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Transcript
00:08
As we know by now, by virtue of simply turning on Worksharing, we are actually creating two what are called Worksets,
00:16
and we're physically placing our objects on those Worksets.
00:21
I hate the analogy I'm about to use, but it seems the best way to explain it, especially for AutoCAD converts.
00:28
Adding elements to Worksets is similar to adding objects to Layers in the AutoCAD world.
00:35
That being said, I can't stand Layers and I can't stand Worksets.
00:38
However, they're necessary.
00:41
So, in this video, I'd like to introduce you to Worksets and how they, well, work.
00:47
I'm going to jump into Revit, and I'm going to open the Architectural Model that I had opened before.
00:54
Now, I used to say, never do this.
00:56
But in the more current versions of Revit, we can simply go to our Splash Screen and click our Central Model.
01:06
We're going to get stopped, we're going to get a dialogue, by opening the Central Model, you'll create a local copy of it.
01:11
That's fine, hit "OK".
01:14
If you've already opened this, it's going to ask to overwrite it. Go ahead and do that.
01:19
Now, I'd like to create a Workset and what we're going to do is we're going to put our Structural Underlay on it.
01:28
To do that, go to the Collaborate Tab, on the Manage Collaboration panel, click on the "Worksets" button.
01:39
Notice that if I was to select Workset 1, I could close that Workset.
01:44
Not only does that make it not visible, but it literally closes it from the model.
01:50
Any element that's on that Workset, you can remove it from the model.
01:55
You can open it back up again and it brings that stuff back.
01:58
However, you can close it. This is actually very good if your model is incredibly slow.
02:05
That being said, what I like to do is I like to put links on Worksets.
02:09
So, let's look at how to do that.
02:12
In the Workets dialogue, click on the "New" button.
02:18
For the new Workset name, this is where we have to find some kind of standard.
02:24
I don't know, I'm going to type in LINK_STRUCTURAL.
02:30
We'll keep it visible in all views. Then we'll click "OK".
02:37
I'm the owner of it. That's fine. Hit "OK".
02:41
Do you want to make the LINK_STRUCTURAL Workset the active Workset?
02:44
No. If you do that, any time someone models a wall or inserts a window, it’s going to put it on that Workset.
02:52
Bad. Click "No".
02:54
Now, what I'd like to do is find that link.
02:56
So, if I hover over one of these Column lines, I'm going to pause it.
03:01
It's going to say Workset 1, Revit Links data that location internal.
03:07
Select that Revit Link.
03:09
Notice that we have Worksets over here.
03:13
We'll click the drop-down and we will put that on LINK_STRUCTURAL.
03:18
Click "Apply", hit Escape a couple times.
03:21
Congratulations. You just put that on a Workset.
03:25
Now, if you want to turn that off in the view, we'll go to Visibility Graphics like we've done before.
03:31
You can type VG or click Edit next to Visibility/Graphics Overrides.
03:36
Notice we have a Worksets tab.
03:40
LINK_STRUCTURAL, we can override that in our Worksets tab.
03:45
But if you go to Revit Links, you can also turn it off in your Revit Links tab.
03:51
Congratulations. You just added a level of complexity.
03:55
Congratulations.
03:56
You just added a level of complexity to your model to where if someone can or cannot see that structural link,
04:03
that to look for it now in two places.
04:06
But that's fine. Let me show you why I like to do Links.
04:10
Click "OK".
04:11
Synchronize your model. Close out of your model.
04:15
Even though when we synchronize it, sometimes Revit will force us to relinquish anyway.
04:20
Always click Relinquish Elements and Worksets.
04:23
There's no reason to keep ownership.
04:26
There's no reason to keep ownership of these.
04:29
Click. There's no reason to keep ownership.
04:33
Always click Relinquish Elements and Worksets.
04:36
It's just the safe way to do it.
04:39
Okay, now I want to open it in a more conventional manner.
04:42
So, we’ll go Models, Open.
04:45
Here's our Architectural, but instead of clicking Open, of course, we're going to create a new local.
04:51
We'll click the little drop-down here.
04:53
We can open All Worksets, only ones that are editable, meaning ones I own, or we can specify.
05:01
Let's click on "Specify", now let's click "Open".
05:07
Overwrite the existing copy.
05:11
Now we're going to get this dialogue, so if I have 5000 Link, that's an obvious exaggeration.
