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glenlake

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Dear experts,

does anyone know how to show in the Phase 1,Phase 2 and the following phases the objects which I demolished in the Demo phase?

I use Revit 2013.

Thank you.

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teafoe5

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I don't understand.  In phase 1 you want to show everything that is happening in Phase 1 and Phase 2?  Demo is not a phase.

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WWHub

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You have to think differently about Revit phases than we normally do.  The first rule to understant is basically, there are only two 'phases', existing and new.  We are really talking about visibility here, not our conventional project phasing.

• EXISTING - exactly what it says - something that is there when you start (something in a previous phase)
• NEW - What is added or changed.
• You can have as many NEW phases as you want but each time you switch to a new phase, all prvious items are now existing.

So consequently, there is never any activity in existing phase.  You only really demo in the new phase and you only build in a new phase.  If you want to demo in a phase called demo, then fine - but it will be a new phase at the beginning with all existing items being in the original 'EXISTING' phase.  Then you can create something like Phase I where everything preceeding is 'previous' in phase filter settings which in this case would be your original existing and your demo.

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glenlake

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Thank you very much. This explanation is very logical and makes many things clear (which Revit Help not always can do). Especially I like your point 3.

But in our project we have, say, 7 phases, and the client might want to see on the blueprints of the Phase 7 along the new walls also the walls, which were demolished in the phase 2 or 3. 

Could it be done not by drafting dashed lines?

Best regards.

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WWHub

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Try it.....

So many things in Revit can be learned by just doing and what is great.... there is always an undo!

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glenlake

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Have tried it, but not succeeded in it.

Thank you again for the lucid explanation about phases. Was very helpful.

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pijpiwo

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Take look at these tutorials: 1 and 2 (watch in this order). They could help.

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glenlake

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Thanks for the videos. I didn't know that Lynda has Revit tutorials.

The first video on 2.05 and the second on 6.06 indirectly answer my question: it is impossible in Revit. So, i take it as if I have to show the walls, demolished in the stage 1, alongside with the walls built in the phase 7, I take it that i have to what i am doing now - drawing dashed lines.

Your help is very important - it saved a lot of my time. Thanks again.

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