Phased construction and renovation filter - Workflows?

[Anonymous]

Hi all,

Currently working on a renovation project and it's looking like it will have to be built in phases. For ease of output etc I think it would be preferable to keep it all in one file.
Anyone have any advice as to the best way to structure this? I have set up the model using renovation filter...should I just put the various phases of new work on different layers? or just set up a different file for each phase?

Tis a relatively small job so would like to avoid sinking too much time into this!

Thanks,

[Laszlo Nagy]

Yes, I know the pain of having a feature that is very close to what we want or need, but not quite there yet.

[Da3dalus]

Interesting that they seem to have adopted the Renovation Tool add-in from Cadimage/New Zealand Tools. However, it was not completely implemented. As I recall, the same tool could be adapted to be an "Options Manager", specifically for different variations of a new house plan. Cadimage put some thought into this, perhaps their input would be valuable.

I also posted a tirade here.