The "Super copy and monitoring" plugin is a plugin that is made to extend the functionality of the standard function in Revit with the "Copy and monitor" tool, but adds to it some functions that it is limited with.
The first is of course the ability to copy and monitor elements of all categories from one model to another, and the second is the ability to track changes in all parameters of both type and instance on the locked elements.
So, the functionality of the plugin is divided into 2 buttons
Copy and monitoring button
Monitoring manager button
Algorithm of the plugin operation
1. Copy and monitoring from the linked model.
So to copy and monitor from a linked model on the BS_General plugin line click on the "Copy and monitoring" button.
In the appeared window select the following settings:
1. In the drop-down sheet select the associated model from which you want to copy.
2. If you have setup a BIM process in your organization by which parameter you transfer tasks between departments, then enter the name of this parameter and specify its value.
3. In the tree diagram select the types of families from the linked model that you want to process.
4. If in addition to copying you also want to do monitoring, check the box.
5. Click Done.
All elements have been copied and monitored
2. Monitoring manager
So we have monitored and copied the elements. Now, let's assume that something happened in the connection (element parameters have changed, or an element was moved or deleted, etc.) and we want to know what exactly happened to them. To do this, click on the button on the line of plugins BS_General - "Monitoring manager". We have the following window, in which we can perform the following actions:
You will be able to filter elements by a certain relationship.
You can filter the elements you want by status
The statuses here are of several types
No change - means that there were no changes.
No link found - when the plugin could not find the link from which the elements were monitored.
Element from a link was removed - when there is indeed no longer an Id element in the link from which it was monitored.
Element location changed - when the element was moved in the linked model.
Parameters of an element were changed - when some parameters of the element were changed.
Changed item parameters and location - when both the element was moved and parameters were changed.
3.If you select a line in the table - with this button you will be able to select this monitored element in the model. Additionally: if there is a checkmark "3D" then the model will be automatically switched to 3D view.
4. if some parameters have been changed, by clicking on the appropriate line you will see what parameters have been changed and, what was the old value and what is the new one.
5. If you want to remove the monitoring, check the boxes on the lines in the table and click this button. As a result, monitoring will disappear and the element will no longer appear in this table of monitored elements.
6. If you want to accept the changes, check the boxes on the lines in the table and click this button. As a result, all the changes that have occurred in the linked model will update the items in yours as well. I.e. parameters, location will change or element will be deleted.
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