Changes made to one part of a project frequently influence other parts of the project. The following information describes the changes you can make to a division, and the effects of the changes on other parts of the building project:
- Adding new divisions: When you add divisions to a project, you must assign constructs. You also need views and sheets to represent that division. For example, you might create a view named South Wing and a sheet Plan—South Wing.
- Changing the division name: When you change the name of a division, the constructs assigned to it are updated with the new name. For example, if you change the name of a division from SW to South Wing, the constructs assigned to that division are updated to be assigned to South Wing.
- Changing the division ID: Division IDs can be used in schedule tables. If you change the information here, the information in your schedule table changes.
- Deleting a division: When you delete a division, constructs assigned to that division are not deleted with it. They are considered orphaned and have lost their division. You can choose among the following actions:
- Delete the constructs because the division in which they were placed no longer exists.
- Assign them to a different division within the project.
When you delete a division that has been used for a view, the view is not deleted from the project. If you update the view, however, the deleted division is missing. You can choose among the following actions:
- Delete the view because the division it was displaying no longer exists.
- Create a new selection set for the view.