05:19
But if I had a link I didn't want to load, I'm going to select it, where it says Open, we say "Yes".
05:25
We can just click "Close" here.
05:29
We click "OK". Look who's missing.
05:35
But the problem is now we have to figure out how to turn that back on.
05:39
So, now what we need to do is we need to go to the Collaborate tab.
05:45
Let's go to Worksets, go to LINK_STRUCTURAL.
05:52
Let's open that up, click "Open".
05:55
Click "OK".
05:59
Now we're going to open that back up.
06:01
Now what we can do is if we come down to our Worksharing display monitor, it's turned off.
06:07
So, let's click that.
06:10
Notice that we can see what the Worksets are, who’s checked stuff out, meaning who owns it.
06:17
We can see who the owners are, who's updated the model and what the Worksets are.
06:23
So, if we go to Owners...
06:28
if someone else had been working in the model, it would show who actually is owning the elements, which is kind of handy.
06:38
If we just go to Model Updates, we'll get the same kind of thing and we'll see who's updated the model.
06:47
Go to Worksets, and it's going to break it down per color on what the Worksets are.
06:54
So, we'll see our structural Workset is on that purple kind of layer.
06:58
If we go to Worksharing Display Settings, we can change that color to something we like better.
07:06
For LINK_STRUCTURAL, I'll click into this and make it blue.
07:13
For Workset 1, I want to make that orange, click "Apply".
07:21
Oh, better. Click "OK".
07:27
Flyout Worksharing Display off.
07:32
Synchronize your model.
07:34
So, in conclusion, I like to say here, use these wisely and sparingly.
07:39
Remember, BIM is supposed to make the stuff easier.
07:43
Do you really want to invent yet another set of standards that are homemade and nobody follows anyway?
07:49
I sure don't.
07:50
In the case of MEP, sometimes, yeah, that's a good idea to put pipes on a Workset,
07:56
but outside of that and putting links on a Workset again, use the stuff sparingly.
00:08
As we know by now, by virtue of simply turning on Worksharing, we are actually creating two what are called Worksets,
00:16
and we're physically placing our objects on those Worksets.
00:21
I hate the analogy I'm about to use, but it seems the best way to explain it, especially for AutoCAD converts.
00:28
Adding elements to Worksets is similar to adding objects to Layers in the AutoCAD world.
00:35
That being said, I can't stand Layers and I can't stand Worksets.
00:38
However, they're necessary.
00:41
So, in this video, I'd like to introduce you to Worksets and how they, well, work.
00:47
I'm going to jump into Revit, and I'm going to open the Architectural Model that I had opened before.
00:54
Now, I used to say, never do this.
00:56
But in the more current versions of Revit, we can simply go to our Splash Screen and click our Central Model.
01:06
We're going to get stopped, we're going to get a dialogue, by opening the Central Model, you'll create a local copy of it.
01:11
That's fine, hit "OK".
01:14
If you've already opened this, it's going to ask to overwrite it. Go ahead and do that.
01:19
Now, I'd like to create a Workset and what we're going to do is we're going to put our Structural Underlay on it.
01:28
To do that, go to the Collaborate Tab, on the Manage Collaboration panel, click on the "Worksets" button.
01:39
Notice that if I was to select Workset 1, I could close that Workset.
01:44
Not only does that make it not visible, but it literally closes it from the model.
01:50
Any element that's on that Workset, you can remove it from the model.
01:55
You can open it back up again and it brings that stuff back.
01:58
However, you can close it. This is actually very good if your model is incredibly slow.
02:05
That being said, what I like to do is I like to put links on Worksets.
02:09
So, let's look at how to do that.
02:12
In the Workets dialogue, click on the "New" button.
02:18
For the new Workset name, this is where we have to find some kind of standard.
02:24
I don't know, I'm going to type in LINK_STRUCTURAL.
02:30
We'll keep it visible in all views. Then we'll click "OK".
02:37
I'm the owner of it. That's fine. Hit "OK".
02:41
Do you want to make the LINK_STRUCTURAL Workset the active Workset?
02:44
No. If you do that, any time someone models a wall or inserts a window, it’s going to put it on that Workset.
02:52
Bad. Click "No".
02:54
Now, what I'd like to do is find that link.
02:56
So, if I hover over one of these Column lines, I'm going to pause it.
03:01
It's going to say Workset 1, Revit Links data that location internal.
03:07
Select that Revit Link.
