The Impact of “Model Properties in Revit: Stage” Settings on Detailed Schedule Timing
In engineering projects, it is common to use the volume tool to create shapes that resemble the surrounding buildings for a more realistic site layout. Following this, four specific commands—Face Wall, Face Floor, Face Roof, and Curtain Wall System—are often used to model these surrounding structures. Although these commands do not create walls or floors directly, the resulting models are still included in the detailed schedule counts, which can cause confusion when calculating workload.
As illustrated in the image, walls created using both the Face Wall command and the standard Wall command are included in the detailed schedule.
To address this issue, you can select and modify the completed wall or other model elements after creation. In the Properties panel, under the “Attributes” section, there’s a group called “Stage” that contains the “Creation Stage” attribute.
When generating a detailed schedule, there is a “Stage” setting available. By default, this is set to “New Construction,” as shown in the image.
Once you select the category to be scheduled, the default “New Construction” stage means that all components within that category are counted. To avoid including certain elements in the schedule, you can modify their “Creation Stage” attribute in the Properties panel. For example, one of the three walls shown has been changed to “Existing” as demonstrated.
Then, within the detailed schedule, under the “Attributes” panel and the “Stage” group, you can adjust the “Stage Filter” setting. Setting this filter to “Show New” will exclude walls whose properties have been modified to “Existing” from the schedule, as shown in the figure.
The “Stage Filter” attribute is an instance property available to all elements, allowing you to select and modify multiple elements simultaneously.
In other words, while similar results can be achieved using the detailed schedule’s “Filter” function, Revit’s default filter options are limited and often require complex filter criteria. Even with these filters, you may still need to adjust other attributes or names manually. Compared to that, modifying the “Stage Filter” is a simpler and more straightforward approach.
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