Chapter 20. Developing the Design with SmartWorkflows

In this chapter we'll explore scenarios in which elements in a building repeat, and you'll learn how to take advantage of some tools in Revit to help your workflow be more efficient and less prone to error. The tools we'll explore are called groups and links—tools specifically designed to support design and propagation of repetitive entities, which can range from entire buildings to individual rooms to furniture arrangements.

Both of these tools require an understanding of some basic principles that will help you make decisions about when and where to engage these features in a design. We will introduce the concept behind each tool and present a series of use cases in which groups or links provide ...

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