Copy/Monitor Workflow for Linked Models

To use Copy/Monitor with linked models

The following workflow describes a typical process to coordinate efforts between an architectural team and an engineering team working on the same building using linked models.

The architect uses Revit Architecture to create the architectural model, as follows:
1. Creates levels and grids, at a minimum. The architect can also add columns, walls, floors, and other elements.
2. Saves the architectural project file.
The engineer uses Revit MEP or Revit Structure to create an empty project, as follows:
1. Uses a project template that defines the desired views and settings.
  See Project Templates.
2. Saves the empty project file.
The engineer copies relevant architectural elements to the empty project, as follows:
1. Links the architectural model into the empty project.
  See Linking One Model to Another.
2. Pins the linked model in place, so that it cannot be moved inadvertently, as follows:
  - Selects the linked model in the drawing area.
    Tip: Move the cursor over the linked model in the drawing area. When its boundary is highlighted, click to select it.
  - Clicks Modify | RVT Links tabModify panel (Pin).
3. Copies levels from the architectural model to the project.
  See Copying Levels for Monitoring.
4. Copies grids and other elements from the architectural model to the project.
  See Copying Elements for Monitoring.
5. (Optional) Hides levels (and grids and other copied elements) in the linked architectural model, or hides the linked architectural model.
  See Visibility of Linked Models or Hiding a Linked Model in a View.
6. Adds structural elements or mechanical elements to the model, as desired.
If any copied elements are moved or changed in the architectural model, the engineers are notified of the changes when they open their project or reload the architectural model. These warnings also display in a coordination review.
In the architectural model, the architect monitors relevant structural elements or mechanical elements, as follows:
1. Links the other model into the architectural project.
  See Linking One Model to Another.
2. Pins the linked model in place.
3. Monitors (without copying) levels, grids, and other elements in the other model.
  See Monitoring Elements in the Current Project.
4. (Optional) Hide the linked model.
5. Adds architectural elements to the architectural model, as desired.
If any monitored elements are moved or changed in the other model, architects are notified of the changes whenever they open the architectural project or reload the model. These warnings also display in a coordination review.
At regular intervals, architects or engineers can do the following:
- Perform a coordination review to see changes to monitored elements, communicate with team members, and take appropriate action.
- Perform an interference check to identify invalid intersections of elements between the current project and a linked model.