If there is a Filled Region Type that matches, it will use that Filled Region Type to draw the Filled Region. When you are satisfied with the Filled Region Type Name parameter, verify the settings as shown below, and then click the button “Draw Filled Regions For All Rooms (or Areas).” The app will find the specified parameter and store its contents. (Note: When assigning Filled Region Types with this option, you are entering text that matches a Type, not selecting a Type from a list.) See the schedule “Room Schedule – Filled Regions” in the sample project. To make this easier, create a Room or Area schedule that contains the desired parameter along with any Room/ Area identifying information. The app “Settings 2” tab also has a button for adding a parameter (“Filled Region Parameter”) to your project.īack in the project, assign Filled Region Types to the selected Room or Area parameter. Select a parameter to use or create a new one of type “Text.” Revit® has a few built-in parameters which could be used, like “Department,” “Occupancy” or “Comments” for Rooms and “Area Type,” “Name” or “Comments” for Areas. Use “Parameter” For Drawing Filled Regions for Rooms and Areas: Uses Department (or Area Name) in Legend.

The setup is easily transferred between projects, allowing for a standard office color scheme. The setup is not easily transferable between projects. Both methods allow adjustments after the process is run, but any such adjustments will need to be reapplied each time. There are two options for drawing Bubble Diagrams for your project. (See Other Information below.)ĭrawing Bubble Diagrams using Parameter vs using Department Mapping In the Filled Region view, walls could be displayed By Category, half tone or not displayed, depending on the intended use of the view.Įstablish a set of colored Filled Region Types with names that are easy to identify or transfer the Filled Region Types from the app’s Sample Project. The app draws Filled Regions based on the spatial element boundary segments of a Room or Area, so the first step is to develop a Floor Plan with Rooms and/ or an Area Plan with Areas.Ĭreate a duplicate view intended for displaying Filled Regions, to allow the regular floor plan remain for editing the layout.

If the app is activated while another view type is active, the app buttons will not be enabled, and Filled Regions will not be drawn. The app will work on a Floor Plan or an Area Plan. Click the “Run Bubble Diagram” icon on Bubble Diagram Panel of the “Add-Ins” tab on the Ribbon. 1.Once you install the app, it is called on demand as required by the user. If you can justify adjusting existing projects, here are my seven tips for applying new standards to existing projects efficiently. Mostly it will have to be a management decision. Some projects are hard to justify the time and money to update standards instead of working with the standards. Realistically, it is a long process that takes time to weed through and trim the fat. Optimistically, standards simply need to be copied over and simply manicure the existing project. After we nail down what the client actually needs, there inevitably is the question of “We have X number of ongoing projects, how to do we efficiently apply our new standards to existing projects?” Most firms cobble together a template over the years while working between projects, or it simply evolved into an amorphous mess with each subsequent project. When I work with clients building efficient project templates for their firm, there is always surprised at the amount of items to consider when generating a template.

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