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We are switching from CAD to Revit and are finding it may not be the best move and here is why. We propose a lot of new tenants at many different properties per day so we need to save off a new plan as we do this. The reason for that is that some tenants work well with other possible tenants and not others so we need to change around vacant spaces and temporarily fill them with the best possibly future tenants that will work well with the person we are trying to bring in. So not many plans are the same. We do this for marketing purposes. We have a plan that shows current layout of the property and displays potential proposed tenants as well which gets updated everytime someone signs on or leaves the property. That plan is okay my concern is having thousands of marketing plans per year done and killing our storage. Is Revit a good option or is there another 3D program that would be better. Keep in mind we use mostly 2D but would like the 3D option. Any advice will help. Also phasing is out of the question. We spoke with many professionals who understand our process and they said phasing would be more hassle than it is worth.
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Would design options be something that might work for you?
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I don't see any reason why Revit will not work for you.... From what you have told us, it will be easy to do.
You need to spend some time developing and testing a process. Perhaps you need to contract with someone who really understands Revit to develope that for you.
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We are currently looking into speaking with someone. My worry is that we are using the same process as CAD which is fine however the Revit files are nearly 6 times the size of the CAD files and it would be a nightmare for the IT department within a few years.
teafoe5- I do not know about design options how do they work?
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I would think you maintain only one model for each property. You can have record PDF's of the individual modifications. Any proposed modifications could be done as design options for that location. Again, record PDF's could be made for those but once the option is chosen, the change is accepted and the record PDF's would be made. But all of this would be done with one model. (per building/unit)
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That would work. However my concern is, if we originally had 3 small vacant areas that one tenant signed on all three and combined them into one large space. They sign and we accept that option. 5 years lateer they move out and we want to go back to the old configuration to get multiple tenants in the lage area, how would we reference that in an electronic way not just in a pdf?
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You would have to revise the plan back if it was indeed changed.
Design options allow you to show potential changes but they are not made until accepted.Obviously in this case they were accepted. How do you get back to the original? This is a new change just like any other.
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Okay, that may not be that bad of an idea. Until they are accepted do all of the design options remain in the drawing? So if they are mulling over 2 or 3 options we can have those on file until they decide to accept one, correct?
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That is correct and that is the exact reason for their use. To have 2 or more different options. And you can have multiple sets of options.
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Gotcha. I am getting the feeling these are similar to phases however I am sure there is a distinct difference, can you tell me what that is?
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Now you need to do some things on your own. Read the HELP. There is no excuse for not starting there. Search PHASE!
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This tool, Revit, will work for you. It just a matter of learning it and implementing it in your work flow.
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