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Revit Structures software and Multi-user Collaboration for Projects |
Article Submitted by: James Lee
Friday, 11 December 2009
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Revit Structures is the most versatile building design and analysis software supporting all phases of design and construction documentation. From structural studies through the most detailed construction drawings and schedules, applications built on Revit help provide immediate competitive advantage, better co-ordination and quality and can contribute to higher profitability for architects and the rest of the building team. At the heart of the Revit platform is the Revit parametric change engine, which automatically coordinates changes made everywhere - in model views or drawing sheets, schedules sections or plans. Revit Worksharing module can be used in collaboration with various other platforms such as Revit MEP and Revit Architecture. In Revit, these groupings of the project are called worksets. A workset is a collection of building elements such as walls, floors, foundation, etc. When setting up worksets considerations to take into account include: the team size, the project size, the team member roles, etc. Establishing practical policies on how all team members across and create new worksets in the project will maintain performance for existing users and ease the process of introducing new team members to the project. Structural worksets are typically defined based on: # Floorplans division at expansion joints # Groups of structural elements like foundations and columns # Material expertise - concrete, steel, masonry # Details and drawings # Structural, MEP and Architectural disciplines Worksets are optimized to support teams working on a single building. For projects involving multiple structures arranged in a campus like manner, user can choose to link a set of distinct Revit Structure RVT files. Each individual building structure will then be organized with its own worksets, but are unable to change them - preventing possible conflicts in the project. In the Revit Structure project, users have the option of checking out entire worksets or individual elements in a workset. All other team members can view these elements or worksets, but are unable to change them - preventing possible conflicts in a project. For any queries related to Revit Structures and Building Information Modeling (BIM) services email us at info@outsourcingsteeldetailing.com Visit us at http://www.outsourcingsteeldetailing.com/bim_Services.php for more information. Article Source: http://www.ArticleBlast.com |
About The Author:
James Lee is a member of structural engineering team steel at OSTD - a leading Structural consultancy firm providing quality BIM modeling, Steel detailing, Steel design and Structural analysis services to its offshore clients based in US, UK, Canada and Australia. For further details email us at info@outsourcingsteeldetailing.com
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