move the origin?

[k.lew]

Is there any way to move the origin or set a designated coordinate system?

We're importing hundreds of Revit models into one Navisworks project.  We cannot move the files to the origin because of our constant importing/exporting and changing reiterations.  All the files align nicely, but we really want to move the origin for reference to our designated intersection.  Though we've set that in Revit and CAD and they work, importing them into Navisworks puts the origin thousands of miles off to the left.  Anybody know how I could fix this? Thanks!

[Logos_Atum]

Hello there,

I just managed to move the coordinate systems for each part individually,

not unlike moving the Gizmos in Max. Sadly this is not very versaitle and,

as far as I know, it´s not permanent. Therefore the transform handles

sometimes are a little out of place, therefore it´s zoom versus position of

handles.

Therefore I imported all of the parts - placed them- deleted them one by

one and saved each and every part as a new nwf long with it´s coordinates

relative to the other parts.

A little complicated, but it did the job. Is that something in the way you de-

sired to do?

Kind regards

Daneil

[k.lew]

Yikes...not experienced in Max either, but sounds really difficult.
Probably not what I'm looking for.

Essentially I'm exporting Navisworks to an fbx to be imported into Infraworks, and the origin is so far out that it's incredibly difficult. But I want the Revit references to remain, so I can still swap out models (importing Revit nwc into Navisworks) and then the Navisworks origin to also remain, but move closer, because that's the origin Infraworks uses.

For now, I've settled for exporting the fbx and importing the fbx into a new Navisworks, moving it a set distance closer to the origin and then re-exporting. Sigh...

[Logos_Atum]

Well that sound like a hell lot of fun 🙂

I never managed to move the center

to more desirable coordinates perma-

nently. So I ended up doing quite the

same.

Was fun, especially if the input units

differ by 1000 (mm to m) and you need

to make a meaningful combination of

both.

Good luck 🙂

Kind regards

Daniel