Today we ran into another oddity in the whole coordinates story...
I like to set the project base point manually. I do this in civil. I choose a point with nice numbers and put a little x there. To get surfaces from civil 3D into Revit I like to use the Integration with Civil 3D extension. In order to exchange surfaces between Civil 3D and Revit I create an extra surface that has it's center spot exactly upon the project base point. This is a dummy surface for which I am sure that it will not move or change shape! (see previous post why I do that)
Today I had to check something and I didn't bother to setup my project basepoint on a nice round number. And guess what, it turns out that Revit didn't put the project base point where it is in Civil 3D but it moved it to a nice round number...
In civil 3D the ID of center of the surface is: (meters)
X = 235013.1029 Y = 580515.5750 Z = 0.0000
Revit creates a project base point at n/s 580515500.0 and e/w 235013500.0 (Millimeters)
You can also see that the project base point is off center.
I redid the whole thing but then I used nice numbers in civil and then Revit did use the same coordinates....
So instead of these X = 235013.1029 Y = 580515.5750 Z = 0.0000
I create the point at X = 235000.0000 Y = 580500.0000 Z = 0.0000
Recommendation: Create your own project base point in Civil 3D and put it on a round nice number! Create a dummy surface that has it center on your created project base point. Get only that surface into revit first and CHECK the project basepoint numbers!
Disclaimer information
http://danielgijsbers.blogspot.com/2012/08/disclaimer.html
I like to set the project base point manually. I do this in civil. I choose a point with nice numbers and put a little x there. To get surfaces from civil 3D into Revit I like to use the Integration with Civil 3D extension. In order to exchange surfaces between Civil 3D and Revit I create an extra surface that has it's center spot exactly upon the project base point. This is a dummy surface for which I am sure that it will not move or change shape! (see previous post why I do that)
Today I had to check something and I didn't bother to setup my project basepoint on a nice round number. And guess what, it turns out that Revit didn't put the project base point where it is in Civil 3D but it moved it to a nice round number...
In civil 3D the ID of center of the surface is: (meters)
X = 235013.1029 Y = 580515.5750 Z = 0.0000
Revit creates a project base point at n/s 580515500.0 and e/w 235013500.0 (Millimeters)
I redid the whole thing but then I used nice numbers in civil and then Revit did use the same coordinates....
So instead of these X = 235013.1029 Y = 580515.5750 Z = 0.0000
I create the point at X = 235000.0000 Y = 580500.0000 Z = 0.0000
Recommendation: Create your own project base point in Civil 3D and put it on a round nice number! Create a dummy surface that has it center on your created project base point. Get only that surface into revit first and CHECK the project basepoint numbers!
Disclaimer information
http://danielgijsbers.blogspot.com/2012/08/disclaimer.html
