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I have been trying to learn about worksets, but I found it a little hard. I know it can be very useful for visibility of objects (kind of layers in CAD) . Does anybody have more experience in this theme and give some information?
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you really need to read the help file to understand more, but in short, worksets are another set of filters, if you like.
with worksets you can share a project among a few people allowing you to work together on the same file at the same time.
you don't have to share with other people in order to use worksets, alot of people working alone on a project still using worksets, it allows them a greater control of visibility/graphic...
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I have used Worksets like layers or filters in my projects. I am designing my projects in a single person shop and not sharing the drawing with others electronically. I often have the following Worksets in my project (Exterior shell, interior, stairs, structure, site, mechanical and finish).
Note: Many places I have read that this is not the proper use of worksets. In my experience the worksets feature seems to work well to provide a “layers” feature and Revit does not appear to offer a different official way to add this type of structure to projects.
Some comments to get you started: Once you turn on worksets for a project it can’t be undone. Take an existing project and copy it for practice and testing. When you go to draw a new object and usually check properties before you get started just make sure you are drawing in the workset that you want. www.dgcad.com has a good intro video tutorial lesson to help the learning curve. The best way to learn worksets for me has been to practice using them.
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What ever you do, don't use worksets as a replacements for layers.
You can find some excellent training resources at http://www.dgcad.com/
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coreed,aia
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Many in these discussions on Revitcity have suggested to NOT use Worksets as a way to implement a layer feature in Revit projects.
If not Worksets for layers - what do you suggest?
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We are trying to use them to coordinate work by different people. For example, people working on electrical elements occasionally grab mechanical elements, and then end up owning mechanical equipment. This can cause problems if someone needs those elements at the same time. Worksets make it easier to safeguard against accidentally borrowing elements that you don't need, because you can set it to only edit things in your workset.
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mate, you don't really need to use worksets for that, one can borrow elements without owning a worksets, just remember to save to central and relenquish often...
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It is true that one can borrow elements without owning a workset, but that is actually where most of our issues occur. People borrow elements without knowing they have because they accidentally clicked them while trying to move, select, or change something else. Then we have someone who ends up running all over the building to try to get someone (often in different discipline) to save to central and relinquish borrowed elements that they shouldn't have had in the first place. Saving to central often is crucial regardless, but often the timing works out so that it doesn't avoid problems all the time.
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When someone else has borrowed something, REVIT will tell you who that is so you should not have to run all over... With relese 9, you can also use an add on package that allows members of the project to monitor and grant requests .... works like an instant messenger. Not perfect but it helps. In any case, company rules should be that all users must save to central periodically and at the very least, relinquish all mine. If a user, manager - designer, is just reviewing a project .... possible grabbing items ... they probably should open a detached copy. We are all struggling with these issues and developing new office rules.
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