Workset Visibility

Worksets are a great way of controlling and associating elements in the Revit work environment. This process is especially helpful when dealing with Linked Revit files and Linked (or imported) DWG files.

You can control overall visibility in a project when you link Revit models (or Dwg’s) into other Revit projects. For example, it is best practice to have the ‘Visible in all Views’ unticked so that none of the elements appear in every view inside of your project as a default. The visibility of these linked files can be set-up individually in the View Templates or the Visibility Graphics. Also, have a workset specifically created (and named accordingly, refer Best Practices Guide) for each Linked model (or Dwg) will allow for greater control.

Worksets can also improve the performance of the system by being displayed as needed, avoiding the memory-intensive display of parts of the project building that aren’t necessary for a specific design activity.

To identify visibility requirements, determine the frequency with which the elements in the workset display in the project.