Converting Groups and Linked Models

You can convert groups to linked Revit models, and you can convert linked Revit models to groups. It is recommended that you use groups when there is significant geometrical interactivity in a model (for example, joins, inserts, or references) and where project standards need to be managed in one location. Sample scenarios where you would use groups are hotel rooms, apartments, and repeating floors.

Switching between groups and links may be useful in the following scenarios:

• Your model contains multiple groups of repeating elements that exist as linked Revit models. As you work in the main model, you can convert the linked models to groups to make edits. This allows you to make edits to linked models in context of the main model. When you finish modifying the group, you can convert it back to a link.
• You have created a group or linked Revit model, and then decide that you need to change the group to a linked model, or change the linked model to a group.

When you convert a group to a linked Revit model, any excluded elements are restored in the link. For more information about excluded elements, see Excluding Elements from a Group Instance.