Revit Link Issue

[bvm76]

I've been linking a drawing from the architect for so many times now without any issue. This time, I linked their new background and found all the ceiling tile offset by 15mm (using origin-origin of course). I am not expecting this to happen so I verify this by opening the new drawing and linked the old drawing (found no diffrence on ceiling tile).

Many thanks in advance for any help.

[CoreyDaun]

Have the Levels been adjusted by the Architect? If you have properly Copy/Monitored the Architect's Levels, then using the Coordination Review tool should help. Otherwise, what differences do you see between your model and the linked model in an elevation View?

[bvm76]

Apologies my post is a bit unclear. The difference is when looking in plan view which is 15mm. All gridlines are "copy/monitor" and its all in-line (gridlines are used by the architect as a link rather than part of the model) which they send separately with the model.


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[CoreyDaun]

So, the ceiling grid patterns are off by 15mm, but everything else from that link is correctly aligned?

[bvm76]

this is my initial thought but when i investigate further, i found out that including the walls are off by 15mm.

i tried to rename the original drawing and link into my drawing just to check if i accidentally moved the revit link but made no difference.

in your opinion, is it a good practice to have the gridlines separate from the model?

[CoreyDaun]

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bvm76 wrote:

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in your opinion, is it a good practice to have the gridlines separate from the model?"

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Do you mean having the Grids Copy/Monitored so they exist in your Model? If so, I would say only do that if needed; Grids that reside in the Model cannot be adjusted to suit the View, so the may extend well beyond the Crop Region. In this case, Copy/Monitoring creates a copy of them that you can manipulate, but now you have the extra coordination work of making sure they always match. Using "Coordination Review" should help immensely.

*Just to be abundantly clear, I am interpreting "gridlines" as Column Grids, not Ceiling Grids.

[bvm76]

No i mean the column grids being link into the architectural model rather than part of the model.

With this arrangement, its very hard to monitor if the building moves because the gridlines (which i copy/monitor) is not part of it.

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[abulla]

To clarify, does the architect have a separate Revit model consisting of only grid lines that they are then linking into their architectural model? If so, that is quite odd. Have they given you a reason they're working that way?

[bvm76]

That's exactly how they did. They have a separate drawing that contains only gridlines no more no less.

I don't know exactly the reason why they did this as i only inherited this project.

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