TABLE OF CONTENTS In this chapter, we will explore scenarios in which building elements repeat, and you ll learn how to take advantage of some tools in Revit to help your workflow be more efficient and less prone to error. Groups and Links are tools in Revit specifically designed to support such workflows and allow for design and propagation of repetitive entities that can range from entire buildings, to individual rooms, and even to furniture arrangements.
Both of these tools require an understanding of some basic principles that will help you make decisions about when and where to engage these features in a design. We will introduce the concept behind each tool and present a series of use cases in which groups or links provide a useful solution to a design problem.
Here s what you ll learn in this chapter:
Gain understanding of the principles of groups
Understand workflows where groups can be used
Gain understanding of the principles of links
Understand workflows where links are best applied
Many architectural projects deal with the design and organization of repetitive elements. The concept of a modular unit that is repeatable has been one of the more important experiments of modern architecture and continues today in the form of housing, hospitals, schools, and office buildings. A repetitive element can be found at nearly every scale: from repeating buildings to housing units, repeating hotel rooms, classrooms, hospital rooms to bathrooms, closets, and furniture layout. In each case, the basic...
