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I'm fairly new to Revit, but I'm trying to create an apartment building which is mirrored, but the mirrored side needs to be shifted down 3ft. Is there an easy way to move everything down 3ft? Right now, when I make a mirrored copy, it's constrained, and I can't move it down.

Also, the floor plans are groups, so that when I change something on one, it will change on all, if that matters at all.

Thanks in advance.

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What do you mean by mirrored side?  If the whole building is mirrored, simply relocate the projectto redine the levels.

From the HELP:> If the elevation base value is set to Project, the elevation reported on a level is with respect to the project origin. If the base value is set to Shared, then the elevation reported is with respect to the shared origin. To change the shared origin, you can relocate the project. See Relocating and Mirroring a Project.

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Not quite what I need. Let me try to explain a little better.

I have a 4 unit apartment, 2 stories laid out. Now what I want to do is mirror that across the right side so that they are touching and I end up with an 8 unit apartment 2 stories. So like 2 rectangles side by side. Now, that's not the problem, because that works fine. What I need to do now is take the right rectangle, and shift it down 3 feet, so that 1 of the 4 unit apartments is now 3 feet lower than the other due to site changes.

Is this possible?

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OK ... This is the other I was asking about.

You need a better understanding of models vs CAD.  In your case, you will need additional levels that are different from your base drawing.... Like Ground Floor ...Ground Floor +3' <<< Obviously you have to pick the names but they must be unique. 

Now pick the items on ground floor that you want to mirror and copy them to your clipboard.   Create a new floor plan using Ground Floor +3', and open it.  Paste aligned to current view but don't finish the operation yet.  While everything is clored, mirror it all around your mirror line.  DONE!

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That's great! Now only one little problem. The furniture doesn't move with the floors but stays on the same level as that copied. Any ideas on how to fix this?

Thanks so much.

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