Autodesk 256B1-05A761-1301 - AutoCAD Revit Structure Suite 2010, User Manual

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Considerations for Worksets
In general, when Setting Up Worksets on page 1252, you should consider the following:
■ Project size
The size of the project may affect the way you enable worksharing for the team. In general, elements
that are edited together should be in one workset. You do not need to create a workset for each floor of
the building. In a multistory structure, however, you may want to create a workset for a set of building
elements that only appear on one floor, such as a tenant interior.
If the floor plate of a project is too large to fit on a sheet and you need to split it up, you may want to
consider creating a workset for each side of the building.
■
Team member roles
Typically, designers work in teams, with each assigned a specific functional task. Each team member has
control over a particular portion of the design (for example, interior, exterior, or site). The workset
structure for the project can reflect this breakdown of tasks, and you can name the worksets accordingly.
■
Worksets and templates
Worksets cannot be included in templates.
■ Default workset visibility
The performance of Revit Architecture improves if some worksets are not visible by default. This visibility
control eliminates the time required to draw additional views of the project.
To identify visibility requirements, determine the frequency with which the elements in the workset
display in the project. Under this guideline, you might have an exterior workset visible by default, while
a specific furniture workset would not be.
■ Groups and families
Groups and families have a type workset and an instance workset that do not have to be the same.
All elements in a group are in the group instance workset. To edit the group, make the group type workset
editable or borrow the group type. To modify the elements inside a group, make the group instance
workset editable. You can determine which worksets the elements are in by accessing the element
properties. If you use element borrowing to check out a group instance, Revit Architecture automatically
borrows all elements in the group.
Creating Worksets
1 Open your local copy of the central file, or open the central file.
2 Click Collaborate tab
➤
Worksets panel
➤
Worksets.
3 In the Worksets dialog, click New.
4 In the New Workset dialog, enter a name for the new workset (for example, Interior).
5 If you want the workset to display in all open and new views, select Visible by default in all
views. Clear this option if you want the workset to display only in views where you specifically
turn on the visibility.
You can change the visibility of worksets later in the Visibility/Graphics dialog. For more
information, see
Controlling Workset Visibility on page 1265.
IMPORTANT Performance improves if new worksets are not visible by default. To identify visibility
requirements, determine the frequency with which the elements in the workset will display in the
project. Under this guideline, you might have an exterior workset visible by default, while a more
specific workset would not be.
6 Click OK.
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