Class 13 Project Phasing Phasing is critical for TI projects. This will review how to setup phases in your project and project template. Then show a quick demo on how to apply phases both to objects and to views. The session ends with a big bang “how to make Revit make you more money.”
Topics W hat i s Ph a s i n g Usin g N a m i n g C o n ve n t i o n – W h y V a lu e A dd e d
What is Phasing Help File: Many projects, such as renovations, proceed in phases, each representing a distinct time period in the life of the project. Revit Architecture tracks the phase in which views or components are created or demolished, and let you apply phase-specific filters to views so that you can define how the project appears during various stages of work. You can also use phase filters to control the flow of building model information into
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views and schedules. This allows you to create phase-specific project documentation, complete with schedules
Project Phases
As many as you need
Start Small, and Grow!
Combining
Phase Filters
Linear process
Naming helps
The Bits and Pieces
Graphic Overrides
Set them once!
Transfer
File >> Transfer Project Settings >> Phase Settings
Filters and Overrides only
Using Elements
Each object is built at some point in time
You can Demolish an Element
If build and Demolished in the same Phase = Temporary Object
Views
Views are Phases specific
Controlled in View Properties
Phases - What “Time” is this view looking at
Phase Filters – How do you want to see the present and past
Naming Convention – Why KISS. If all you’re doing is TI, great, you’ll only need Existing and New. If you what to move past the basic, naming based on construction Phases may be a good solution.
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Value Added Here is where phases really show their strength. Look at your project as a General Contractor. How would they construct that project? What materials would they need and when? What about manpower? This is a sellable package.
Schedule of Materials
Costs per phase
3D Models
3D Walkthroughs
Animated “Buildup” – Navisworks
Action: Create a Sheet and Place your three views (1/4” Scale) on the Sheet (D-100 : Demo Plan) Three Views of your Model New Construction Future TI Existing
Existing Exterior Walls will not be demolished Most Interior Walls are demolished in the New Construction Phase Provide a Proposed Floor Plan for Future Interior Walls
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Revit Architecture 2011 User Assistance User's Guide Document the Project > Project Phasing
Project Phasing Many projects, such as renovations, proceed in phases, each representing a distinct time period in the life of the project. Revit Architecture tracks the phase in which views or elements are created or demolished. It lets you create phases and phase filters that you can apply to views, which define how the project appears during various stages of work. You can also use phase filters to control the flow of building model information into views and schedules. This allows you to create phase-specific project documentation, complete with schedules. You can apply phases to schedules. For example, in a large renovation project, a door schedule would usually list all doors created in the project. In a building with hundreds of doors, the schedule could become difficult to work with, because the demolished doors would be listed with the post-renovation doors. Instead of working with a schedule in which half of the doors are eventually demolished, you could create one pre-demolition schedule and one post-renovation schedule, applying the appropriate phase to each. See Applying a Phase to a Schedule.
Topics in this section
Phase Properties Creating Phases Combining Phases Phase Filters Infill Elements for Phasing Demolishing Elements