Archibus Smart Client Extension for Revit

Modeling Workstations and “Rooms within Rooms”

You may have situations in which you have a Revit room that contains workstations or other “rooms within rooms” conditions. To model these conditions:

  1. Create Workstation Boundaries
    • Use Revit room separation lines to draw around workstation boundaries. Revit will create a new room within the outer room.
    • To draw room separation lines, from the Ribbon, select Home / Room & Area / Rooms list and select Room Separation Line.
  2. Tag the Room

    • Use the Revit Home / Room & Area / Tag Room command to create a Room tag for the workstation.

  3. Number or Data Edit
    • Use the Archibus / Asset / Number or the Archibus / Asset / Data Edit command to give each workstation a room number.
    • Typically, enclosed workstation use the “alpha suffix” option. For instance, if the enclosing room is room “101”, then you will number workstations in the form “101A”, “101B”, “101C”, etc.
  4. Assign the Openplan Room Category
    • Using the Data Edit command, assign the enclosing room (for example, “101”) the “OPENPLAN” Room Category value.
    • This Room Category has a “Calculations Used In” value of “No Totals”.
  5. Publish Enterprise Graphics
    • Use the Archibus / Enterprise Graphics / Publish 2D or Publish 3D commands to update the graphics index of your Revit model so you can use these changes on the Web.
    • The graphics will show both the enclosing room and the nested workstations as intelligent assets. See Publish Enterprise Graphics directly from Revit.

Also see this video: Draw rooms within rooms (9:43)