Toposurface - Relative to true level, not project zero

[Andrew Dobson]

I'm off work until the 5th January myself.

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[greg618388]

Short answer is make sure your project base point is UN-clipped before changing it to your ground floor elevation.

Slightly longer answer is; say you want your ground floor to be 100' above sea level. Before you make a surface [you can do the same after creating the surface, but it will take some work to get everything back in place, try it and you'll see what I mean], go into an elevation. Maybe you already have levels created in your template, it doesn't matter. Select your "Project" base point. Be sure that it is UN-clipped [paperclip with a slash through it]. Change the Elevation of your Project base point to 100 and hit enter. You'll notice that the base point jumps up, but the levels you have in there stay where they were. If your level type is set to be relative to the project base point, you can just set it to zero for your ground level. Now, when you create your topo surface, it will be going off of the survey point. Everything else is easy now.

[Revitaoist]

My short video on the subject:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcAhhURbNKE

[BillB_UH92]

Hello
Maybe a silly question about this (old thread):
When linking the models (per Patricks' suggestion) how does a person hide the Level markers (showing "Level one" , "Level two") from the model being inserted?
Eg: I am bringing the site model into the regular model and I want to hide the "Level one" label from the site model which is being inserted. I tried visibility/graphics overrides in each view, but they do not distinguish between those labels from the two models.
I am either seeing labels from both models or neither one....
It must be something simple I am overlooking...... Thanks!

[PijPiwo]

Hello
Maybe a silly question about this (old thread):
When linking the models (per Patricks' suggestion) how does a person hide the Level markers (showing "Level one" , "Level two") from the model being inserted?
Eg: I am bringing the site model into the regular model and I want to hide the "Level one" label from the site model which is being inserted. I tried visibility/graphics overrides in each view, but they do not distinguish between those labels from the two models.
I am either seeing labels from both models or neither one....
It must be something simple I am overlooking...... Thanks!

Type VV -> Revit Links tab -> click on By Host View -> Basic tab -> select Custom -> Annotation Categories tab -> change <By Host View> to <Custom> -> uncheck Levels category