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NOTE:
Shared Reference Point Utility is a separate download in versions before 2022, from 2022 forward, the add-on is installed OOTB. See documentation HERE for further information
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To publish surfaces to Autodesk Docs
1. In Civil 3D, click Output tab Export panel Publish Surfaces to display the Publish Surfaces dialog box.
Note: The Publish Surfaces command is also available on the Collaborate ribbon tab and on the Surfaces contextual ribbon tab in the Extract From Surface drop-down.
2. Select the TIN surfaces that you want to publish.
Note: Grid surfaces and large surfaces cannot be published using this command and are filtered out of the selection.
3. Under Specify Output File, click the browse button and navigate to the Autodesk Docs folder to use. Select an Autodesk Docs\<hub>\<folder>\<subfolder> location.
Note: The Publish Surfaces command requires that you specify a location within an Autodesk Docs\<hub>\<folder>\<subfolder> location. A connected drive for Autodesk Docs is indicated by a icon. An account within the connected drive is indicated by a hub icon . A folder is created within a hub.
4. Specify a file name and click Save.
Note: By default, the file will have the same name as the current drawing name and will be saved with a .shared.dwg file name extension. For example, if drawing1.dwg is the file name, by default the file will be saved as drawing1.shared.dwg. The surfaces that you specify are all saved in the same file. When you link to the topography in Revit, all of the surfaces in the file are linked.
5. Click OK.
If the surface style settings need to be modified to ensure an accurate surface representation in Autodesk Docs and Revit, a task dialog box is displayed.
6. Click Publish the Surface with the Updated Style to automatically update the style and to continue the publish operation. The surface style in the current Civil 3D drawing will remain unchanged.
Note: If you need to repeat the publishing operation using the same file name and location, it is recommended to wait for about one minute before republishing so that the previous process can be completed first. Note that the processing time depends on the size of the surface.
To reference the surfaces in a Revit model, you link to the drawing file that was published from Civil 3D. The surfaces are referenced into the Revit model as a topography.