Revit: Managing Location Coordinates
2hIntermediate2015-03-06
Authors

Paul F. Aubin
Author and Consultant
Course details
If you are new to Revit (particularly if you are coming from an AutoCAD background), the approach Revit takes to coordinates, positioning, and origin points can be a little baffling. The trick is that coordinates, movements, and measurements in Revit are always relative to something else. In this course, you'll explore the Revit coordinate system and see how files relate to one another when linked. Author Paul F. Aubin also shows you how to set up shared coordinates, link files with shared coordinates, and maintain the relationship as the project progresses. If you have let the Revit approach to coordinates intimidate you, this course will give you the tools you need to begin using them with confidence.
Learning objectives
Finding the origin point
Configuring project north and true north
Understanding elevation
Saving shared coordinates
Linking multiple buildings
Copying linked files
Getting coordinates from CAD and DWG files
Learning objectives
Finding the origin point
Configuring project north and true north
Understanding elevation
Saving shared coordinates
Linking multiple buildings
Copying linked files
Getting coordinates from CAD and DWG files
Skills covered
Revit LTRevitArchitectural VisualizationCivil EngineeringAutodesk3D ModelingVisualization and Real-TimeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and IllustrationDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - Using the exercise files
1. Coordinates Internal to the Project
- 03 - Discovering the origin points
- 04 - Reporting coordinate locations
- 05 - Using project-location tools
- 06 - Configuring project north
- 07 - Configuring true north
- 08 - Specifying coordinates at a point
- 09 - Understanding elevation
2. Coordinates External to the Project
- 10 - Orienting a linked file
- 11 - Saving shared coordinates
- 12 - Cross-linking files
3. Working with Multiple Buildings on a Site
- 13 - Linking multiple buildings
- 14 - Cross-linking multiple sites
- 15 - Making sites current
- 16 - Copying linked files
- 17 - Swapping and updating files
4. Other Linking Scenarios
- 18 - Linking large CAD files
- 19 - Acquiring coordinates from DWG links
- 20 - Sharing coordinates with DWG links
- 21 - Exporting to DWG or Navisworks
Conclusion
- 22 - Next steps
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