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ISSUE #3 / WINTER 2017

PHASES

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PAMPHLETSISSUE #3 / WINTER 2017 / PHASES

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We like to pick themes that are complex and confusing. Our job is to make these topics simple for you.

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Pamphlet #1 - Summer 2016 - WorksetsPamphlet #2 - Fall 2016 - SchedulesPamphlet #3 - Winter 2017 - Phases

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WHAT ARE PHASES ?

Phases are used in Renovation projects, or complex multi-phase projects.

Instead of manually drafting dashed lines to represent demolished walls, using phases automates the process and produce the correct graphic representation much more easily.

All of this sounds confusing? Don’t worry, after reading this pamphlet you should become a complete Phases master.



CREATE PHASES

To access all Phases options, go to Phases menu in the Manage tab The first thing you need to do is set the phases you require.

RENOVATION PROJECT: In most Revit templates, the basic phases are Existing and New. For most project, this is all you will need. A common mistake is to create a Demolition phase. There is no need for that: demolished elements can be set for demolition in the New phase.

MULTIPLE PHASES PROJECT: If you have a big project with multiple construction phases, create as many phases as required. You can simply call them Phase1, Phase2, or use more descriptive terms.



SET ELEMENTS TO EXISTING OR NEW

Each view is set to a specific phase. When creating a new element, it will be associated to the same phase as the view.

Below, we create a bunch of walls and doors. They are all set to New phase by default. Let’s say we decide the interior wall and door are existing element, you have to select them and set them to existing phase. As you see, they become gray when their phase is changed.



HOW TO DEMOLISH

As you can see in the example below, we demolish a window. Revit will automatically refill the void left by the window with a wall of the same type.

Use “Show Previous + Demo” phase filter: the window is red and dashed

To demolish stuff in Revit, you need to use the Holy Hammer of Destruction, located in the Modify tab. Click on the element you want to demolish and it will be set to “demolished” in the current phase.

You can also simply select an element and set the “New” phase in Phase Demolished properties.



WHAT IS A PHASE FILTER?

Phase filter is how you decide to view elements relative to phases. Revit comes with a bunch of default phase filters that should cover most situations. You have 3 options for each element category: By Category, Overridden or Not Displayed.

WHAT ARE GRAPHIC OVERRIDES?When you select Overridden category, elements will display with the overrides selected in this menu. For example, in a demolition plan we set a graphic overrides to demolished elements so they appear with dashed lines and no cut pattern.



UNDERSTANDING PHASE FILTER



UNDERSTANDING GRAPHIC OVERRIDES

Overrides can be customized to fit your need. Below, we modify cut patterns and lines for existing and demolished elements.

Overrides can also be used for Materials. Below we modify the material override for demolished elements.



WHICH PHASE FILTER SHOULD YOU USE?

EXISTING PLAN

DEMOLITION PLAN

NEW FLOOR PLAN



CREATE TEMPORARY ELEMENTSRevit Phases can be used to create temporary elements. That means stuff that is used during the site construction, like fences. To do that, you need to create an element that is created in the same phase it is demolished.

In the example below, we create a fence type wall that will be used during the construction.

As you can see in the plan view, this fence temporary element will now display in dashed blue lines. However, you need to use a custom Phase Filter to have such a view: we explain how next page.



CREATE CUSTOM PHASE FILTERTo display the temporary fence we created last page, we need to create a new phase filter. Go to Phases in the Manage tab. Go to Phase Filters tab and click New. Call it “Show Complete + Temp”.

What do we want to see in this phase filter? We want existing and new elements to be visible without any overrides, so we pick “By Category”. We also want Temporary element to be displayed in dashed blue lines, therefore we use the “Overriden” visual style.

We don’t want to see demolished elements, so we select “Not Displayed”.

As you see in the Graphic Overrides, the Temporary type is set to Dashed Blue Lines.



5 TIPS TO BECOME THE ULTIMATE PHASES MASTER

1- SORT PROJECT BROWSER BY PHASES

When working on renovation projects, you should sort views in the Project Browser by Phases. To do that, right-click on project browser and select Browser Organization. Then, group views by Phase in the Grouping tab.

The problem with this technique is that demolition views won’t be sorted together. To solve this you can instead sort by Phase Filter and rename the filters to names like Existing, Demolition and Complete.



2- ROOMS ARE ONLY VISIBLE IN A SINGLE PHASE

Rooms are behaving quite strangely with phases. Rooms are only visible in the phase they were created in. That means a room created in the phase “existing” won’t be visible in the new phase views. Also, you can’t change the room phase once it is created. Rooms can’t be demolished.

What if you want to see existing rooms in a new plan? You have three options:

Option #1: Create a dumb text tag. This is a quick fix and can work for small project, but not recommended on large, serious projects.

Option #2: Create a view containing only view tags from existing room, and put it over new floor plan view on a sheet. Not very clean, but it works.

Option #3: Copy rooms from the existing plan and use Paste Aligned to View in the new plan. Problem is you double the number of rooms in the project. Demolished walls can also mess with rooms boundaries.



3- GROUPS DON’T KEEP PHASES

What if you have a group containing existing elements that will be demolished? If you copy the group, the phases information won’t be retained. Groups themselves don’t have phases, only elements inside do.

In the example below we create a group containing a wall and a door. We set them to Existing phase, to be demolished in New phase. So far, everything is working fine.

Now, we want to copy this group. The phases information completely reset for elements inside the group when it is copied. New wall and door in this group are not demolished. As you can see, in the new floor plan, the second group is visible even though it is same as the other group.



4- CREATE SEPARATE WALLS TO DEMOLISH FINISH

A frequent renovation case is to demolish the finish of an exterior wall but keep the rest of the wall elements. In this case you should model two separate walls: one containing the exterior finish, the other containing the rest of the wall. Then, set the exterior finish to be demolished.

In the new plan, we add the new exterior finish, that display as white over the existing grey wall.



5- MAP PHASES WITH LINKED REVIT FILES

Using linked Revit files that are also using phases? You need to make sure phases are Mapped correctly to the linked file.

Select the Revit Link and click Edit Type. Then, click on Phase Mapping.

Then, make sure the phases have the same name and that they fit one another. Avoid having differences in the number of phases from one Revit File to another.



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