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Transcript
00:04
So, now I'd like to start a model from scratch.
00:07
It'll be a Mechanical model.
00:10
Because it's on Shared Coordinates, it's a little trickier, but the process is much easier than it was in the last few videos.
00:17
So, in this video, I'd like to finally evict out straggler links,
00:21
move the Project Base Point to a better location and start a new Mechanical model.
00:27
In Revit, I'd like to open my Architectural model.
00:34
Let's Open Manage Links to correct the problem once and for all.
00:40
Click on F.rvt, click "Remove".
00:44
I know, Click "OK".
00:46
Click on Msystems.rvt, click "Remove".
00:50
Okay, that's all I want, Structural.
00:53
Click "OK".
01:03
In the Project browser, let's go to our ground floor plan.
01:08
I want to turn on my Project Base Point.
01:11
Remember how to do it?
01:12
Type VG for Visibility Graphics.
01:16
Scroll down to Sites.
01:19
Let's turn on Project Base Point.
01:21
Yeah, let's turn on our Survey Point just to do it.
01:24
Click "Apply", click "OK".
01:31
We know the Survey Point is where we want it.
01:33
The Project Base Point, however, it's in the middle of nowhere.
01:37
Select it, unclip it.
01:44
Click "Move".
01:48
Hover over till it says Point, pick that point.
01:53
Let's move it on up to Column Grid 1A.
01:59
She's got a permanent home.
02:04
Let's clip it back on, like we learned the hard way in the last video.
02:09
Hit "Escape" a few times.
02:13
Looks good to me. Let's hit "Save".
02:16
Close out of here.
02:20
Let's go to "Open".
02:22
Let's find our Structural model.
02:25
Let's open that up.
02:29
Let's Open Manage Links to correct the problem here for the last time.
02:35
Looks like it's missing CAD Formats.
02:37
Column and footings.dwg, get that out of there.
02:42
Click it, remove it, click "OK".
02:46
Go to your Site Plan, double click on "Site".
02:50
Boy, there's a lot of weird stuff in here.
02:54
This isn't weird, though.
02:56
Notice that we moved it in the Architectural model, didn't make a difference, right.
03:00
Because we unclipped it.
03:03
Pick it, unclip it.
03:06
Click "Move".
03:08
Pick the "Base Point".
03:09
Now we could put this anywhere we want, and it's not going to affect our Shared Coordinates.
03:14
I think it's a bad idea to have them in different spots, but we could.
03:20
I'm going to go to Column Grid A1.
03:24
I'm going to clip that back on.
03:28
Hit Escape a few times.
03:33
Hit "Save".
03:36
Close out of this model.
03:41
Now let's start a brand-new model.
03:43
Under "Models", let's go "New".
03:47
For the Template File, I'll use the Mechanical Template that's out of the box.
03:53
Again, hopefully, you have a Mechanical Template that set up for your company standards.
03:58
If you do, use that one.
04:01
Click "OK".
04:03
I want to turn on my Project Base Point and my Survey Point.
04:07
Type VG, let's go down to "Site".
04:11
You're getting pretty good at this.
04:14
Turn on "Project Base Point", turn on "Survey Point", click "Apply", click "OK".
04:21
It's exactly what we expected to see.
04:23
Now the weird thing is that 100 ft issue is still a problem.
04:28
We have to go Project Base Point to Project Base Point when we link our Architectural model.
04:33
Let's go to Architecture, rephrase.
04:37
Now go to the "Insert" tab.
04:40
Let's go to "Link Revit".
04:44
Let's find our Architectural model.
04:48
Delete any offending backups.
04:51
Select "Architectural".
04:53
Now for positioning, let's go Auto-Project Base Point to Project Base Point.
05:01
That 100 ft is still creeping around in there.
05:06
Click "Open".
05:11
The following nested links will not appear because the Reference Type is set to Overlay in the link Architectural.
05:17
Perfect, that's exactly what we want.
05:19
And I want to look at the properties of our Architectural Link to see why this is being forced to show this.
05:25
Click "Close".
05:29
Go to your South Elevation.
05:35
Now I'm showing that my ground floor is here and that my Level 1 is here.
05:43
Perfect.
05:44
I could move my Level 1 over just by selecting it, dragging the grip.
05:51
Now I'm going to go to a 3D view.
05:54
I am going to go to the "Manage" tab, under "Project Location" panel, click your "Coordinates" button.
06:02
Let's click "Acquire Coordinates".
06:06
Hover over your Architectural model, pick it.
06:12
Beautiful.
06:14
Let's go to our South Elevation.
06:19
Just to make sure, select Level 1,
06:23
click "Edit Type" and change this to Survey Point.
06:30
Click "Apply", click "OK", that's 5388.
06:35
What's nice is if your mechanical engineer doesn't want to deal with this,
06:39
they can always just switch this back by going to Edit Type and changing that back to Project Base Point.
06:47
Just because it shows 0 and yours shows 5388, that doesn't mean it's not on the same coordinates.
06:53
Speaking of the same coordinates, let's do the final test to make sure everything comes together.
06:59
Go back to a 3D view.
07:02
Let's go to "Insert", let's go to "Link Revit".
07:11
Let's go to "STRUCTURAL".
07:14
For Positioning, Auto - By Shared Coordinates.
07:22
Click "Open".
07:25
Of course, it still shows it floating above it.
07:27
That 100 ft is still haunting us.
07:29
It's a good reason to not do that.
07:31
But when we hit "Close", it should push it down to the right spot.
07:35
And it did.
07:37
Click "Save".
07:41
I'm going to go to my MEP.
07:45
I'm going to call this, all caps, MECHANICAL.
07:52
For my "Options", I'm going to say "One Backup" and click -- I'm going to hit "Save".
