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jstandage

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 I'am a student at ASU working for a professor in the School of Construction. I have a prefabricated building in revit and I'm having trouble dividing the building into four quadrants to develop future class assignments at ASU. Does anyone know how to do this?

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I'm not really sure what your intent is either?  If you basically won't to draw a crosshair centred on the building and the split all the elements that traverse past these points then:

• Walls will need to be split (and best to disallow join on their common end points to prevent them rejoining)
• Floors/Roofs/Ceilings would need to be duplicated and sketches edited appropriately

Does this help?

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I would just create a base file with a fixed origin.  Then have each student link their model thru import/link/Revit.  You can snap to walls and coordinate on connections. 

In your base model you can create your drawings.  Or have create drawings in each their own projects.  This way they are learning Revit on their own and not leaning skilled student in the group.

It works well.  I generally have 20-30 models in my base file.  That’s only because I have 7/8 different disciplines to deal with.

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Or, maybe instead of breaking up the drawing in four Quadrants of a building you might be able to break up the assignment into four lessons; each focusing on a particular aspect relating to the project until after the fourth project it is complete.

 Here's my idea of how this could be done:

1) model a site, design a footprint of the building, show pros and cons of using Massing, and draw in some generic walls.

2) Create wall types, change each wall, throw in some generic doors and windows

3) Create doors and windows, show how to add instance/type parameters and scheduling, throw in room tags showing area, schedule area

4) create sections, create multiple sheets showing Floor Plan, Site Plan, Electrical Plan, Plumbing, and Mechanical plans.  Show how to create a template for your sheet drawings.  Show how to scale each view, use of dimensions.

And finally, perhaps consider having each student work on their projects individually or break up the class into groups and have them use worksharing so each can focus on a specific area.

Just some thoughts to consider possibly.

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