Specify Coordination Settings

When copying fixtures from a linked model to an MEP model, use the Coordination Settings dialog to specify copy behaviors, mapping behaviors, and type mapping for each fixture category.

To specify default coordination settings for new links

1. Open the MEP model and click Collaborate tabCoordinate panel (Coordination Settings).
2. For Apply settings to, select New links.
3. Under Category, select a category.
4. Under Behavior, for Copy behavior, select a value.
5. Continue specifying a copy behavior for each fixture category.
   Note: To specify default mapping behaviors, select a link for Apply settings to.
6. Click Save & Close.

To specify default coordination settings for a linked model

1. Open the MEP model and click Collaborate tabCoordinate panel (Coordination Settings).
2. For Apply settings to, select the linked model from the drop-down list.
3. Under Category, select a category.
4. Under Behavior, for Copy behavior, select a value.
5. For Mapping behavior, select a value.
6. If you defined Mapping behavior as Specify type mapping, specify type mapping for the fixture category, as follows.
   1. In the Category list, under the category name, select Type Mapping.

      The Behavior list displays fixture types (for that category) that occur in the linked model.

   2. For each fixture type, select one of the following values:

      Type mapping	Description
      Copy original type	Fixtures in the MEP model will use the same type as fixtures in the linked model.
      Don’t copy this type	No fixtures of this type will be copied to the current model. Danger: If you select this value, fixtures of this type will not be copied to the current model now or in the future. See Ignore Fixtures.
      <other>	Select a type from the list. The list reflects family types that are loaded into the current model. When fixtures from the linked model are copied to the current model, they will have the specified type.

   3. (Optional) To see properties of a family type in the linked model or a family type in the host model, select the desired row in the Behavior list, and click Linked Type or Host Type, respectively.
7. Continue specifying a copy behavior, a mapping behavior, and type mapping for each fixture category.
8. Click Save & Close.

To specify coordination settings when copying fixtures from a linked model

1. See Copy Fixtures for Monitoring for instructions.

Copy behaviors

Value	Description
Allow batch copy	(Default) Fixtures in this category can be copied in batch mode, according to the specified type mapping. (To copy fixtures in batch mode, click Copy/Monitor tabTools panel (Batch Copy.)
Copy individually	Fixtures in this category can be selected individually to be copied to the current model. (To copy fixtures individually, click Copy/Monitor tabTools panel(Copy).)
Ignore category	Do not copy any fixtures of this category from the linked model to the current model. See Ignore Fixtures.

Mapping behaviors

Value	Description
Copy original	The copied fixtures will be the same type as the original fixtures in the linked model.
Specify type mapping	Defines a correspondence between fixture types in the architectural model and fixture types in the MEP model.