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I am working on a project with another individual in our office that has two buildings connected by a bridge element. We are each working on a building independently (two separate revit files) with one person adding the bridge to their model. I have created a third file that contains the site, pads, views, and sheets with the other two files linked into it. So far it seems to be working alright. Obviously there are some issues where the bridge intersects with the model that is does not have it included, but i figure i can bind and explode these links at some point to clean that up. The reason that i have set it up this way, is that we both do design work and CDs so it is nice to have complete control over all of the elements for that particular building. Yet we can still get overall plans, elevations, and sections in the master file. Is there a better way of accomplishing this same thing? I have a feeling that maybe with worksets it is possible, but can a project be split in half, versus split by building elements? Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
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I would strongly reccomend making this one file, with worksets and worksharing enabled. This sounds like an ideal situation. You can split a project in half by dragging/selecting everything you want, right clicking, and saying "move to workset ___" Manually defining your worksets is the way to go, not by element type or family, generally. And then, all new creation by an individual is lumped into the current workset of their choice. Each of you can have the other's building turned off, invisible, and uneditable, but you will be using a standard set of elements, levels, etc for both. The two "models" will interact with each other flawlessly, when you start turning on more worksets. Because they are the same model. The bridge will actually be integrated. I have found that linked models will slow down a project more than having a larger project, in general. But i have limited experience, here. Never worked on projects large enough to warrant splitting, but I've seem the impact of structural linked models. Huge impact on speed.
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