In some scenarios projects needs to split Revit models during design and needs to also update Model Name information after splitting. dRofus has dedicated functionality to perform such operations in an effective way. In the example below we have our original model “A” which is linked with dRofus. We have placed two objects ‘X' and ‘Y’ that is linked with dRofus and grouped under Model Name 'A' in dRofus.
Then we preform a split in Revit, resulting in two new models ‘A1’ and ‘A2’. We assign new model names to the two models ‘A1’ and 'A2’. The two objects are now placed in separate models.
Now we want to update the two objects so they get the correct model name in dRofus. When Model Name has been set for the model it’s works as a filter when you synchronize - ensuring you can only sync Rooms or Occurrences in dRofus that are either part of the model you synchronize with or Rooms and Occurrences in dRofus that do not have any Model Name set. However, in this scenario this filter prevent us from updating object ‘X' and ‘Y’ as they are still connected to 'Model A’ in dRofus. To get around this catch 22 you can activate the option Move occurrences to this model;
dRofus will then omit the filter on Model Name and synchronizes all objects in the Revit model and updates the occurrences in dRofus, thus updating the Model Name information in dRofus. This option is available when synchronizing occurrences from;
Items <-> Families
Sync Selected Instances
Sync current View
The result of this sync operation is that new model names are created in dRofus and the objects ‘X' and 'Y’ have assigned new Model Names;
