Bi-Directional Links

Exporting a Bi-Directional File from MasterSeries

1. With your MasterSeries model open, go to BIM Exchange > Revit Exchange > MasterSeries Revit Link Manager on the top toolbar.

2. Select the Bi-Directional Link tab.

3. Click Create New Link.

4. In the dialog, click Browse and choose the folder where you want to save the link file.

5. Enter a file name and click Save.

6. Click Submit Changes to Link to generate the bi-directional link file.

​ ​ ​Creating a bi-directional link from the MasterSeries Revit Link Manager

Importing a Bi-Directional File into Revit

1. Open Revit and create a new project.

2. Save the project file.

3. From the ribbon, select Add-ins.

4. Click MasterSeries Revit Link Manager.

5. Select the Bi-Directional Link tab.

6. Click Connect to Existing Link.

7. Browse to the MRLnK bi-directional link file, select it, and click Open.

8. Click Create New Model from Link to build the Revit model from the linked data.

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​ ​ ​ ​ ​Connecting to an existing bi-directional link

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​ ​ ​ ​ ​Creating a new model from a bi-directional link

Submitting Changes to a Bi-Directional Link

1. Open the Revit Link Manager in either MasterSeries or Revit.

2. From the Bi-Directional Link tab, click Submit Changes to Link.

Updating a Model from a Bi-Directional Link

1. Open the Revit Link Manager in either MasterSeries or Revit.

2. From the Bi-Directional Link tab, click Update Model from Link.

3. Review the proposed changes and choose which ones to import.

4. When you are satisfied, click OK to update the model.

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​ ​ ​ ​      Updating a bi-directional link model from the Link Manager

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​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​Reviewing changes to the linked model

Notes on Bi-Directional Links

• Bi-directional links can be easily broken. For example, renaming a file and attempting to reconnect it will fail because the MRLnK file does not maintain a version history for the renamed file and therefore cannot map members correctly.

• To ensure consistent mapping between Revit and MasterSeries, we strongly recommend submitting changes to the link frequently. This helps prevent the two models from drifting apart over time.