Video transcript
00:04
So, now I'd like to start a model from scratch.
00:07
It'll be a Mechanical model.
00:10
Because it's on Shared Coordinates, it's a little trickier, but the process is much easier than it was in the last few videos.
00:17
So, in this video, I'd like to finally evict out straggler links,
00:21
move the Project Base Point to a better location and start a new Mechanical model.
00:27
In Revit, I'd like to open my Architectural model.
00:34
Let's Open Manage Links to correct the problem once and for all.
00:40
Click on F.rvt, click "Remove".
00:44
I know, Click "OK".
00:46
Click on Msystems.rvt, click "Remove".
00:50
Okay, that's all I want, Structural.
00:53
Click "OK".
01:03
In the Project browser, let's go to our ground floor plan.
01:08
I want to turn on my Project Base Point.
01:11
Remember how to do it?
01:12
Type VG for Visibility Graphics.
01:16
Scroll down to Sites.
01:19
Let's turn on Project Base Point.
01:21
Yeah, let's turn on our Survey Point just to do it.
01:24
Click "Apply", click "OK".
01:31
We know the Survey Point is where we want it.
01:33
The Project Base Point, however, it's in the middle of nowhere.
01:37
Select it, unclip it.
01:44
Click "Move".
01:48
Hover over till it says Point, pick that point.
01:53
Let's move it on up to Column Grid 1A.
01:59
She's got a permanent home.
02:04
Let's clip it back on, like we learned the hard way in the last video.
02:09
Hit "Escape" a few times.
02:13
Looks good to me. Let's hit "Save".
02:16
Close out of here.
02:20
Let's go to "Open".
02:22
Let's find our Structural model.
02:25
Let's open that up.
02:29
Let's Open Manage Links to correct the problem here for the last time.
02:35
Looks like it's missing CAD Formats.
02:37
Column and footings.dwg, get that out of there.
02:42
Click it, remove it, click "OK".
02:46
Go to your Site Plan, double click on "Site".
02:50
Boy, there's a lot of weird stuff in here.
02:54
This isn't weird, though.
02:56
Notice that we moved it in the Architectural model, didn't make a difference, right.
03:00
Because we unclipped it.
03:03
Pick it, unclip it.
03:06
Click "Move".
03:08
Pick the "Base Point".
03:09
Now we could put this anywhere we want, and it's not going to affect our Shared Coordinates.
03:14
I think it's a bad idea to have them in different spots, but we could.
03:20
I'm going to go to Column Grid A1.
03:24
I'm going to clip that back on.
03:28
Hit Escape a few times.
03:33
Hit "Save".
03:36
Close out of this model.
03:41
Now let's start a brand-new model.
03:43
Under "Models", let's go "New".
03:47
For the Template File, I'll use the Mechanical Template that's out of the box.
03:53
Again, hopefully, you have a Mechanical Template that set up for your company standards.
03:58
If you do, use that one.
04:01
Click "OK".
04:03
I want to turn on my Project Base Point and my Survey Point.
04:07
Type VG, let's go down to "Site".
04:11
You're getting pretty good at this.
04:14
Turn on "Project Base Point", turn on "Survey Point", click "Apply", click "OK".
04:21
It's exactly what we expected to see.
04:23
Now the weird thing is that 100 ft issue is still a problem.
04:28
We have to go Project Base Point to Project Base Point when we link our Architectural model.
04:33
Let's go to Architecture, rephrase.
04:37
Now go to the "Insert" tab.
04:40
Let's go to "Link Revit".
04:44
Let's find our Architectural model.
04:48
Delete any offending backups.
04:51
Select "Architectural".
04:53
Now for positioning, let's go Auto-Project Base Point to Project Base Point.
05:01
That 100 ft is still creeping around in there.
05:06
Click "Open".
05:11
The following nested links will not appear because the Reference Type is set to Overlay in the link Architectural.
05:17
Perfect, that's exactly what we want.
05:19
And I want to look at the properties of our Architectural Link to see why this is being forced to show this.
05:25
Click "Close".
05:29
Go to your South Elevation.
05:35
Now I'm showing that my ground floor is here and that my Level 1 is here.
05:43
Perfect.
05:44
I could move my Level 1 over just by selecting it, dragging the grip.
05:51
Now I'm going to go to a 3D view.
05:54
I am going to go to the "Manage" tab, under "Project Location" panel, click your "Coordinates" button.
06:02
Let's click "Acquire Coordinates".
06:06
Hover over your Architectural model, pick it.
06:12
Beautiful.
06:14
Let's go to our South Elevation.
06:19
Just to make sure, select Level 1,
06:23
click "Edit Type" and change this to Survey Point.
06:30
Click "Apply", click "OK", that's 5388.
06:35
What's nice is if your mechanical engineer doesn't want to deal with this,
06:39
they can always just switch this back by going to Edit Type and changing that back to Project Base Point.
06:47
Just because it shows 0 and yours shows 5388, that doesn't mean it's not on the same coordinates.
06:53
Speaking of the same coordinates, let's do the final test to make sure everything comes together.
06:59
Go back to a 3D view.
07:02
Let's go to "Insert", let's go to "Link Revit".
07:11
Let's go to "STRUCTURAL".
07:14
For Positioning, Auto - By Shared Coordinates.
07:22
Click "Open".
07:25
Of course, it still shows it floating above it.
07:27
That 100 ft is still haunting us.
07:29
It's a good reason to not do that.
07:31
But when we hit "Close", it should push it down to the right spot.
07:35
And it did.
07:37
Click "Save".
07:41
I'm going to go to my MEP.
07:45
I'm going to call this, all caps, MECHANICAL.
07:52
For my "Options", I'm going to say "One Backup" and click -- I'm going to hit "Save".
It’s really that easy! You now have a mechanical model on shared coordinates.
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