Archibus Smart Client Extension for Revit

Creating a Facility-Record Model for Lifecycle Management

Other sites will use a copy of the shared central model, or of the architectural model to use for facility management. Using a copy of the model has several advantages:

• Reduced Liability. Facility management users can make changes for lifecycle management (for example, they can represent rooms that were merged using a work order, move walls for phased moves, etc.) without affecting the architectural as-built drawings, which only a registered architect should modify. The facility managers can keep track of these changes in an organized fashion with the Archibus Web-based redmarking feature. When the architect needs to revise the as-builts in preparation for a major renovation, they can refer to the complete list of redmarks to know where to focus their attention for updates and field measurements.
• Increased speed. The copy used for lifecycle management can remove plotted sheet information and other details that are not needed for facility management. Typically, the lifecycle management model can be almost half the size of the architectural model used to produce construction drawings.
• Simpler model. Architectural models have many views that are needed for construction, but that are not needed for lifecycle management. For instance, in the architectural set, each floor would have an architectural view, an HVAC view, and a ceiling view. For lifecycle management, only one view is needed.

To create a lifecycle model from a central model:

1. Create Project. Create a new Revit project without using a template.
2. Set Units. Set your units as Imperial or Metric.
3. Link. Use the Insert / Link Revit command to link the shared central model into your new model.
4. Bind. Select the purple frame around the linked model. Invoke Modify / RVT Links / Bind Link. The bound link is now a Revit group.
5. Ungroup. Select the group with the window selection tool and invoke Modify / Model Groups / Ungroup.
6. Unlink. Invoke Manage / Manage Links. Select the central Revit File and select “Remove”.
7. Purge. Select Manage / Settings / Purge Unused.
8. Save. Save the file with a new name, typically named after the Building Code of the building it represents for example, hq.rvt, i204.rvt).