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When the Worksets dialog box appears, select the worksets reserved for the linked models
and set their Open/Closed status as you desire. The benefit of using worksets to manage linked
Revit models is the flexibility it offers a project team. When a team member closes a workset
containing a linked model, the linked model is unloaded only for that person—it does not
unload for the entire team.

expanding Workset Properties for Linked Models
Additional flexibility can be leveraged with the Workset parameter in both the instance and
type properties of a linked model. In a large and complex project that consists of multiple
wings where some of the wings are identical, each wing may consist of multiple linked models:
architecture, structure, and MEP. Figure 6.13 shows a simplified representation of such a design
where Wings A, D, and E are identical to one another, as are Wings B, C, and F.

Figure 6.13
schematic rep- Wing A: Wing B:
resentation of a Arch01 Arch02, Struct02
complex project Struct01 MEP02
assembled with MEP01
multiple linked
models Wing C: Wing D:
Arch02, Struct02 Arch01
MEP02 Struct01
MEP01
Wing E:
Arch01 Wing F:
Struct01 Arch02, Struct02
MEP01 MEP02

In Figure 6.13, there are two Revit models that represent wing design 01 and 02 for each
discipline (Arch01, Arch02, and so on). There are three instances of each linked model. For each
instance of a linked model, you can specify the Workset parameter so that the workset instance
property represents the wing, and the type property reflects either the entire discipline or one
of the discipline models, as in this example:
◆ ◆ Instance workset: Wing A
◆ ◆ Type workset: Link-Architecture01 or simply Link-Architecture
Using this example, you can choose to open the Wing A workset, which would load all the
discipline models but only for Wing A, or you could choose to open the Link-Architecture
workset, which would load only the architectural models but for all the wings. You can modify
the workset-type properties only after placing a linked model in your project. Access this
setting by selecting an instance of a linked model and opening the Properties palette, and then
click Edit Type. Although this functionality can offer a variety of benefits to your project team, it
should be used with care and proper planning because it can adversely affect model visibility if
you are using worksets for visibility manipulation.

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