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diesellam
2012-03-19, 09:21 PM
I still haven't found a solution to this problem yet.

I have modeled a building that's a typical shoe box (rectangular shape building).
When I searched the address in Google earth, the true north of the site is not perpendicular to the building: it's angled.

When I chose "Acquire from Google earth" at the Site level, it gave me exactly what I saw in Google earth.

My question is:
I have finished the model of the building in Revit which doesn't align with what I acquired from Google earth. How do you align the model to the Google earth image? Do you have to literally rotate the entire building to align the Google earth image?

Also is there a difference between Google earth and Google earth pro for this task?

Revitaoist
2012-03-20, 04:32 PM
Your site plan should be set to 'true north' and have the GE image, which is also set to north in GE. Use the 'rotate project north' tool to align with your building. Your viewcube should be set so 'front' is the front of the building, and 'right' is the right. The compass under the cube should be rotated to the cardinal directions of true north. All the floor plans will be set to 'project north'.