topic Re: Project Base Point - Level Relation Issue in Revit Architecture Forum

Project Base Point - Level Relation Issue

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 14:45:52 GMT

Hi,

I have a Project Base Point which has a -120(mm) elevation value. (So it's 120mm below the Survey Point) The first level is physically 120mm above the Project Base Point. But when i select this level and check the properties the elevation value shows 0.00 even though the level is using the Project Base point as referance.

Thanks for any kind of help.

Re: Project Base Point - Level Relation Issue

hmunsell — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 15:43:19 GMT

check the rounding that is set in the family Label.

in this example my PBP is set to -2", but i have the rounding set in my Level Head family set to "0" decimal places.

Re: Project Base Point - Level Relation Issue

barthbradley — Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:33:45 GMT

Where did the Level Head Family come from? Looks custom. I'd like to check out the family and the labels. Can you post it?

My guess is that it has something to do with "Site Level".

Re: Project Base Point - Level Relation Issue

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 06:58:51 GMT

Thanks for the reply. I checked the label. It is set to show 0 decimal places. It doesn't explain the 120mm difference. Besides i check with other level head families which works perfectly in other revit files but they didn't work on my file. Most likely it's not family related.

Re: Project Base Point - Level Relation Issue

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 07:07:05 GMT

Thanks for the reply. Sure!

Here's the family.

https://we.tl/t-XokDz9wRFg

Re: Project Base Point - Level Relation Issue

barthbradley — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 07:58:02 GMT

So you are seeing something like this which you don't understand?

Re: Project Base Point - Level Relation Issue

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 08:16:40 GMT

No this looks quite normal. My problem is elevation related. Level elevation seems 0.00 even though it's 12cm above the Project Base Point.

Re: Project Base Point - Level Relation Issue

martijn_pater — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 08:21:01 GMT

Strange, that shouldn't be the case... Any linked models? Could you share the file?

Re: Project Base Point - Level Relation Issue

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 08:48:55 GMT

I managed to solve it. I think there's a bug on elevation info in Revit. It doesn't show the numbers in real time. I simply unclipped the Project Base Point moved it above the problematic level. Then moved it back to the original location and now the level shows the correct elevation. It's so strange even though i re-opened the file tens of times the level didn't read the current elevation of the Project Base Point.

Thanks all for the help.

Re: Project Base Point - Level Relation Issue

martijn_pater — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 08:54:08 GMT

Re-opening the view or zooming usually does the trick, to update the drawing that is...

Re: Project Base Point - Level Relation Issue

barthbradley — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 17:20:12 GMT

I would suggest NOT duplicating the built-in "Elevation" Parameter. Instead, create another Label as a Calculated Parameter.