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Points in Revit

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Tledbetter
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Points in Revit

Could some one Please tell me how to bring pnezd points into revit. Not point clouds

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Message 2 of 8
Lance.Coffey
in reply to: Tledbetter

When creating a Toposurface in Revit 2014, there is an option to place points manually, create from a DWG import, or create using a points file.

 

Revit expects the points file to be in an X,Y,Z format. If you can get the PNEZD point list into an X,Y,Z format, then you could use this to create a toposurface in Revit.

 

I found the following page with information using a point list with Revit (it is for an older version, but I expect much of the information to remain the same):

http://revitrocks.blogspot.com/2006/07/importing-topo-points-into-revit.html

 

If you are not able to convert the point list, you could look into importing the PNEZD data into AutoCAD Civil 3D. I found the following video with information on this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHxQRcnIeL0

 

Once you have the point list within Civil 3D, you would need to create a 3D surface from the points, so that Revit can extract information from the 3D contour data, within the DWG.

 

Note: Since the data extracted from the DWG is two operations (Points -> 3D Surface / 3D Surface -> Revit contour points) removed from the point list, you may find that the surface obtained in Revit does not exactly match the points from the PNEZD file.



Lance Coffey

Technical Support Specialist
Message 3 of 8
Tledbetter
in reply to: Lance.Coffey

Thank you very much, that is some very helpful information that that I will study and put into practice. If I wanted to do a as built or at the very lease get the points to show up on a 3D model building with description. Can you help with that. Thanks in advance.
Message 4 of 8
Lance.Coffey
in reply to: Tledbetter

I am not clear what type of points you would be placing into the Revit model. If we were to ignore the format that you are currently trying to bring points in with, how would you place these points manually within Revit?



Lance Coffey

Technical Support Specialist
Message 5 of 8
Tledbetter
in reply to: Lance.Coffey

I will use any format. I just want to know the techinque on how to bring points, not point cloud. And have to points to display on a 3D view preferable a building. 

Message 6 of 8
Lance.Coffey
in reply to: Tledbetter

It sounds like your question has two parts:

-       How can I place points (with an associated description) into specific locations within a 3D view?

-       How can I import a point list file to create points within a 3D view (with associated description).

 

I am not seeing a built in option that would allow you to individually place points within a 3D view (with associated description). You can place a Spot Elevation, but this would only show the elevation at the specified point.

 

If you can load this information into AutoCAD Civil 3D (as mentioned previously), you could try loading the resulting DWG into Revit, and see if the point geometry shows up in a 3D view.



Lance Coffey

Technical Support Specialist
Message 7 of 8
bcrosby
in reply to: Lance.Coffey

Lance,

Here is an example - if Terry is shooting the asbuilt locations of Achor Bolts prior to setting structural steel and wants to be able to have the asbuilt points show in the model to see is the steel will set properly.  or It could be piping locations to be sure they followed the coordinate model when they installed?

Message 8 of 8
Lance.Coffey
in reply to: bcrosby

The asbuilt locations sounds like something that might be brought into Revit as a point cloud.



Lance Coffey

Technical Support Specialist

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