Exporting Topo (2:55 min)

00:11

It all comes down to this. We can now actually coordinate our buildings with a civil engineer.

00:17

BIM 360 allows us to do that.

00:19

With the BIM 360 project all set up, we can now actually link Civil 3D TIN surfaces into Revit.

00:26

Basically, what happens is, when we export a surface from Civil 3D,

00:30

the BIM 360 interface will create Revit Topo surfaces for each TIN surface we choose.

00:38

Let's jump into Civil 3D.

00:40

I'm going to open my XSITE Next 5 model.

00:47

Let's go to the Output tab.

00:50

On the Output tab, on the Publish panel, let's click Publish Surfaces.

01:00

Here are all the different TIN surfaces we have.

01:04

We can also pick from the drawing which one we want.

01:07

I like them all.

01:09

What we need to do now is specify the output file.

01:12

Let's just click on the Browse button.

01:16

Now, you should see two BIM 360 directories.

01:20

If you don't, you need to install the Autodesk Desktop Connector, and it has to be the current version.

01:26

Just go to autodesk.com or Google Autodesk Desktop Connector.

01:33

I'm going to go to BIM 360.

01:37

I'm going to go to My Account, CNS Companies.

01:47

And we'll go to Autodesk Mixed Use Community.

01:52

Project Files, Site Civil, remember that.

01:58

Put it right here.

01:60

So I'm just going to simply call this Site Topo.dwg.

02:11

Let's click Save.

02:15

Let's click OK.

02:21

The surface being published uses a style that will produce inaccurate results in other applications.

02:27

All they're saying is they need to update the surface style, but that's fine.

02:31

That's exactly what we want.

02:33

We want to publish the surface with the updated style.

02:39

It's done.

02:40

Now, I can't go there and show you this automatically.

02:43

It takes a little while, sometimes up to a few hours.

02:46

So, now that we've published it, we can see that. Eventually, we can go bring that into Revit.

Video transcript

00:11

It all comes down to this. We can now actually coordinate our buildings with a civil engineer.

00:17

BIM 360 allows us to do that.

00:19

With the BIM 360 project all set up, we can now actually link Civil 3D TIN surfaces into Revit.

00:26

Basically, what happens is, when we export a surface from Civil 3D,

00:30

the BIM 360 interface will create Revit Topo surfaces for each TIN surface we choose.

00:38

Let's jump into Civil 3D.

00:40

I'm going to open my XSITE Next 5 model.

00:47

Let's go to the Output tab.

00:50

On the Output tab, on the Publish panel, let's click Publish Surfaces.

01:00

Here are all the different TIN surfaces we have.

01:04

We can also pick from the drawing which one we want.

01:07

I like them all.

01:09

What we need to do now is specify the output file.

01:12

Let's just click on the Browse button.

01:16

Now, you should see two BIM 360 directories.

01:20

If you don't, you need to install the Autodesk Desktop Connector, and it has to be the current version.

01:26

Just go to autodesk.com or Google Autodesk Desktop Connector.

01:33

I'm going to go to BIM 360.

01:37

I'm going to go to My Account, CNS Companies.

01:47

And we'll go to Autodesk Mixed Use Community.

01:52

Project Files, Site Civil, remember that.

01:58

Put it right here.

01:60

So I'm just going to simply call this Site Topo.dwg.

02:11

Let's click Save.

02:15

Let's click OK.

02:21

The surface being published uses a style that will produce inaccurate results in other applications.

02:27

All they're saying is they need to update the surface style, but that's fine.

02:31

That's exactly what we want.

02:33

We want to publish the surface with the updated style.

02:39

It's done.

02:40

Now, I can't go there and show you this automatically.

02:43

It takes a little while, sometimes up to a few hours.

02:46

So, now that we've published it, we can see that. Eventually, we can go bring that into Revit.

Try it: Export a Topographical Surface to BIM360

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