Steps that must be taken before linking Systems.

1. Synchronization Options

1. Go to “options…”

2. Select “Include physical connectors” if you will include all physical connectors as elbows, fittings, cables ect

3. Tick the box if you would link dRofus System with Revit System Type. If the box is not ticked the dRofus Systems would be linked with Revit System Name

2. Attribute configuration:

All kinds of system data can be exchange between dRofus and Revit. Which data that would be exchanged are set in the Attribute configuration. Revit Attribute Configurations (AC)

Systems Configurations:

• Revit Systems attribute configuration is used when link System in dRofus with the corresponding Revit System Name.

• Revit System Types attribute configuration is used when linking system in dRofus with the corresponing Revit System Type.

Read more Relationship between Revit Systems and dRofus Systems

3. Link Family

Link dRofus Items and Revit Families types

Link Systems

Select “Systems” to open the “Systems <--> Revit Systems” window

1. Select System Category from the drop-down menu

2. Select the Planned System in dRofus, If the System already exist within dRofus

3. Select System in Revit

4. Select either

   1. [↔︎] to link

   2. [<--] to import system to dRofus

The Systems are now linked and would be listed under “Linked Systems”. To import and update components that are part of the system you would have to “Sync”. Read more in the next section.

Synchronize

1.Select “Systems” to open the “Systems <--> Revit Systems” window

2. Make sure that the right Occurrence Attribute Configuration is selected. You can change it in the “Attribute Configuration Settings”

3. Synchronize all or select which Systems to synchronize:

a) Synchronize all Systems:

• Select “Sync all”

b) Synchronize Selected Systems

• Select one or more systems by multiples select system in the “Linked Systems” list

• Select “Sync”

4. Select Synchronize System data.

5. Select Import/Update Occurrences (Is it system component and component you are selecting?)

6. Select it you would like to move occurrences to this model (what do this mean??)

7. Select “Ok”