Revit 2010 – Publishing Shared Coordinates + Named Views Across Linked Files
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Revit 2010 – Publishing Shared Coordinates and Using Named Views Across Linked Files
Software: Autodesk Revit Architecture 2010
Description: In this video, we quickly talk about the role of model structure in linked file systems through the topic of shared coordinates. We give an overview of rotating the project north, specifying coordinates at a point in plan, and also in elevation. We then walk through how to, and what the effects are, of publishing coordinates. Finally we introduce and explain the concept of ‘Named Views’ and how these work with our linked file structure.
Topics Covered:
- Host and Link file structure
- Overwriting host file’s internal coordinates and rotation
- Recording an instance’s location as ‘shared’
- Publishing
- Creating named views in the host file
- Viewing different named views in the link file
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Fed, I haven’t watched this yet but I can’t wait. There is a lot of confusion(at least for me) on this topic and the Revit help files are useless on this…Unfortunately, so are most of the Revit websites that I have visited. Good work and thanks for addressing some real world issues.
Jon! Thanks! let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks for both the tutorials on coordinates!
I have a question: since the Spot Coordinate is a System Family is there a way to extract the Coordinates Data (x,y,z) to a Schedules/Quantities table or to somewhere else?
That’s a good question… unfortunately you cannot schedule these. What is it you’re trying to do? You can report shared coordinates at a point, which i’m sure you know, but that’s a one time thing…
I’m trying to recreate a wireframe model of the structure (columns and beams) in a way that I could open it in AutoCAD and save a .dwg. It would be nice if I could manage to export something like this:
LINE
0,0,0
0,0,10
(This would be a column with a 10 unit height on the z-axis.)
Unfortunately I can’t use the internal coordinates system of Revit for this use, or better, I still haven’t found out how to do it.
The closest thing to it is a Structural Column Schedule with a grid system where the column is tagged as Location Mark “A1″, “B1″, etc. but not with an x,y value - although they exist! - then I could simply use the lenght of the column as the z-value.
If I could assign to each column and beam family the coordinate tag at the beginning and end, making its content readable and scheduling it, I would solve all my problems!
mmm I’m not sure i understand what you’re trying to do. If you want to have a dwg file of your centerlines, then all you have to do is set your 3d analytical view to coarse, then export as a dwg. this will give you only centerlines, and if your coordinates are set up correctly, just go in autocad and list any element and you should get exact coordinates as you listed.
sorry, i forgot to specify that the 3d analytical view export is from revit structures.
Just tried it in revit architecture and you can do it from there too. same process just make sure you’re using structural columns instead of architectural columns.
Thanks for your kindness and your replies! You solved my problem very easily, while I was just running in circles! I should study the possibilities of Revit better next time!
What are the chances of making this video available to download? I was hoping to link to it or save it as I beleive I will need to revisit this multiple times before it is engrained in my head.
Keep up the great work and great topics! I find you are one of the few willing to explain the more advanced elements of revit!
Thanks so much!
JB
The video tutorial did clarify a few things. But from this point, after having the corridinates published from the host file to the linked Building files. How do you get the linked files corrdinates to the subconsultant files. Can they acquired the coordinates from the linked Arch Revit files, whose corridinates are generated via the host file? Or do the Subconsultant files need to aquire their coordinates from the host file as well?
My concern is that there is more room for confusion working in the host file if there are 4 to 5 disciplines per building all trying to link into the same location. Imagine the complexity of the host file when there are seven or eight buildings all with four to five disciplines linked in.
My goal is to be able to establish the building locations the way the video tutorial explains, but then instead of repeating that task for each discipline for each building via the host file, be able to share the building cooridinates directly from the building files to the subconsultant files without necessarily interfacing with the host model. That way I can keep the complexity of each building to itself while avoiding a host files with thirty plus Revit links to manage.
Is this possible? Host Site file publishing corridinates to a Arch Building file and then MEP and Structural Files aquiring corridantes form the Arch building file.
Thanks,
WC
Hi WC,
The short answer to your question “How do you get the linked files coordinates to the subconsultant files? Can they acquire coordinates from the linked Arch Revit files, whose coordinates are generated via the host file?”, is yes.
The ‘master’ file to ‘linked’ file relationship that i use in this video is just a construct that allows me to better organize my thought process. The reality is that there is nothing in Revit that makes one file rule over the other, i’m simply choosing to have that happen. What that means is that just how you can push out coordinates from the master to the building files, you can also push out to the subs files.
What i suggest there is: if the subs files have already been started, and no relationship has been set (no copy monitoring or anything), then simply have them link your file, locate it properly in relationship to their work, and acquire coordinates from the link. If the subs have not yet started the file, then it is easy. they should start from something that you give them so that they can copy in some of the basic elements such as levels, grids, etc… they can acquire coordinates from that too.
Hi,
Somebody have any idea on how to propagate grid-lines from subs files into a linked file?
The case: three buildings above ground and a garage connecting them under ground. The project is divided vertically. Each building have their own file, the garage is also divided. A master file with all subs files linked into it is set up for generation of common plans and sections of the garage.
The problem: the grid-lines (drawn in the subs files) linked into the Master file get the position of their 3d location, not the 2d location which is set up in the subs files.
When reading this article I thought that a solution could be to propagate the grid lines from the different files into the Master file, but I guess this would require shared levels… is this possible?
Or is there a better way for this problem…?
Excuse me for my english,
Hey Peter, I’ve made a new post about this very issue. Thanks for the question.
http://designreform.net/2010/03/revit-using-display-settings-from-linked-file/
I have a simple question, how did you color the masses?
The mass is colored by default with a material called ‘Default Mass’ or something like that. I just reassigned it to some materials i made.