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

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Manage the Relationships of Elements
To ensure that the building model maintains relationships among elements, apply constraints. For example,
you can specify that a door maintains a certain distance from a wall, that all windows remain equally spaced
on a wall, or that 2 collinear walls should stay aligned with each other.
Place a dimension, and lock it in place to apply a
constraint.
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Apply constraints based on
dimensions.
Align elements (such as a wall with a reference
line), and lock the alignment to create a
constraint.
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Apply constraints based on
alignment.
Collaborate with Others
Revit Architecture provides several ways to share project work or information with other team members.
The point at which you perform these tasks will vary by project and by organization.
Add Team Members to the Project
If you plan to divide the design work among multiple team members, use the Revit worksharing feature
after creating the basic design.
Break Up the Model
When you enable worksharing, you can break up the building model into worksets. In addition to the default
worksets, you can create more worksets based on functional areas, such as interior, exterior, and site.
Review best practices for dividing a building
model into worksets.
----- Learn best practices.
Enable worksharing so that multiple team
members can work on the model.
----- Share the project.
Divide the building model into worksets, and add
elements to each workset.
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Divide the project into shareable
parts.
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