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Hi.

We have floor plans divided into few parts because of size but of course it would be useful to have one floor plan with annotations, dimensions etc of whole building (it is helpful when someone needs to link our model and set the view to particular floor plan) so I'm thinking about making dependent views but it has some pros and cons.

For example changing underlay or phase.

Has anyone been working that way? Any helpful workarounds or tricks?

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Revit has a built-in process to split up a large view into multiple views on seperate sheets.  Please look here in your help as a beginning point.

This process with match lines to reference the views work very well!

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Everything about dependent views is clear but I have some question and doubts about making them when we work on a central model.

For examlpe: each time somebody changes underlay other person would get edit request which sounds annoying and "errorgenic".

So maybe someone who was working that way can share his experience (...workarounds or tricks).

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You use this process to split up your plan according to your needs.   Nobody sould be linking these views into another model, they would be linking the model and splitting it up according to their needs.

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When you linking the model you set its display setting to particular view. In this case - to the "main" floor plan.

But it's not what I'm asking about.

I ask: how you people work on dependent views in collaboration mode (central model, local model etc.)?

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When using a linked model, you set the view to your plan, not the linked plan!

Only one person can be editing a view at the same time but this should not be a problem in most cases.  Modeling should be done in a working floor plan or some other non sheeted view.  You can have as many floor plans as you need.   We have a sperate working plan for each individual.

Annotations are a different condition.   Typically one individual at a time works on the overall annotative plan (the one the dependent views are created from or one of the dependent views. 

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Lol. I think there is misunderstanding;P

When I link HVAC model to my architecture model > on MY floor plan 0 I set THEIR model to be displayed as on THEIR floor plan 0 (because of view range, possible plan regions, tags etc.) > my floor plan 0 stays the same ;P.

Back to thhe dependent views...is there option to work on separate views and connect them into one 'main' ?

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you asked "... MY floor plan 0 I set THEIR model to be displayed as on THEIR floor plan 0..."  No, you are linking a model.  You create your own plans with view range and other settings according to your needs and the linked model will show as you set it to show.  You don't want their plan view because you don't want all of their annotations, you just want the correct model.   The old CAD thought process, in some instances, was to underlay the consultant's plan but this is NOT CAD! THANK HEAVEN!

Should you match  the HVAC view range?  Never as an architect, most HVAC would be above your ceilings.  You might look at some model views for coordination purposes and any vertical ducting in shafts might appear in your plans but otherwise, the HVAC model would show up mostly in your sections.

You ask:  "..is there option to work on separate views and connect them into one 'main' ?"   No, and I can't see any reason to do so.

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What you want say is that these options are useless...

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I went and re-read the help on this.   My problem with linked view is that you do have that views settings and if the plans are parallel, you see all of the linked views annotations.  We often use the host settings but in many cases, we want to control the link independent of the host view and the link.   We set the link's vg as we want it to appear.

For you old timers... we control the vertical .... we control the horizontal....

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