Jack/All. Firstly I'm not a Revit user and am only following the input from others here so any pointers would be usefull.
We have been using the BIM Coordinator between Civil3d & Revit for a while now and we seem to get problems in positioning the data after importing the MXL into Revit on most projects requiring manual positioning and rotation of linked drawings.
Obviously I (in Civil3D) always use true coordinates in my models based on 0,0. Most of our models are located either in OS Grid or Site Local grid.
The first time we used this it worked fine apart from the Elevation being incorrect (My fault), the second time with the corrected level it didn't seem to update the level in revit but since we imported the architects model into Revit the coordinate system seems to have gone wrong.
Could the architects model coordinate system be effecting / overwriting the Structural coordinates without human interaction?
We also seem to get issues when we import the system more than once. Can this only be done only once in the project cycle or can a coordinate system be changed at anytime?
Simmilarly, when a project has been already modeled in RevitS and we import the information the model comes in rotated, we have tried project / true north and shared/centre to centre to no avail. Any Ideas here?
I have read online for manualy doing this creating a master file for the coordinate system and importing the coordinate system from this to the other models in Revit. Is this a prefered method to fix the corrdinate system and syncronising to the master document, does it make a difference?
I am wondering if we should be importing the Coordinator file prior to any modelling but it is highly possible that most of the above is actually caused by improper import process of the drawing etc. into revit or points which Revit won't like from civil3D.
Can we have a step by step guide in PDF format for the process as well as some do's and don'ts if there are any for the setting of points in Civil3d / Revit.
M.
