Can you schedule design options?

To create a room schedule for a design option, create a schedule view and dedicate it to the design option. (See Dedicate Views to a Design Option and Create a Schedule or Quantity.) The room schedule will then list all rooms in the main model and in the specified design options for each option set.

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What is meant by design option?

A design option set is a collection of possible solutions for a particular design problem. Each design option set contains one primary option and one or more secondary options.

How many options should you give a client?

Three Options Is Standard You need to know what your client expects. (Sometimes the three options thing is unavoidable.)

When working with design options what Cannot be placed in the Options sets?

Annotations and details (such as keynotes, dimensions, and tags) are view-specific elements. They cannot be part of a design option. Deleting a design option or a design option set also removes the elements and views associated with the options.

How do I show different design options in Revit?

A project view can display only one design option for each set. To view and compare design options side-by-side, dedicate a view to each design option. Then place the views on a sheet.

How many types of design are there?

I tend to divide design into three main types: product, interface, and visual.

How do you create a design option?

Setup a Design Option

On the Manage tab within Revit, select the Design Option button.
Select the New button under Design Option Set to create a new option set called “Option Set 1”.
Select the New button under Option to create a new option called Option 2.
Close the Design Option dialog.

How many options is too many?

A new study has shown people prefer fewer options to more — but only to a certain extent. Overall, people think they like to have more choice, but it actually causes more stress to make the ultimate decision. The sweet spot is probably 8 to 15 choices. Too few and we feel cheated; too many and we’re overwhelmed.

Why are more options better?

Having a larger number of choices makes people feel that they can exercise more control over what they buy. And consumers like the promise of choice: the greater the number of options, the greater the likelihood of finding something that’s perfect for them.

What do design options help accomplish?

Design options allow us to create multiple design alternatives to address a design problem. This can be accomplished all within a single model and we can easily move back and forth among those variations.

How do you change design options in Revit?

Edit a Design Option

On the status bar, select the design option from the drop-down list.
Click Manage tab Design Options panel (Design Options).
Click Manage tab Design Options panel, and select the desired design option from the drop-down list.

How do I show multiple design options in Revit?

In order to study several design options, you must first create a design option set. Then, within that set, you can create multiple design options. One option in the set will be the primary option and the others will be secondary options. You can then create views to display and print the various options.

How do you change design options to main model?

In the Design Options dialog, select the design option set that includes the desired option. If the desired option is secondary, select the design option in the list, and click Make Primary to promote it to the primary option. Under Option Set, click Accept Primary to incorporate the primary option into the main model.

What are the 3 types of design?

I tend to divide design into three main types: product, interface, and visual.

Product Design.
Interface Design.
Visual Design.
Interrelation of types.

How do you use design options?

How do I use design options in Revit?

To do this, do the following:

Ensure you are Set to View the Main Model (Manage Tab → Design Options Dropdown Menu)
Open the Design Options Dialogue Menu (Manage → Design Options)
Select the Design Option that you want to make part of the Main Model.

Is too much choice making us unhappy?

However, university researchers have discovered that too much choice is making us feel unhappy and dissatisfied. The problem is that we have so many options that we get stressed every time we have to make a decision, because we are worried about making the wrong one.