Worksets in Revit are designed to structure who can edit what.
Each object in Revit exists on a workset, much like objects in AutoCAD exist on layers.
Worksets can also be used to manipulate visibilty.
Worksets can be set to be Opened or not. They can also be turned off in a view.
Worksets that are not opened are not loaded during the work session, so do not not contribute to the size and complexity of the model being worked on. Similar to freezing layers in AutoCAD.
This standard has 3 categories of worksets:
- Project worksets, worksets that divide the project up into areas of responsibility.
- Object worksets, worksets that contain particular types of objects.
- Linked worksets, worksets that contain linked files.
Worksets that divide the project up into areas of responsibility.
Use a literal descriptive name.
If there are variants put major description first, followed by secondary description.
Format:
for example:
description particulardescription
Worksets that contain particular types of objects. Their purpose is to bunch together objects not usually required to be visible.
Use a literal descriptive name.
If there are variants put major description first, followed by secondary description.
NOTE: Do not rename Shared Levels & Grids.
This is created by Revit by default so will be the name used in other consultant Revit files.
(Some operations in Revit require the main file and linked files to have identical workset names).
Format:
for example:
W_ description particulardescription
Each linked Revit file should be on its own workset.
This allows us to be selective about which links we want to load when we first open up our active project.
Format:
for example:
Z-LINK_description
Linked CAD files can be all on the same workset.
Format:
Z-LINK-CAD