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yilin1985

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I am working on a remodel project and am using Revit phasing to distinguish between existing&demo vs. new construction.

Question: How do you guys deal with the naming convention for components and inplace families.  Is it a good idea to distinguish the components by naming them (E) for existing & (N) for new construction?  If I do that, it means I will need to duplicate types between existing & new. Or since I am using phasing that doesn't matter?  Comments appreciated!

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I am not sure what types of families you are referring to but here is an example of what I have done working for a fire protection firm:

For existing and demo the objects are usually noted by a dashed line. Rather than create or duplicate families, all I did was override the line type in the visibility graphics. It helped that I created a new line type within the family so it was easy to find and override in the project visibility graphics.

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By using phases, existing can be shown differently than new.  No need for multiple familes.

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