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    Default Site coordinate input in Revit?

    I have a problem with inputting my site coordinates. I used to be an AutoCAD user and I used absolute coordinate to input x- and ycoordinates to draw site lines. How can I do the same in Revit Building? My site coordinates are shown in the picture.

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    Default Re: Site coordinate input in Revit?

    I haven't used them myself, but you may want to check on spot coordinates in help. (Drafting bar in the design bar, then spot dimension, then spot coordinate in the options bar.)

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    Default Re: Site coordinate input in Revit?

    Quote Originally Posted by 4christo4
    I haven't used them myself, but you may want to check on spot coordinates in help. (Drafting bar in the design bar, then spot dimension, then spot coordinate in the options bar.)
    Sorry my bad english, but that spot dimensioning is familiar to me. My problem is, how to draw my site using correct coordinates (which are given me by city).

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    Default Re: Site coordinate input in Revit?

    You need to draw your line segments fist in true north. Then use spot coordinate dimension on the end points. Then relocate your project. Then rotate it to project north.

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    Default Re: Site coordinate input in Revit?

    Not sure if this will solve your problem, but under the Site bar there is a property line tool that allows you to input the meets and bounds as given by a survey. That should get you the property line absolute. Then you can move the property line as needed.

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    Default Re: Site coordinate input in Revit?

    Quote Originally Posted by bbeck.204046 View Post
    Not sure if this will solve your problem, but under the Site bar there is a property line tool that allows you to input the meets and bounds as given by a survey. That should get you the property line absolute. Then you can move the property line as needed.
    It sounds like the OP is outside the USA, and his city government shows site surveys with x,y coordinates, not distances and bearings like on American surveys.

    Unfortunately with spot coordinates, you cannot directly edit the spot coordinate numbers. They merely report the location of the referenced point.

    I'm not sure how you would draw property lines using x,y coordinates.

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    Default Re: Site coordinate input in Revit?

    Maybe this is a bit too simplistic, but ....

    If you have an AutoCAD file from the city, why not just import that into Revit and use the pick lines tool to create your Revit property lines? Or, if you only have that image to work from ... input the coordinates manually yourself first into AutoCAD (since you indicated you were familiar with that process), and then do the same import into Revit method.

    Or am I missing something here?

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