Please help me with Revit (model and topo)

[20719085]

Hi, I've just used Revit for 1 week since one of my friends at uni told me that he works better with Revit when doing architecture than AutoCAD.

I have an assignment about a winery. I've done the sketch model in Revit and worked out the topo from google terrain and saved the topo as an individual file (3d). I wanna put the model in the topo or put the topo under the building (2 different files), and don't really know what to do. 

Also, I've touched a bit of building pad and parts of my building is below ground and covered by the earth, how do I actually show it in the topo and model combined file?

Some of the words may sound stupid.... but I just don't know much about Revit...

Please help me.

Ryan

[fernanda.firman]

Hi,

You can export your google terrain as DWG and import it into Revit.

1. Download the Google Earth Extension for AutoCAD and follow the steps to create the file:http://labs.autodesk.com/utilities/google_earth_extension_beta/

2. Insert>Import Cad> browse to the location of your file

3. Massing&Site > Toposurface> Create from import> Select Import Instance - select your CAD file and the layers you need to use to create the topo.

Hope that helps.