Revit Architecure - Shadow Diagrams and moving model.

Revit Architecure - Shadow Diagrams and moving model.

woodstim
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Revit Architecure - Shadow Diagrams and moving model.

woodstim
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Hi, 

 

Firstly, I have a two storey house modelled sitting on a survey I have inserted using the Link CAD procedure.

However, I want to move the house.. So I ve tried unloading the survey then highlighting the whole house and moving it, but some objects move and some don't. I wondered what the best way to move a model is without leaving parts behind?

 

Also, I want to create Summer solstice shadow diagrams and have set the hours and days up etc. and copied my site plan 3 times to allow for the different shadow diagrams I want to show. But when I set up a new shadow and time etc. on a new site plan, the others change aswell. Why is this? I want to show shadows at say Winter solstice on one sheet, then summer solstice on another. 

 

Any help is much appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

Tim.

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ennujozlagam
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hello, you can move your model by activating the PROJECT BASE POINT and keyin you coordinates and elevations and you can change clip state of point. thanks

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ToanDN
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You shouldn't need to move or rotate your model at all.  Rotate True North and save each instance as a Site so that you can have different orientations of the building for shadow study.

 

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woodstim
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Thanks but when I key in new coordinate just the axis moves, not the garage (model) that I want to move closer to the house.

Surely moving a garage can t be too difficult can it?

 

Tim.

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woodstim
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See attached..just want to move the garage and collect all its components.

 

Tim.

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ennujozlagam
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hello, sorry my understanding is you need to move the whole model. try to group the garage and move it to a new location. thanks





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barthbradley
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@woodstim: Why not make the garage a project in and of itself? This way you could Link it in and position it however you like in relationship to the other structure.  Just a thought.  

 

P.S. You know that you can Bind Links; right? 

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