Sharing Civil 3D surfaces with Revit

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PRESENTER: We are now ready to share our surface

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with our Revit model.

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We will navigate over to our output tab in Civil 3D

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and select Publish Surface.

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We want to select the existing ground surface,

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and we want to ensure that our surface is going

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to be correct BIM 360 hub.

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You can see that we've created the Architecture

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folder underneath our project files in BIM 360,

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and that's where we're going to choose to save our surface.

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Select OK, and publish the surface with the updated style.

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OK, now that the surface has been published to the BIM 360

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environment, we're going to navigate back over to Revit.

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And we can continue with the previous Revit model

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that we were working in, or you can start the pedestrian bridge

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model provided with your dataset.

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And with the pedestrian bridge open,

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we will navigate to the Insert tab on our ribbon in Revit

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and select link topography.

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If we are not connected to the correct BIM 360 hub,

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you will be given the option to make that modification

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once the dialog box is open.

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As you can see here, we are in the learning content

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BIM 360 hub where we published our surface.

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Now, we will select that surface to be linked into Revit.

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And you can see our surface came in.

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Let's go ahead and correct our visual style,

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so we can make sure that we're looking

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at it in the correct way.

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Pardon me, Wireframe.

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And now you can see our surface contour lines have

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come in to our model, and again, they

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are lining up with our road the way we would expect them to.

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You can come over and look at our 3D model of this area.

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And again, we'll want to change back to our Wireframe

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to see the information in three dimensions,

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and the surface is correctly lining up

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inside our Revit model.

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Thank you.

Video transcript

00:01

PRESENTER: We are now ready to share our surface

00:04

with our Revit model.

00:06

We will navigate over to our output tab in Civil 3D

00:10

and select Publish Surface.

00:14

We want to select the existing ground surface,

00:16

and we want to ensure that our surface is going

00:19

to be correct BIM 360 hub.

00:22

You can see that we've created the Architecture

00:25

folder underneath our project files in BIM 360,

00:29

and that's where we're going to choose to save our surface.

00:32

Select OK, and publish the surface with the updated style.

00:41

OK, now that the surface has been published to the BIM 360

00:45

environment, we're going to navigate back over to Revit.

00:51

And we can continue with the previous Revit model

00:54

that we were working in, or you can start the pedestrian bridge

00:58

model provided with your dataset.

01:05

And with the pedestrian bridge open,

01:07

we will navigate to the Insert tab on our ribbon in Revit

01:11

and select link topography.

01:16

If we are not connected to the correct BIM 360 hub,

01:19

you will be given the option to make that modification

01:22

once the dialog box is open.

01:29

As you can see here, we are in the learning content

01:32

BIM 360 hub where we published our surface.

01:35

Now, we will select that surface to be linked into Revit.

01:46

And you can see our surface came in.

01:48

Let's go ahead and correct our visual style,

01:50

so we can make sure that we're looking

01:52

at it in the correct way.

01:54

Pardon me, Wireframe.

01:56

And now you can see our surface contour lines have

01:59

come in to our model, and again, they

02:01

are lining up with our road the way we would expect them to.

02:05

You can come over and look at our 3D model of this area.

02:09

And again, we'll want to change back to our Wireframe

02:12

to see the information in three dimensions,

02:14

and the surface is correctly lining up

02:17

inside our Revit model.

02:21

Thank you.

Share a Civil 3D Surface with Revit - Exercise

Task 1: Exporting a surface from Civil 3D

  1. Open _DR-SRF_EG.dwg or continue with your Civil 3D drawing.
  2. Navigate to the Output Ribbon and select Publish Surfaces.



  3. Select the surface you would like to share and the BIM 360 project where you are collaborating and select OK.

Task 2: Importing surface in Revit

  1. Open PedestrianBridge.RVT in Revit.
  2. Navigate to the Insert Ribbon and select Link Topography.



  3. Select EG_Surface you shared in the previous lesson and accept the defaults.



  4. Select the Site or 3D View and zoom extents.
  5. You may have to change the limits of your view due to the elevation of the surface.
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