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Monday, August 10, 2015

Revit Tip - Project Base Point and Survey Point Revisited

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Over the years there have been posts on this blog that spark debate, opinions, and "face-palms".  The "Controlling Your Levels..." post I published back in May of 2015 is an example of a post that makes you think and rethink Revit's coordinate system.

Well, an awesome reader named Ben Muller (@pix3lot) was wracking his brain (and the comments portion of the previously mentioned post) to understand fully every aspect of Revit's coordinate and level system.  As a result, Ben created a nice graphic that really helps to explain all of the different level and coordinate systems in play when using Revit.  Keep reading to view Ben's awesome image:





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Ben, thanks for creating this image and taking a simple blog post to the next level.  I am glad you were inspired to look into this subject and came out of it a coordinate systems expert!  I hope other readers can print this image and use it to understand the systems as well as teach it to others!









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Aaron · 503 weeks ago

Always a tricky subject. Thank you
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Seaner · 502 weeks ago

What is the advantage of moving the Survey point independently of the Shared Coordinate System (unclipped)? When we import things with Origin - Shared Coordinates, don't they just find that invisible SCS origin? I guess I'm just not really sure what the Survey point is truly used for, and it seems like it would be good practice to keep the Survey point right on its original SCS origin (clipped). Any thoughts?
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Tony · 467 weeks ago

I know, old subject. On a new project, if an architects model I'm linking in to my model is at 100'-0" and I want my base level to read 0'-0" to match their 100'-0", is there an issue with linking their model into mine selecting 'base point to base point? They seem to line up fine that way but didn't know if there will be a problem when I send my model out and they link to theirs. Thx for any info..

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