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Process Overview: Using Design Options

In general, the process of using design options is as follows:
1 Decide on the areas for which you want to develop design options.
Example: You want to create one set of design options for the entry of a building and a second set of
design options for the roof.
2 Create the building model, including all elements that will be common to all of the design options.
(This is the main model.)
Example: Create the building first, including the foundation, floor, walls, and other parts of the building.
Do not include any elements that will belong to the entry or the roof; those elements will be added
using design options.
NOTE If you add elements to a building and later decide that those elements should be part of a design
option, you can move them to the design option. See
Option Set
3 Create a design option set for each area.
Example: You create one design option set named Entry and another design option set named Roof.
For instructions, see
4 For each design option set, edit the primary option.
When you create a design option set, Revit Architecture also creates a primary option for the set. The
primary option is typically the preferred design or the design that you think will be chosen. It will be
displayed in project views by default. Other design options will appear in views only when you specify.
Edit the primary option to add elements to the design as desired. (See
1244.) For an alternative approach, see
5 Create secondary options for each design option set.
You can create one or more secondary options for each set. See
Example: For the Entry option set, you create secondary options named Revolving Door and Two Double
Doors.
In general, any elements that will be modified or referenced in an option should belong to the design
option instead of the main model. See
Elements from the Main Model to a Design Option Set
6 Create views that display each design option.
By default, all project views display the main model with primary design options only. To see secondary
options, create project views that show them. (These are called dedicated views.) You can then place
these views on sheets to present the designs to clients. See
1252.
7 Incorporate a design option into the main model.
After the client has selected the desired option for each option set, you can incorporate the selected
designs into the main model. This process deletes the design option set, so the other options in the set
are no longer available, and the selected option becomes part of the building model. See
a Design Option into the Main Model
on page 1246.
Creating Design Option Sets
Moving Elements from the Main Model to a Design
on page 1242.
Viewing the Main Model Without Design Options
Referencing Elements in Design Options
on page 1246.
Dedicating Views to Design Options
on page 1251.
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Editing a Design Option
Adding Design Options on page 1243.
on page 1255 and
on page
on page 1253.
Moving
on page
Incorporating