            Bettisworth North

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              #7
              I have done this.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Twiceroadsfool View Post
                Thats all part of managing a client, im sorry to say. Ive had to explain to a lot of clients that *copy-tecture* doesnt cumulatively solve problems on the later job, because of the nature of the industry.
                I like that copytecture term. I'm stealing it. :bb:

                And those multiple buildings are more than likely different teams.
                Even better is when they are different states. I-2 in one state, R-2 in another. Hello totally different life-safety requirements :banghead:
                Revit for newbies - A starting point for RFO

                chad
                BEER: Better, Efficient, Elegant, Repeatable.

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                  #9
                  Or wait until
                  "The only real difference between the 2 projects will be site drawings."
                  but the second site has a 6 foot drop from east to west.
                  Other than that, they are EXACTLY the same.
                  Dave Plumb
                  BWBR Architects; St Paul, MN

                  CADsplaining: When a BIM rookie tells you how you should have done something.

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                    #10
                    Putting what has been said already in a different way, plan for worst case. When the site is dramatically different, or the contractual conditions begin to vary significantly, when the timing of the project getting bid or built changes... separate copies of the project is easier to contend with those differences than a copy that now must be split by Save As or worse, started over entirely.

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