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I have a project going out as one set that has more than 1 bldg. is it best to have 4 different models and link them all into one revit model file?  or keep them all in the same file?  in the pass having them all in one file makes the file to large to work with. 

I'm not sure how to BEST set up a project like this. Any ideas?

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You don't tell us everything so I'm not sure what I would recommend. 

Do the buildings have common levels?  If not then this would require you use unique level names and restrict their 3D locations.  The same is true for Grid lines but these would be more of a problem because they too must be unique. 

You say it is one project.  If things like doors / windows / finish schedules are all unique to each building, then I suggest you do multiple revit projects with separate documents.  You can link them all into one project for overall site plan.

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all the buildings have the same elevations, beam sizes, door and window sizes and details.

different grid lines

Can I dimension and tag beams and foundation in each linked revit file or do i have to do that in the combined file?

I'd like to cut the sections in the combined file so i only had to have one set of details. 

I think i'm making this harder than it needs to be

right now i have a revit file called project where i have all my details and sheets. No model is in the file just linked in models.   i have linked in bldg 1 and bldg 2 which are only models.  I have taged beams and foundation in the project file for the two bldg links.  I havent been able to figure out how to get the tags to show up that are in the link files, which is what i would like.  when i link a file in all the notes and tags disappear even  when i have the vg for them on.  When i try to schedule the job in the project file ofcourse the schedules are blank.  Can i create one combined beam schedule? 

there has to be an easier way to do this

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It sounds like you are testing and learning which is good.

I'm not sure what tagging across links is like in 2013.  You really could not do this in previous links.  You can schedule across links by checking the appropriate checkbox in the schedule to include linked models. 

You still haven't given us information about your system or the building sizes so we can't address how big your file might be.  If you have a 64bit system with 8gig or more, I would think this can all be in one file.

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The way it's done is to model each building in its own file, link them all into a site plan, but do all the tagging, annotations, etc. for each building in its own file.  You lose some BIM functions when linking files as you've seen.  To do common details, they need to be all 2D drafting views, then insert from file a common detals sheet where you can reference the details.

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