03:09
Notice that we have Worksets over here.
03:13
We'll click the drop-down and we will put that on LINK_STRUCTURAL.
03:18
Click "Apply", hit Escape a couple times.
03:21
Congratulations. You just put that on a Workset.
03:25
Now, if you want to turn that off in the view, we'll go to Visibility Graphics like we've done before.
03:31
You can type VG or click Edit next to Visibility/Graphics Overrides.
03:36
Notice we have a Worksets tab.
03:40
LINK_STRUCTURAL, we can override that in our Worksets tab.
03:45
But if you go to Revit Links, you can also turn it off in your Revit Links tab.
03:51
Congratulations. You just added a level of complexity.
03:55
Congratulations.
03:56
You just added a level of complexity to your model to where if someone can or cannot see that structural link,
04:03
that to look for it now in two places.
04:06
But that's fine. Let me show you why I like to do Links.
04:10
Click "OK".
04:11
Synchronize your model. Close out of your model.
04:15
Even though when we synchronize it, sometimes Revit will force us to relinquish anyway.
04:20
Always click Relinquish Elements and Worksets.
04:23
There's no reason to keep ownership.
04:26
There's no reason to keep ownership of these.
04:29
Click. There's no reason to keep ownership.
04:33
Always click Relinquish Elements and Worksets.
04:36
It's just the safe way to do it.
04:39
Okay, now I want to open it in a more conventional manner.
04:42
So, we’ll go Models, Open.
04:45
Here's our Architectural, but instead of clicking Open, of course, we're going to create a new local.
04:51
We'll click the little drop-down here.
04:53
We can open All Worksets, only ones that are editable, meaning ones I own, or we can specify.
05:01
Let's click on "Specify", now let's click "Open".
05:07
Overwrite the existing copy.
05:11
Now we're going to get this dialogue, so if I have 5000 Link, that's an obvious exaggeration.
05:19
But if I had a link I didn't want to load, I'm going to select it, where it says Open, we say "Yes".
05:25
We can just click "Close" here.
05:29
We click "OK". Look who's missing.
05:35
But the problem is now we have to figure out how to turn that back on.
05:39
So, now what we need to do is we need to go to the Collaborate tab.
05:45
Let's go to Worksets, go to LINK_STRUCTURAL.
05:52
Let's open that up, click "Open".
05:55
Click "OK".
05:59
Now we're going to open that back up.
06:01
Now what we can do is if we come down to our Worksharing display monitor, it's turned off.
06:07
So, let's click that.
06:10
Notice that we can see what the Worksets are, who’s checked stuff out, meaning who owns it.
06:17
We can see who the owners are, who's updated the model and what the Worksets are.
06:23
So, if we go to Owners...
06:28
if someone else had been working in the model, it would show who actually is owning the elements, which is kind of handy.
06:38
If we just go to Model Updates, we'll get the same kind of thing and we'll see who's updated the model.
06:47
Go to Worksets, and it's going to break it down per color on what the Worksets are.
06:54
So, we'll see our structural Workset is on that purple kind of layer.
06:58
If we go to Worksharing Display Settings, we can change that color to something we like better.
07:06
For LINK_STRUCTURAL, I'll click into this and make it blue.
07:13
For Workset 1, I want to make that orange, click "Apply".
07:21
Oh, better. Click "OK".
07:27
Flyout Worksharing Display off.
07:32
Synchronize your model.
07:34
So, in conclusion, I like to say here, use these wisely and sparingly.
07:39
Remember, BIM is supposed to make the stuff easier.
07:43
Do you really want to invent yet another set of standards that are homemade and nobody follows anyway?
07:49
I sure don't.
07:50
In the case of MEP, sometimes, yeah, that's a good idea to put pipes on a Workset,
07:56
but outside of that and putting links on a Workset again, use the stuff sparingly.
As mentioned in the video, I like to use worksets sparingly. I just get tired of having people put the wrong stuff on the wrong workset. Oh and arguing about how to name worksets. I do like worksets for links though. So luckily, I can show you how to use worksets in a controlled setting.
To create and place items on worksets, follow along.
Click New.
Name it LINK_STRUCTURAL.
Click OK. (Keep it Editable).
Please do not make it the current workset. Unless of course, you want people modeling stuff on the wrong workset.
Click No.
Select the Structural link.
In the Properties dialog, select LINK_STRUCTURAL for the workset: