Package

Levels

Model › Levels

Lists the levels with their elevations and moves a level to a new elevation together with everything tied to it, after you have seen what moves.

What it contains

Three tools for the project's levels: one lists them with their elevations, one analyzes what would happen if you moved one, the third actually moves it. They are the same steps as BIMit's "Move level" window, done by your AI.

BIMit changes only the level's elevation. Revit moves the elements tied to the level, keeping their offsets: they go up or down as a whole. Elements whose other end is constrained to another level (for example a wall with its top constraint on another level) stay attached to that level and change height. The analysis counts both kinds, category by category, before the model is touched.

The elevation is written in project units and, by default, measured from the level's own point (Project Base Point or Survey Point, depending on the level type), as in Revit's properties. You can also give the elevation from another point, or a signed offset.

When to use it

  • When a story height changes and you want to take the level to its new elevation with walls, floors, furniture and the rest.
  • Before moving a level, to know how many elements follow it and how many will change height.
  • To get the list of levels with their elevations from the Project Base Point, the Survey Point and the Internal Origin.
  • In workshared models, to know beforehand how many tied elements are in use by others.

The tools

  • Level list: the levels from lowest to highest, with id, name, elevations and whether they are pinned. Changes nothing.
  • Analyze the move: how many elements move whole, how many stretch or shrink and how many are in use by others, by category. Changes nothing.
  • Move level: takes the level to its new elevation in a single Revit operation, undone with a single Ctrl+Z.

Good to know

Every change to the model can be undone with Ctrl+Z in Revit; team actions ask for confirmation in Revit.

Where it is in Revit

BIMit tab › Model panel › Levels. From the package, "Open window" opens BIMit's "Move level" window: choose the level, type the new elevation, click "Analyze" to see what moves and then "Move level", which asks for confirmation before changing the model.

All tools