Shared Coodinate Help

[djn]

I was wondering if one of the shared coordinate experts out there could help me out. I just got done reading the lengthy post about shared coordinates/project coordinates and thought that I understood what needed to happening, but I can’t seem to get my linked files to come over the top of each other. Here is what I did…

Linked the grid file center to center
Acquired the coordinates from that file
Linked level 1 by “shared coordinates”

And no matter what I did I still get the error message

The project and linked file do not share coordinates. The links world coordinates will be aligned with the project's shared coordinates”


Even if I didn’t link it current view only.

Help

Attached are the two dwg files I am trying to link

[mruehr]

i am not sure what your files should look like
but few things when importing/Link Current View only revit cannot remember the location of the first cad file so the next file cannot align (because Current View only import makes it 2D) as i see you did that
Did you save the location in Manage Links
your Cad WCS 0,0,0 is to far away so on import it reverts back to Center Center
try it with something simple first
ah and are the two file the same Scale?

[dhurtubise]

Like it was mention, it seems that the fact tht its so far away causses some problems.
But in Acad they do line up ok (As far as i can tell)
Try moving both files close to 0,0

[djn]

Here is a bound file so you can see what they are supposed to look like.

I would rather not move the AutoCAD files closer to 0,0 for a couple of reason.

1. I thought that was the purpose of shared coordinates so that you can work closer to the origin, but still utilize a larger coordinate system.

2. These are files that I am getting from and Architectural firm and they have set them up for the job sites master coordinate system. So I don't want go through moving the files each time an architect updates something. Also we are going to have to produce drawing that the architect can use based on this coordinate system.

Any suggestions?

[mruehr]

Hmmm why not using the bound file
it looks the 0,0,0 is still within reasonable distance without distorting to much
and you have still control over the Layers
i had to use often files like that for shared coordinates

[djn]

The problem is that these aren't the only file that I have to link. I have about 10 more that I have to link. On a side note we actually got the best results linking dwg files with shared coodinates that were created from Microstation. Interesting.

[SkiSouth]

Try these two threads if you haven't seen them:
THREAD1 (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=67959&highlight=origin)
and this THREAD (http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=67705). Not sure if it will help or not. Just more information.

[mruehr]

The problem is that these aren't the only file that I have to link. I have about 10 more that I have to link. On a side note we actually got the best results linking dwg files with shared coodinates that were created from Microstation. Interesting.

i used a lot of cad files like yours and linking worked out fine the way described before

So you have to move the 10 files manually maybe some of them work to the shared Position

or why not make a new Acad Master file and link all your 10 files into that, so you only have to position 1file
you can switch of layers you don't need and import Layers On only. it will also allow you if some files change to change them in your Master Cad file and then use the reload from
to reload the changes