This Revit Tip expands on the one I made a couple months ago named "DEMOLITION ITEMS IN A LINKED FILE". This takes the topic even further and shows how to take an old project file and use it as a LINKED existing model for renovation and demolition.
There are only a couple things you need to do to prepare the file for use.
Enjoy.

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