Autodesk® Revit® Structure: Best Practices for
Coordination with Architects and Other Disciplines
Allen Levy – CADD Microsystems, Inc.
SE3349-R
Having trouble figuring out the best way to coordinate your Autodesk Revit Structure project with the
architect's Autodesk® Revit® Architecture project? Are you using the collaboration tools within Revit
Structure software efficiently and to their full potential? Do you find yourself opening two sessions of
Revit Structure to work on your project while viewing the architect's model as a reference? If you have
these doubts and questions about your current workflow process for coordinating Revit Structure with
other disciplines, then this roundtable session is for you. Discover best practices when linking a Revit
Architecture project into your Revit Structure project, using the Copy/Monitor tools, and performing
coordination reviews and interference checks. Also learn techniques for preparing the architect's model
before linking, setting up reference and coordination views, and troubleshooting model inconsistencies.
Learning these methods will help keep your Revit Structure projects in harmony with other disciplines.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this class, you will be able to:
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Use best practices for setting up a Revit Structure project when linking in other Revit projects
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Use the Copy/Monitor tool effectively to coordinate a Revit Structure project with the architect's
model
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Create reference and coordination views based on a linked Revit project
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Incorporate coordination review and interference checking into your collaboration workflow
About the Speaker
Allen has been using Autodesk products since AutoCAD version 2.6 in 1987. While attending
the University of Maryland, he worked as a Structural Designer for a Structural Engineering
Consulting firm. After graduating with a degree in Economics, Allen continued working as a
Structural Designer for a large Architectural/Engineering firm, where he worked for ten years.
He has worked on all types of projects including education, health care, justice, and historic
preservation, and within all disciplines including Architectural, Structural, and MEP, and he also
served as the firm's CAD Manager. For the last eight years, Allen has worked for one of the
nation's most successful Autodesk resellers as an Applications Specialist where he uses his
skills and experience to help companies successfully train and implement Autodesk software,
specifically AutoCAD Architecture, Revit Architecture, and Revit Structure.
Allen.Levy@CADDMicrosystems.com
Autodesk® Revit® Structure: Best Practices for Coordination with Architects and Other Disciplines
This is a Roundtable discussion where we will discuss topics related to Best Practices for
Coordination with Architects and other Disciplines. There are tools within Revit to facilitate this.
Which of these tools work for you? We will seek to understand these methods and tools during
this Roundtable discussion. We will be discussing the following topics:
Five Topics of Discussion
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Best practices for linking other Revit projects (Architectural, MEP) into Revit Structure
projects
Using the Copy/Monitor tools
Creating reference views and coordination views
Leveraging Interference checks and Coordination Review during the project
Real-World experiences with collaborating with Architects
The goal of this session is to share experiences, come up with tips, ideas, and action items that
can serve as a take-away to help you with future projects when collaborating with other
disciplines.
Summary & Recording
I will be taking down helpful information during the discussion on flip charts. I will also be
digitally recording the session. After the session, I will prepare a written summary of the
discussion, so check back on the Autodesk University website to download the results. I will
also see if I can upload an mp3 file of the digital recording.
See you Thursday, November 29th at 1:00 pm and be prepared to share your knowledge!
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