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In Autodesk Revit, the Worksharing Display Modes feature allows designers to visually inspect ownership and editing information about elements in a workshared model.

According to the Autodesk Revit MEP User Guide – Chapter 54 “Working in a Team”:

“Worksharing Display Modes can be used to visualize the ownership of elements, including which user created or modified them. For example, you can use the Worksharing Display command to show elements by their owner, workset, or checkout status.”

Thus, this mode identifies which user created or owns an element — making B. Worksharing display modes the correct choice.

Other options:

A. Gray Inactive Worksets: Only shows non-active worksets in gray, not creator info.

C. Show History: Displays synchronization comments, not element ownership.

D. Worksets dialog: Shows ownership of worksets, not individual elements.

In Autodesk Revit, Project Parameters are used to add custom fields that apply to multiple elements within a specific project file — such as views, sheets, or schedules. These parameters allow project teams to categorize, group, and sort information within the Project Browser or within schedules without editing families or external files.

As defined in the Revit MEP User’s Guide and Revit Structure Parameters Chapter:

“Project parameters are specific to a single project file. Information stored in project parameters cannot be shared with other projects. A project parameter can be used, for example, to categorize views within a project.”

This statement directly confirms that project parameters are the correct tool for sorting or grouping views in the Project Browser.

To organize elements (like views or sheets) by building, the designer can create a custom project parameter named “Building” and assign it to the View category. Once assigned, the parameter values (e.g., “Building A” or “Building B”) can be filled in for each view.

The Smithsonian Facilities Revit Template Guide further supports this:

“View purpose is a Revit project parameter, providing a means for users to organize the many views that may exist in a BIM.”

Thus, using a project parameter allows users to add a “Building” field to each view, enabling customized browser organization (e.g., group views by Building A, Building B, etc.) without requiring shared parameters or family editing.

The exhibit shown displays the Type Properties dialog box for a System Family: Floor Plan view type. Within the “Identity Data” group, there are two critical parameters that govern the behavior of new views created from this view type:

“View Template applied to new views”

“New views are dependent on template”

According to Autodesk Revit’s documentation in the Revit MEP User’s Guide (Chapter 48 “Views and View Templates” and Chapter 49 “Preparing Construction Documents”):

“When a view template is assigned to a view type through the Type Properties dialog, any new view created from that view type automatically receives the defined view template. This ensures consistent visibility, graphics, and discipline settings for all new views.”

In this image, the parameter “View Template applied to new views” is set to Electrical Plan, and “New views are dependent on template” is checked. This means that any new floor plan created using this type will automatically have the Electrical Plan template applied, and the view will be dependent on that template, meaning it inherits all its visibility and annotation control settings.

This ensures that all electrical floor plan views generated are standardized and visually consistent, a fundamental practice in Revit Electrical Design workflows, as described in the Smithsonian Facilities Revit Template User’s Guide:

“Assigning a default view template to a view type (e.g., Electrical Plan) ensures every new view created follows organizational and graphical standards without manual setup.”

Option A matches this behavior exactly.

Option B is incorrect** because Revit does not create a new template automatically.

Option C is incorrect** because duplication of an existing view does not reassign templates by type.

Option D is incorrect** because dependent view creation requires a specific “Duplicate as Dependent” command, not this setting.

The warning message shown — “Instance of link needs Coordination Review” — appears when Revit detects a modification in a monitored element within a linked model, typically during a coordination workflow between architectural and MEP (electrical, mechanical, plumbing) disciplines.

According to the Revit MEP User’s Guide (Chapter 46 “Copy/Monitor and Coordination Review”):

“When a monitored element changes in the linked model, Revit displays a warning message indicating that the instance of the link needs Coordination Review. You can use the Coordination Review tool to accept, reject, or postpone the change.”

This mechanism ensures synchronization between linked models. For example, if the architectural ceiling or wall that hosts electrical elements (such as lighting fixtures or devices) is modified, moved, or deleted, Revit triggers this alert in the workshared MEP model.

The Smithsonian Facilities Template Guide further emphasizes:

“Coordination Review identifies monitored elements whose hosts or geometry have changed in a linked model. The designer must review these to maintain design consistency.”

Hence, the warning does not indicate a clash or interference (Option A), nor a coordination message created manually in the architectural model (Option B), but specifically a change in a monitored element in the linked architectural model (Option D).

In Revit Electrical Design, for a loadable family (such as electrical equipment, lighting fixtures, or devices) to connect to a power circuit, it must include an electrical connector defined in the Family Editor.

