The World is my Oyster...Again!

Experienced Architect and Design Technology Consultant very excited about the opportunities that are awaiting me in this great wide world. For more about me, check out my LinkedIn profile. I am open to any and all possibilities. Whoa...Déjà vu!

New Worlds

Just so I have at least one more post this year…I thought I would throw this up.

New job, in a new city, with a new house, new schools, new people.  At least the earth is remaining the same…except for that whole global warming thing. 

Where to Next

I don’t know.  The reasons for wanting to blog haven’t changed.  I will hopefully journal about technology, architecture, sustainability, business, wine, chocolate, LEED, Revit, fashion, design, and food.

But we will see.

One thing I have done recently was talk about technology implementation.  Check it out here:  http://aiacc.org/now-next-future-conference-presentations/

I had the honor of sharing the stage with some very esteemed speakers.  It was a humbling and invigorating experience.

The World is My Oyster

Experienced Architect and Design Technology Consultant very excited about the opportunities that are awaiting me in this great wide world.  For more about me, check out my LinkedIn profile.  I am open to any and all possibilities.

3D Views for Everyone!

Sometimes the best new features Autodesk comes out with are the undocumented ones.  Like this one I just learned about from Inside the Factory.  From these fine gents, I learned that within a work-share enable project, Revit makes each user their own default 3D view.  Check out the full story here:  Its the Little Things - Default 3D Views.

Revit 2011 Subscription Advantage Pack

This deserves a re-blog.  This link will take you to David Light’s blog where he highlights some of the important new features coming out in the Revit 2011 Subscription Advantage Pack.  Spoiler Alert:  Revit Server will give us the ability to work across the WAN.  Conceptual Energy Analysis (CEA) will allow us to do energy modeling directly in Revit.

Group Behavior in Worksets

 

In Revit, a Group has both an Instance Workset and Type Workset.  Whatever Workset is active when the Group is created is assigned as both the Instance and Type Workset. The Individual Elements in the Group inherit the Groups Instance Workset.  This holds true even if you change the Instance Workset of the Group.  The Objects in the Group stay synchronized with the Group’s Instance Workset.  Confused?  Me too.  I tried to draw a picture.

So, to sum up:

1. Groups have both Instance and Type Worksets parameters

2. The Workset is assigned based on the Active Workset at the time the Group is created

3. Objects within the Group follow the Instance Workset

I can’t possibly imagine a scenario when you would want to have the Instance and Type Workset values to be different.  The best workflow I think is to maintain a Workset for Groups and make sure all your groups stay on that Workset.

One last note, when you Ungroup the Group, the Individual Elements in that Group keep the Workset they were assigned while part of the Group.  So, when Ungrouping, you will need to be sure to move those Elements off of the Group’s Workset and onto an appropriate Workset.