When you place Rooms / have Rooms already placed in the Revit model, you can have these Rooms linked with the corresponding Room(s) in dRofus using the Plug In.
For Already Placed Revit Rooms:
You will need to use the 'Link to dRofus' option:
Open “Link to dRofus” in the ribbon menu
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Link Rooms/ Rooms templates
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1: Select a Revit Room in the model
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2: Select to link the Revit Room to
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For New Revit Rooms:
You will need to ensure that "Start tracking" has been activated:
- Place the new Revit Room within the model
- Following dialog window will pop up
- Select the tab "Room"
- Search for and select the Room in dRofus that you want to connect the Revit Room to (using the 'Room filter' option and / or browse within the Function Structure on the left-side panel), then select "Link":
Once you have linked a Rooma dRofus “Room” or “Room Templates”
Find the room by either:
3: Filter and Search
4: Navigate
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The only visible dRofus Rooms will be those that have not already been linked with a Revit Room. |
5: Select dRofus Room
6: Validate that the correct Attribute configurasjon is selected
7: Select Link
Once a Revit Room and dRofus Room is linked, dRofus will update the Revit Room with data from dRofus and vice versa. The data to be updated will depend on the active Room Attribute Configuration.
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| You can keep the link window open while you select the next Room. |
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active Room Attribute Configuration
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Within the link window, if you right-click anywhere in the Room list and select "Add/remove columns", you can choose which columns to show in the window. Any Room Properties, System or Room Data attribute can be made to display:
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It is also possible to link Revit Rooms to dRofus Room Templates.
Within the dialog for linking:
- Select the tab "Room Templates"
- Search for and select the Room Template in dRofus that you want to connect the Revit Room to (browse within the list of Room Templates on the left-side panel), then select "Link"
- Note that the active Configuration used will then be one for Room Template <-> Revit Room:
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will determined which data that would be updated .
Tips:
Use “Add/remove columns” in the right click menu to add more information about the room.
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The link window can be kept open while selecting Room.