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jtebok

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I'm working on a few apartment buildings. When working on a floor plan, is there a way to group a typical floor plan, and copy it all the way up. And when you edit one floor plan, it updates all the other ones? (similar to an autocad block, where you could just edit block in place, and every other instance would update) 

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Your answer is already in your question.... "group".   Read about that in your HELP.   After grouping, copy the group to clipboard, then use paste aligned to selected levels to place the group on multiple levels, all at the same time.

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Ah, I didn't realize group in revit did that, model group that is. I use group all the time in autocad, and assumed group in revit was the same thing. So, revits model group is basically the same function as an autocad block. 

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Don't try to associate Revit elements with CAD because that path will give you trouble.   Completely take CAD out of your mind when working with Revit.  Group is not at all like a block.  A Revit family might be considered like a block but even there, the Revit family is much more powerful than a block.

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