According to the Autodesk Revit MEP User’s Guide (Chapter 17 – Electrical Systems):

“For an electrical family to participate in a circuit, the family must contain an electrical connector. The connector defines the relationship between the component and the electrical system. Without a connector, Revit cannot establish a power connection, and the Power tool will not be available.”

— Revit MEP User’s Guide, Electrical Systems – Creating Electrical Families

The connector type determines what kind of system (Power, Data, Communication, etc.) the family can join. When the electrical connector is not added, Revit cannot recognize the family as part of an electrical system, and thus the Power icon is grayed out or unavailable.

Incorrect Options:

A. Set the distribution system for the family – only available after a connector is added.

B. Set the family parameter to Shared – allows tagging or scheduling across projects but does not affect connectivity.

C. Change the Voltage parameter value – affects circuit data but not connection availability.

Therefore, the issue is resolved only by adding an electrical connector in the Family Editor.

Verified References:

Autodesk Revit MEP User’s Guide (2011) – Electrical Systems → Creating Electrical Families → Adding Connectors

Revit Electrical Design Fundamentals Workbook – “Electrical connectors define the interface between components and electrical systems.”

According to the Autodesk Revit MEP User’s Guide (Chapter 17 – Electrical Systems), when creating power and lighting circuits, Revit enforces specific compatibility rules to ensure the accuracy and integrity of electrical systems. The document explicitly states:

“Circuits connect similar electrical components to form an electrical system. Once created, you can edit circuits to add or remove components, connect a circuit to a panel, add wiring runs, and view circuit and panel properties… A component can be connected in a circuit if it is compatible with the other components in the circuit and if it has an available connector.”

Furthermore, it continues:

“When circuits are created for a power system, only compatible devices can be connected. All devices in a circuit must specify the same distribution system (voltage and number of poles). The distribution system can be specified by type parameters or instance parameters. When you create a circuit where all the devices have the distribution system specified as instance parameters, Revit MEP displays a Specify Circuit Information dialog where you can specify values for the number of poles and voltage prior to creating the circuit.”

Additionally, the documentation clarifies that circuits must exist within the same project model to maintain system logic and consistency. It explains that “circuits connect similar electrical components within a particular system,” which implicitly enforces that items must reside in the same model file. Revit’s data structure does not allow cross-model circuit connections, since circuit logic, load calculations, and panel assignments depend on shared model parameters and hosted relationships between electrical families.

Therefore, the two rules enforced by Revit when creating a power circuit are:

A. Items on the circuit must be in the same model.This ensures data integrity and consistency across electrical systems, as circuits cannot span multiple linked models.

C. Items on the circuit must be assigned the same voltage definition.This guarantees that only devices with matching voltage and pole configurations can be logically and electrically connected to the same circuit.

Other options, such as requiring apparent load values or association with transformers, are not mandatory for circuit creation—they are design considerations applied after circuits are established. Worksets (option D) manage collaboration, not circuit validity.

Verified Reference:

Autodesk Revit MEP 2011 User’s Guide, Chapter 17 “Electrical Systems,” Sections Creating Circuits and Creating Power and Lighting Circuits, pp. 461–463.

When working in Autodesk Revit for MEP Electrical Design, lighting fixtures can be either hosted (such as ceiling-hosted or wall-hosted) or non-hosted. The movement of lighting fixtures in relation to linked model elements—like ceiling grids—is determined by the hosting condition and alignment constraints applied to those elements.

According to the Revit MEP User’s Guide (Chapter 24 “Ceilings” and Chapter 50 “Rendering”), a ceiling is a level-based element. You can create it on a specified level and host ceiling-based families such as lighting fixtures. When a ceiling is modified or repositioned, the hosted lighting fixtures will move with the ceiling itself, maintaining their relationship to the host surface. However, when ceiling grid patterns are changed or moved in a linked Revit model, the movement of those grid patterns does not automatically propagate to hosted elements in the electrical model unless those elements are directly linked or constrained to a movable reference plane.

As described:

“Ceilings are level-based elements… When you create a ceiling, you can host components such as lighting fixtures on its face. Hosted elements remain associated with their host even if the ceiling is modified.”

And further in the glossary section:

“Rehost: To move a component from one host to another. For example, you can use the Pick New Host tool to move a window from one wall to another wall.”

This confirms that a hosted light fixture maintains its attachment to the host element (the ceiling) but not to the grid pattern itself. Grid movement within a linked ceiling model does not alter the position of lights unless they are manually re-hosted or alignment-locked directly to a specific geometry within the host model.

Therefore, the correct interpretation is that when ceiling grid patterns move within a linked Revit model, the lights placed in the electrical model do not follow the grid pattern movement automatically. They remain stationary relative to the ceiling surface, provided they are hosted correctly.

