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A brief note on the correct application of

Copy/Monitor tool that is contained in
Revit

Copy/Monitor tool which is incorporated in Revit is largely

used by BIM modelers during design coordination wherein
in all the important design stakeholders such as architects,
structural engineers and MEP engineers integrate on a
building project.
In other words when interdisciplinary design teams
(architectural, structural and MEP design teams) cooperate
on a building project and share vital design information
among each other, they optimize Copy/Monitor tool for
monitoring design elements and for communication
changes. They have to use Coordination Revit tool when
they review warning about the changes made to monitored
elements.

Correct application of Copy/Monitor tool in Revit

So far it is clear that Cop/Monitor tool is

used for monitoring elements or imperative

part of the design when interdisciplinary
models are linked together.
It helps in coordinating the changes to
different disciplines that have been made
by BIM modelers in building design.
When modelers working on Revit link
another Revit model in their project
monitoring elements of both linked and
host
model
becomes
somewhat
complicated and require the application of

So for example architectural model is linked in a

structural project then different tools are used for

copying and monitoring the elements of structural
model and architectural model.
These tools can be accessed by Revit users after
clicking on the Copy/Monitor tool which ultimately
leads to the appearance of a drop down menu
which incorporates Current Project tool and Select
Link tool.
That means when interdisciplinary models are
linked in Revit then for copying and monitoring the
elements of host project and linked project Revit
users have to make use of different tools.

For copying and monitoring the elements of a host

projects, Revit users have to click on the Copy/Monitor

tool after which they have to use Current Project tool
from the drop down menu.
That means for monitoring the elements of the host
project they have to use Current Project tool.
On the other hand for copying and monitoring the
elements of a linked project they can use Select
Project tool from the drop down menu.
In this way design can be monitored effectively by
Revit users during interdisciplinary design
coordination.

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