What is Revit’s worksharing feature and how is it optimized by users? Revit is a leader when it comes to developing effective 3D models for striking building disciplines. Different Revit disciplines such as Revit Architecture, Revit Structure and Revit MEP include many common features and tools in them and one such effective feature is ‘Worksharing.’ Since this Revit feature is extremely cardinal for design development teams for developing effective design it is incorporated in every Revit discipline. Design accuracy is maintained to a great extent by using this feature as it reinforces collaboration between design team members. Description of worksharing feature in Revit
Well, this Revit feature is meant to be optimized for sharing the work between design team members working on a modeling project. Here Revit server is used for sharing important design data between the users. First and most important thing that readers need to know is that all the members who work on a Revit modeling project are connected together with the support of Revit Server. Though they work individually on the modeling project in their respective computers they are connected with a main model which is saved in a shared location. This main model is called ‘central Model’ and it can be accessed by every design member associated with the project. However, the individual team members make a copy of central model and save it in their local workstations. That means design members work on the copy of central model and they are also connected with the central model by Revit server. If in case any member of the design team wants to make some changes in the central model he/she has to use ‘Save to center’ for modifying the model. Team members can also identify the changes that are being made to the main model from time to time. In this way clarity is achieved on the design as everyone can monitor the central model from time to time for design updates. In the absence of design doubts no mistakes are created and hence effective models are developed in Revit.