PHASING AND LINKED FILES

PROBLEM 1:

A linked file of existing conditions has been created with all objects on "New Construction". Everything in the linked file appears as New Construction.

CAUSE:

Revit forces you to find a match for each and every phase. If there isn't a matching phase Revit will automatically put your linked model into both Existing AND New Construction.

SOLUTION:

The only workaround that I've found so far is this.

1. Go into the model that will be linked into your current project.

2. Create a new phase at the "future" end of the phasing, label Future Blank (or something else).

Map phases:

LINKED FILE > HOST FILE

Existing > Existing

New Construction > Existing

Future Blank > New Construction

PROBLEM 2:

Objects in linked files are not displaying correctly.

This is even though Visibility / graphics settings say that the host's Phase Filter is being used.

CAUSE:

Linked files use their own Phase Filter settings. They ignore the host file's settings.

SOLUTION:

Open the linked file and change Phase Filter settings to match the settings in the host file.