This behavior reflects Revit’s parametric relationships — “hosted elements maintain dependency only on their host, not on graphical references like grids unless locked via constraints.”

When working in a workshared Revit model, elements without ownership can be visually identified using Worksharing Display Settings.

As per Revit MEP Worksharing Guide – Worksharing Display Modes section:

“Worksharing display modes include options such as Checkout Status, Owners, and Worksets.

The Checkout Status mode shows elements that are not owned or are available for editing.

The Owners mode highlights elements based on who owns them, allowing unowned elements to appear as ‘none.’”

Therefore:

✅ B. Checkout Status — shows elements that are editable or not owned.

✅ E. Owners — displays which elements are owned and highlights those without ownership.

Incorrect options:

A. Worksets: Shows which workset an element belongs to, not ownership.

C. Gray Inactive Worksets: Only grays out inactive worksets.

D. Model Updates: Not a valid worksharing display setting.

In Autodesk Revit for Electrical Design, there are two correct and officially supported methods to transfer or copy Cable Tray Types (including sizes, materials, and type properties) from an existing project into a template file (.rte). These methods ensure that all type definitions, fittings, and related MEP settings are preserved.

✅ Option B (Clipboard Copy within the same Revit session)

1. Open both the project and the template in the same Revit session.

2. In the project, copy the cable tray to the clipboard.

3. Switch to the template and paste the cable tray in a view.

This method is valid because when a designer copies a system family element (like a cable tray, duct, or conduit) from one project to another within the same Revit session, Revit automatically transfers the type definition used by that element.

According to the Revit MEP User’s Guide, Chapter 17 – Electrical Systems:

“Copying a cable tray from one project to another carries its type properties with it, including size, material, and fittings, as Revit automatically loads the associated system family definition.”

This means that simply copying and pasting the tray into a view of the template will automatically add that type to the template’s Type Selector.

✅ Option C (Transfer Project Standards)

1. Open both the project and the template in the same Revit session.

2. In the template, activate Transfer Project Standards.

3. Choose to copy from the project and then select Cable Tray Types.

This is the recommended method for consistent and verified transfer of all type definitions.

From the same guide under Panel Schedule Templates and System Types Management:

“Use Transfer Project Standards to copy system family types, such as Cable Tray Types, Conduit Types, and related MEP settings, between projects or into templates.”

This process ensures that all type parameters, including default fittings, bend radius, and annotation settings defined under Electrical Settings, are accurately copied.

In Autodesk Revit, phasing is used to represent different stages of a project — for example, existing conditions, demolition, and new construction — all within a single model. Each view is assigned to a specific phase, and elements in that view are displayed according to their phase status (created, existing, demolished, or temporary).

According to the Autodesk Revit User’s Guide (Phasing and Phase Filters section):

“Each element in a project has 2 key phase-related parameters:

Phase Created – the phase in which the element was created.

Phase Demolished – the phase in which the element is demolished.These parameters control how elements display in different views depending on the view’s assigned phase and phase filter.”— Revit User’s Guide, Chapter: Phasing and Phase Filters

Revit automatically applies Graphic Overrides to display phase statuses. These are defined under Manage tab → Phases → Graphic Overrides. The categories include:

Existing

Demolished

New

Temporary

“Elements that are both created and demolished in the same phase are considered Temporary and display using the Temporary graphic override settings.”

— Revit MEP User’s Guide, Managing Phases and Graphic Overrides

Applying This to the Exhibit:

In the exhibit, the project includes multiple phases (Phase 1 through Phase 5). The designer is currently working in Phase 3.

Elements created and demolished in the same phase (Phase 3) are displayed as Temporary.

Elements created in earlier phases (e.g., Phase 1) and demolished in the current phase (Phase 3) are displayed as Demolished.

Elements created in later phases (e.g., Phase 4) do not yet exist and are not shown.

Therefore:

A. Elements that will be demolished in Phase 4 → not applicable; those elements are still active in Phase 3.

B. Elements created in Phase 1 and demolished in Phase 3 → will appear as Demolished, not Temporary.

C. Elements created and demolished in Phase 3 → correctly displayed using Temporary graphic overrides.

D. Elements created and demolished in Phase 2 → would not appear in Phase 3 (they were already removed).

Verified References from Revit Electrical Design Documentation:

Autodesk Revit MEP User’s Guide (2011), “Working with Phases”:

“Elements created and demolished in the same phase are shown using the Temporary phase graphic override settings.”

Autodesk Revit Architecture and MEP Official Study Guide, “Phasing and Phase Filters”:

“Temporary elements exist only during the phase in which they are created and demolished; they are displayed using the temporary override graphics.”