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christophercarlsson

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Hi!

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 I guess this question have been answered many times, but I can't find an answer.

We have several projects where we have 8 levels which are identical. What I wonder is what the best way is to do following: I want to move a window, and I want it to affect all the levels in the building.

What's the best way to do this? Create a family/component of the entire level? Or is there a better way for doing this?

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Christopher

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I don't know if you are talking to MOVE to left or right, or up and down, you can go to an elevation view and select all the windows you want then move them (Left and Right)... or select one of them and in properties change in "TYPE" the "Sill Height" or "Head Height" (up and down)...

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I want to move a window, and it should affect all the levels. Or anything else, add a wall on floor plan 1, and the wall appears on all the levels.

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christophercarlsson

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that could work, but really only for exterior elements. What if I want to add an interior wall or door?

What I'm after is to change something on a floor plan, and it should change all the other floor plans.

Is it best to make a family of th whole floor plan?

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PeteGGA

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Actually thinking about it you should make a model group, this is kind of like an autocad block, draw one comple level first then select all elements on that level and select 'group'(top right button usually) then select the group and copy to clip board and paste aligned (select level by name). Then in future when you edit the group  it will updated all copies of the group.

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I would not do these as groups.   Groups work fine most of the time but complex groups can really bog a project down. 

If it is a height adjustment, I would do it by selecting all and changing their sill height.  If it is a lateral move, I would do that from each elevation selecting them as multiple elements with a box window.

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PeteGGA

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He's not just talking about windows any more, he's talking about internal partitions and repetitive layouts which can be controled by groups. i wouldn't include external walls in the group usually unless there is a joint line at every level in the wall

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