Link and manage various file formats

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In this video,

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you'll learn how to link rit models and control the positioning of the link.

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You'll also see how to link other file formats

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and manage linked files.

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We'll also discuss the difference between linking and importing files.

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When you need to link or import a file, switch to the insert tab.

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In the link panel, you can see several tools for linking files.

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And in the import panel, you can see a few tools for importing files.

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Be aware that when you import a file,

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you actually import that data into your rit project.

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So you need to be aware of what is actually in the file that you are importing

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some of the data could negatively impact the performance of your rev project.

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For this example,

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we have a new project created using the default template

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and we'll link another rev it project

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on the insert tab.

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In the link panel, click link rev it.

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This opens the import link R VT dialogue

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and you can navigate to the location where the rev it model is that you want to link.

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For this example, I'll select the linked model exercise file.

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Next. We need to pay attention to the positioning options.

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There are automatic options that will automatically place the link,

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there's center to center which will place it at the geometric center

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of the host project using the geometric center of the link.

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The internal origin to internal origin option will match up the internal origins.

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In order to use the buy shared coordinates option,

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the models need to have the same shared coordinate system.

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The project base point to project base point

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option will match up the project base points.

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Additionally, there are manual options

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and you can manually place the link using the internal origin,

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the base point

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or the center.

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For this example, I'll select auto

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internal origin to internal origin

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and then click open.

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When I do, you can see the linked rivet model

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be aware that if you cannot select the link,

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it's likely due to your selection settings.

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If select links is disabled, you won't be able to select a link.

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So you can enable select links.

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And then you should be able to select the linked

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rit model

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additionally.

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If somebody accidentally moves the link or you accidentally move the link,

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you can select it

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right click and use one of the reposition options.

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There's a reposition to project base point

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and reposition to internal origin option.

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Since we used internal origin to internal origin,

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I'll select reposition to internal origin.

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And the linked rev model moves back to the internal origin

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with the link. Still selected

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I will click pin on the contextual ribbon tab

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so that we pin the link

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and that will usually keep it from

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accidentally moving.

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Also

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it, once you pin it,

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then you may not be able to select it

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due to the select pinned elements selection setting.

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So you need that enabled and then you'll be able to select it

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or you can disable it so that you don't accidentally select it.

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If you don't want to be dealing with any of the links.

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As far as visibility and graphics goes, you can still use the visibility,

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graphics overrides dialogue

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to control the visibility and graphics of the link.

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I'll open the visibility, graphic O

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RS dialogue.

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And we can use the tools in the model categories tab

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and anything we do here will also affect the link.

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But if you want to control the link specifically,

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then you can switch to the rev it links tab.

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And on this tab, you can make the link half tone or underlay

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or you can click the button in the display settings, column

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to open the RB T link, display settings, dialogue.

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And in this dialogue, any changes you make will only affect the linked model.

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For example,

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I'll change to the custom option here on the basics tab

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and we could select one of these options or

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we can also switch to the model categories tab

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and then change the option to custom.

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And now we can make changes here that's similar to what we had on

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the visibility graphic overrides dialogue.

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But now the changes we make here will only affect the link.

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For example,

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if I switch to the, if I come down to the walls category

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and then click the button

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under cut lines

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and we can change the color to

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green just so we can see it

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and then I'll click OK to close each dialogue.

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And now we can see that the walls are green

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in our linked

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rit model.

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Additionally, I'll go back to the visibility,

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graphic overrides dialogue and switch to the rit

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links tab

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and I'm going to change it to half tone

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and then click. OK?

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And now we can see it become very dim.

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If we go to the manage tab and expand the additional settings button,

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we can click half tone underlay

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and control the underlay and half tone settings.

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For example, if I decrease the brightness and then click OK,

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we can see it become even more dim.

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So you can use half tone and underlay and then those half tone underlay settings

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to get the

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the visibility and graphics exactly like you want them to be

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also on the manage tab.

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In the manage project panel,

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you can click manage links to open the manage links, dialogue.

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There are a few things that you can do with linked files.

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So on the rev it heading,

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I will select the model that we linked

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and we can unload the link

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So

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if you don't need it for the time being, you can click unload

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and then unload it

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and

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the link will remain

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and the status will simply be not loaded.

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And you can always go back and click reload

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or you can even click reload from

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and reload the

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link

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from

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another location.

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I'll click reload.

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And now we can see

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the status has changed back to loaded.

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If you no longer need the link,

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you can select it

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and then click remove

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and then you can remove the link altogether.

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Additionally,

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on the manage links dialogue,

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there's an add button

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and you can click,

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add to open the import link RVT dialogue

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and then you can link a model.

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So instead of using the tool,

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you can open up the manage links, dialogue

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and use the add button

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and link in a file.

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So

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here we've linked in the same model

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using the manage links, dialogue.

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So we had removed the link

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and then we added it back in

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using the manage links dialogue.

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I'm gonna go back

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and I'm gonna remove it again

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and then I'll click.

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OK?

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And we'll take a look at a few other options here

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back on the insert tab.

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You can see that there are several tools to link additional files.

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You can link to IFC files,

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C

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ad files.

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If you have some type of scan data in a point cloud, you can link the point cloud.

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If you have a NAVIS works model, either an NWD or NWC file.

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You can link that using the co ordination model tool.

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You can link PDF files, image files and

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several options there.

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I'll click link PDF and then select the site plan PDF and click open.

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And this opens the import PDF dialogue and I will use the default values and click.

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OK?

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And now I can simply click to place that PDF file

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with the PDF selected.

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I can click manage links

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and it opens the manage links, dialogue to the PDF heading.

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There are similar options here.

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For example, I can unload it,

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I can reload it,

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I can remove it all together.

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And so you can use those tools on the insert tab

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as well as the manage links, dialogue

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to control the linked files that you have.