Linked Revit Model Floor Finishes

A level s primary floor does not have a good way to host multiple floor finishes and when the floor is coming from a linked structural model it is not possible at all.

Linked revit model floor finishes.

Open the schedule in the host project. So my cunning plan is to model the floor finishes in each room like the floor type method but this time using ceilings instead of floors. Join brian myers for an in depth discussion in this video assigning finishes to rooms part of revit for interior architecture. For example the following floor plan shows rooms being placed using.

Revit floor finish workflow thin floors i created a design option set called floor finish legend and renamed the primary option empty. If you try to place a room between walls in the host model and walls or other elements in a linked model revit does not automatically recognize the room bounding elements of the linked model. To include project information from a linked model for select available fields from select project information. You can adapt the name to match your existing standards.

Model these elements where you want to indicate a specific finish in your documents. Add the desired fields from the available fields list to the scheduled. How to control the visibility settings of multiple revit linked files in a host file. This workspace is set up to find the floor finishes inside of the model and set those finishes to the room s finish parameter.

This option is literally empty and therefore nothing will show up ever anywhere in the model. On the properties palette for fields click edit. One solution is to use a thin floor element sitting on top of the main. When using the ceiling tool revit has the great feature called automatic ceiling.

We re going to adjust this to include the wall finishes. Information about model elements in linked models is now available to the schedule. Create a new wall and floor type with a thickness of about 12mm 1 2. Call these elements int finish floor and int finish wall.

See this post on creating floor finishes in the project itself. Select include elements in links. Yes that does sound a little daft i know but honestly i think its going to work a treat and here s why.