Setting up project for geospatial coordinate systems

Set up coordinate systems in Civil 3D and Revit - Exercise

Task 1: Setting a coordinate system in Civil 3D

1. Open Civil 3D and start a new drawing with _Autodesk Civil 3D (Imperial) NCS.dwt.
2. Navigate to the Settings Tab on the TOOLSPACE Tool Palette.
3. Right-click on the drawing name and select Edit Drawing Settings.
4. On the Units and Zones Tab, type CO83-CF in the Selected coordinate system code box. Select OK.
   
   
   
   
5. Navigate to the Insert tab on the Ribbon and select LandXML.
6. Navigate to your data set and select EG_SRF.XML, accept defaults and select OK.
   
   
   
   
7. Save drawing as _DR-SRF_EG.dwg.
8. Navigate to the Geolocation Tab on the Ribbon and Display Online Map.
9. Open Xref Dialog and overlay _XR-SitePlan.dwg.
   
   

Task 2: Setting the shared coordinate system in Revit

1. Open PedestrianBridge.RVT in Revit.
2. Navigate to the Insert tab on the Ribbon.
   1. Select Link CAD.
      
      
      
      
   2. Select _XR-SitePlan.dwg.
   3. For Positioning: Auto – By Shared Coordinates.
      
      
      
      
3. Zoom extent to display the entire site plan.