tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11441755.post3020644202680377306..comments2024-03-28T07:56:17.809+00:00Comments on Revit : Shared coordinates, true north, project northAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609028351574557112noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11441755.post-82569181357163988472012-01-24T20:27:51.511+00:002012-01-24T20:27:51.511+00:00does this still apply to Revit Architecture 2012?does this still apply to Revit Architecture 2012?guitarchitecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10824237245621469647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11441755.post-83425730631247733822009-11-17T05:36:44.070+00:002009-11-17T05:36:44.070+00:00David, I wish you could update these steps with 20...David, I wish you could update these steps with 2010 version, which has so many modifications and added tools, e.g. base point and survey point.<br /><br />Also, latest Revit build is 20090925 if you install the SAP ;-)<br /><br />Thanks<br />BBasam Yousifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18110431455606356313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11441755.post-42404290370113488922008-07-30T16:46:00.000+01:002008-07-30T16:46:00.000+01:00Hi David, you are my personal hero today! Tank fro...Hi David, you are my personal hero today! Tank from Thomas and Claudia from Belgium, you save the day with yuor video. (we spent 3 hour to try localize the project )<BR/> <BR/>ciao <BR/><BR/>ThomasUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17487474145926670474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11441755.post-51879988052811850662008-05-07T20:13:00.000+01:002008-05-07T20:13:00.000+01:00Guinnessman,Thanks for the comments. Ok lets me ex...Guinnessman,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comments. Ok lets me explain how to change the vertical or Z direct of a Revit project. As you've probably realized Revit projects do not liked to be physically moved. So to change the vertical position of a Revit projects do this...<BR/><BR/>Go to an elevation view,<BR/>Next go to the tools pulldown menu,<BR/>Then select shared coordinates and “specify a coordinates at a point”,<BR/>Your pointer will change to a target,<BR/>With the target select the lowest datum level,<BR/>A dialogue box will appear allowing you to specify the correct vertical level, ie. the level above sea level, specify the correct level you require and ok out of the dialogue box,<BR/>If you take a look at the levels you will discover the vertical level has not changed,<BR/>To get the correct vertical level to display, select the level datum and go to properties, theb select edit / new from this dialogue and change the elevation base from "project" to "shared".<BR/>Now ok out and you will see the correct vertical height is shown.<BR/><BR/>I hope this helps.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05609028351574557112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11441755.post-77204148088131670372008-05-05T23:37:00.000+01:002008-05-05T23:37:00.000+01:00David...Thanks for the tutorial. It is the first I...David...Thanks for the tutorial. It is the first I have seen that has a step-by-step guide. Worked fine. I have one ohter issue, moving the Revit model to the proper "Z" elevation for grading purposes without changing the physical model elevation for the arcitects. Is there a way to have the model appear in our C3D at the proper elevation as well as the proper coordinates?guinnessmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07300471971738709652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11441755.post-73581716074254979042008-01-23T07:42:00.000+00:002008-01-23T07:42:00.000+00:00David,Thanks for your blog. It helped me a lot. I ...David,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your blog. It helped me a lot. I tested something out and have to add a thing to it.<BR/>Our surveys are eg at X 33120462<BR/>Y 391453065 away from the WCS. When linking this into Revit with the center-to-center option, and using the acquire button the coordinates are not correct. I found out that when I draw a line in AutoCAD from 0,0 to the above basepoint, then the acquire function works perfect.<BR/>Do you agree with that....<BR/><BR/>RenzoRevitRenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236481203780189610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11441755.post-12691828400857958992007-11-21T07:29:00.000+00:002007-11-21T07:29:00.000+00:00Thanks a lot. But when I relocate the project, une...Thanks a lot. But when I relocate the project, unexpectedly, linked dwg has been moved together. (although I had pined it before).so I moved dwg to 0 level. <BR/>Then I relocated the project to 900m. Now it seems work. thank you.archguneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675331482999209461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11441755.post-89238728559606588602007-11-20T19:30:00.000+00:002007-11-20T19:30:00.000+00:00The z height seems to be less of an issue. I would...The z height seems to be less of an issue. I would never move the dwg in a z direction instead do the following. In a elevation view, go to tools menu>project position/orientation>relocate this project. You pointer will now change, pick a point on the screen and drag up the screen, type in the above sea level figure you require ie. 900m. The screen will go white! Zoom all, then select one of your levels. In the level properties drill down until you find the constraints parameter called elevation base. Change this from project to shared. Your levels will now read the correct figure your require. I hope that makes sense.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05609028351574557112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11441755.post-80704055189262702122007-11-20T16:50:00.000+00:002007-11-20T16:50:00.000+00:00Hi. I'm drawing my first revit project. As you adv...Hi. I'm drawing my first revit project. As you advised I moved dwg in the 1,7km radius circle. What about z axis? I want to relocate building model at real level. I mean ground floor (0.00) must be at +900m accourding to dwg. Do you think it will be trouble? (2nd alternative moving dwg, but I prefer moving building. because we generally define elevations according to municipality's level for formal submission.archguneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675331482999209461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11441755.post-33890749047157372422007-09-24T19:41:00.000+01:002007-09-24T19:41:00.000+01:00David,Most of the surveys we get are much further ...David,<BR/><BR/>Most of the surveys we get are much further than 1.7km away! Our latest is 18 miles.<BR/><BR/>Is there some sort of script or automated process you can think of to run in the ACAD drawing for making this process viable?<BR/><BR/>One thought was changing the INSBASE command, but Revit doesn't seem to recognize that.<BR/><BR/>Thoughts?<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/>Angeloangelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14743656989882858600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11441755.post-59081516384295307602007-09-11T08:28:00.000+01:002007-09-11T08:28:00.000+01:00The second survey drawing will need to be relocate...The second survey drawing will need to be relocated in a DWG environment so that it matches the same origin as the original linked DWG survey. I would always use survey reference stations to do this. All you do then is import link the new survey, but this time rather than bringing it in centre to centre, use shared coordinates instead. When you save the project, Revit will automatically write back a place holder to the second survey, thus it knows where to be located. Finally, if you require, you can remove the original DWG from the project by going to managed links.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05609028351574557112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11441755.post-47898629023338018452007-09-10T19:23:00.000+01:002007-09-10T19:23:00.000+01:00In the case where the survey is more than 1.7km aw...In the case where the survey is more than 1.7km away, you mentioned that the survey be moved. Don't you need to 'publish' these new coordinates to the dwg? Reason being, in future, when you get a new survey and reload it, how does your revit project remember where you moved it originally?Ishtmeethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12335531360866700325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11441755.post-62028747922092283912007-09-10T19:22:00.000+01:002007-09-10T19:22:00.000+01:00In the case where the survey is more than 1.7km aw...In the case where the survey is more than 1.7km away, you mentioned that the survey be moved. Don't you need to 'publish' these new coordinates to the dwg? Reason being, in future, when you get a new survey and reload it, how does your revit project remember where you moved it originally?<BR/><BR/>ThanksIshtmeethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12335531360866700325noreply@blogger.com