Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2012: No Experience Required

Managing Project Phasing

The term phasing in Revit is often taken literally and can be confused with construction sequencing. When we talk about phasing in the context of how Revit views it, we're talking about adding new construction to an existing building, and demolishing the existing structure. Although you can use Revit to track all aspects of construction, the base use and purpose of phasing is dealing with existing conditions.

The first section of this chapter will focus on the setup of your phasing scheme. By default, Revit Architecture provides two phases: Existing and New Construction. As it stands, everything you've placed into your model for the last 20 chapters has been exclusively on the New Construction phase. You'll now alter ...