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Often, it is. But if Project Base Point has ever moved in the life of the Revit project, then it probably won’t be. Revit Zero (sometimes called the Internal Origin) affects things like FBX and NWC ex…
From Geometry Gym downloads page:Geometry Gym IFC text tree viewer, Unblock zip (right click Properties) and then unzip into a folder of your choice. ggIFCTreeViewer.zip (4th February 2014) via https:…
Not a great position to be in (having point clouds with different coordinate systems and no known common point), but here is some code that may help:andymiller/FeatureBasedAlignment · GitHub From GibH…
In a recent project, we received a DWG file and a number of point clouds, all on the same coordinate system (MGA). To setup project initially, I followed these steps: New Project Link the survey DWG b…
Posted by Mark Petrucci: Did you know there is another point called the Startup Location? Be default, the PBP and SP are located on top of the Startup Location. What is the Startup Location used for? …
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EDIT For some reason the original video is not working. It was also referenced on Wikihelp here, and that embedded version is broken too. I tried to contact Youtube user cwm9 but did not get a reply. …
How do you keep the sun in the correct, real-universe location when dealing with shadows in Revit 3D views? Here is how:“On the Status Bar (that’s the one on the bottom) click on the Sun Path icon and…
Great veteran’s tip from Steve. He explains how to reset shared coordinates to an out-of-the-box setting by Acquiring Coordinates from a default Revit template: Once two files are sharing coordinates …