Aligning Revit models to DWG Surveys

This video addresses a very common point of confusion in Autodesk Revit - how to align your model to a 2D DWG Survey file. Shared Coordinates will also be covered in a separate video at a later date, however the steps in this video are typically required prior to establishing Shared Coordinates in either case!

I hope you enjoy the session and learn something new! Feel free to comment any feedback/questions below, or follow my channel if you enjoyed this.

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[b_gumm]

This covers everything you could need to know on the topic. A wealth of information here. Thank you for sharing with us.

[andretaylor]

I've been looking for this and I couldn't find anywhere else. You're now my Guru, many thanks! I'm in Adelaide by the way

[kaizhu]

Great tutorial and looking forward to the next one on Shared Coordinates.

[daviddejesus]

Amazing cat mate, and amazing videos btw. Many thanks from Spain and thank you for sharing!

[victors.]

Thanks for sharing! Very informative and clear. Can´t wait for the next video "Shared Coordinates".

[pediaditakisminos]

Hey! Many thanks for your video. Concise, informative and the order everything was presented makes the subject well understood. A subject that confuses many people as you don't get to start new projects every day.

[piotrchoromanski]

Thank you very much. It effectively solves troublesome issues with CAD collaboration and data display in Revit.

[marwanbeaino]

The learning never ends with you Gavin ! Thanks a lot for this amazing tutorial !

[immi]

Supper 👍
( Can't stop watching your videos 😄)

[peterdallyn]

Great video really explains it how it should be done. I found that I needed to disable the save location in the DWG link otherwise the survey kept
around when I set location by coordinates.

[AnnikaMa-is]

Thanks finally I find your channel. It's a very informative tutorial. In the video you talked about survey alignment process to follow the steps - link survey - rotate true north -specify coordinated (by checking ID in dwg) - verify by checking other points. What would be the difference between acquire coordinates (from manage tab) after link survey in project file vs. above steps?

[romankh]

Great video.
As a surveyor it’s always painful to see how architects butcher real world coordinates due to Revit limitations 😅

[gpiassum]

Hi, I couldn't find a solution when I do link revit and the models are not in the same coordinates. Do you have some video about it? Thanks

[charlesball]

Why would the manual placement options not be available? I only have three automatic options.

[clomino]

I'm working on a project in which I set up my project this way. The project I am working on, though, also includes a point cloud, which is geo-located. However, when I try to import the point cloud I get an error that says "The coordinates of the points in the point cloud file(s) you are trying to import are larger than 30000. Importing the file(s) may result in undesirable graphic behaviors. Click Yes to continue." So essentially, it is doing the same rounding on the point cloud as it would do if you were working 20 miles from the Internal Origin. It results in the point cloud being off. Any ideas on how to remedy this? My only thought is dropping the real-world coordinates and setting the Survey point as 0, 0 instead of whatever the real-world coordinate would be.

Thanks for these videos!

[drvlive]

What's the difference of placing the coordinates, and highest spot elevation at the Survey Point?

[anandjain]

Sir, I have major confusion here, If we can Directly Acquire Coordinates from the linked Arch OR STR file then whats the purpose of linking this cad Survey file in revit ? Just wanna override this confusion

[DeansFork]

At project setup, is there any downsides to moving the PBP to a point on your MGA survey (e.g. N/S6240000 E/W 330000). Keeping the survey point at the 0, 0, 0 origin and linking the CAD file by shared coordinates? I find this then allows for linking of pointclouds and cad files to correct real world positions. Thanks for the great video 👍

[iftekharkhan]

Hi sir how r u ...sir while rotating true north ...i saw some people subtract the angle from 360 then they rotate the resultant i.e 360- angle don't know what's the trick ...can u plz tell me sir...

[ssnanj]

Great Video. . do you have videos explains for Position ?.