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US based collaborating on a metric project

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Mbruno-JDB
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US based collaborating on a metric project

We are a US based Foodservice Consulting firm.

Most of our work is collaborated in BIM 360 with architectural firms.

We are looking a consulting on a project that will be in metric.

We are trying to determine if we will have any additional labor involved in doing so.

I've never worked in Revit in metric, but I do know that I can enter metric measurements and it converts them to imperial.

  • If the architect hosting the project is working in metric, will we have to work in metric?
  • Will we have to set up a new metric template or can we just change our template units to metric?
  • Will our custom families made in imperial have to be remade in metric?
  • All we need to be able to do is link in the architect's model, place our equipment, and produce drawings that show where the equipment goes.  We don't even show dimensions. 

Thanks.

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robert2JCCH
als Antwort auf: Mbruno-JDB

- In a linked model environment, your template can be imperial or metric.

- I'd recommend having a metric template established that uses the normal units of measurement of that region. Just because units are metric does not mean you're using the practical units for that application.

- Imperial families will work in metric projects, and vice versa.

 

As nice as this all sounds, you will still have an additional labor component in verifying accuracy of data entry.

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ToanDN
als Antwort auf: Mbruno-JDB


@Mbruno-JDB wrote:

We are a US based Foodservice Consulting firm.

Most of our work is collaborated in BIM 360 with architectural firms.

We are looking a consulting on a project that will be in metric.

We are trying to determine if we will have any additional labor involved in doing so.

I've never worked in Revit in metric, but I do know that I can enter metric measurements and it converts them to imperial.

  • If the architect hosting the project is working in metric, will we have to work in metric? Not a must, but recommended.
  • Will we have to set up a new metric template or can we just change our template units to metric? You can convert your template units.
  • Will our custom families made in imperial have to be remade in metric?  From the technical standpoint, no.  However, it depends on what the families are, who will fabricate, where they will be fabricated.
  • All we need to be able to do is link in the architect's model, place our equipment, and produce drawings that show where the equipment goes.  We don't even show dimensions.  If all of these are true then you can place your imperial equipment in the metric background lined model.  However, I would recommend locate equipment with metric dimensions, even though you don't show the actual dimensions.  For example, if I were in a metric country, I would be quite annoyed if an equipment is located 1219,2mm (4 feet), and not 1,200 mm from a reference point.

Thanks.


 

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barthbradley
als Antwort auf: Mbruno-JDB


@Mbruno-JDB wrote:
  • Will our custom families made in imperial have to be remade in metric?
  • All we need to be able to do is link in the architect's model, place our equipment, and produce drawings that show where the equipment goes.  We don't even show dimensions. 

 


 

 

I have no idea why you would have to convert your families to achieve the second bullet point above.  

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