{"id":36,"date":"2013-05-15T05:25:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-15T05:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/blogtos\/?p=36"},"modified":"2026-02-13T05:59:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T05:59:54","slug":"significance-of-positioning-options-while-linking-a-point-cloud-file-in-revit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teslaoutsourcingservices.com\/blog\/significance-of-positioning-options-while-linking-a-point-cloud-file-in-revit\/","title":{"rendered":"Significance of Positioning Options While Linking a Point Cloud File in Revit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whenever a file is linked in Revit, it’s mandatory for Revit technicians to select a relevant file positioning option so that they can easily identify the information contained in the file. Revit has a few file positioning options which are selected by users so that the geometrical information contained in the file can be effectively used by modelers at their convenience.<\/p>

Whenever Point Cloud Modeling Services<\/strong><\/a> are executed, the selection of relevant file positioning options remains crucial so that the as-built geometry is utilized to its fullest possible extent by modelers while developing Building Information Models.<\/p>

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Following file positioning options are available for users when they link a file in the Revit project:<\/strong><\/h2>
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  • Auto–Center to Center<\/strong>: If the ‘Auto-center to center’ option is selected by modelers while linking a point cloud file, then the central point of the point cloud bounding box is automatically placed at the center of the host model’s bounding box.
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  • In most of the cases when the model remains invisible then it’s sure that Revit users are not going to find the center point in the current view.
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  • To view the center point in the current view Revit technicians are required to establish zoom to Zoom View to Fit.
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  • Auto – Origin to Origin:<\/strong> If this particular file positioning option is selected by Revit users then the world origin of the point cloud is automatically placed by Revit at the project origin.
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  • In this case, if Project North is rotated then the point cloud will be automatically rotated Revit for synchronizing the linked geometry.
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  • Auto – Origin to Last Placed: <\/strong>If this option is chosen by modelers then the newly imported point cloud is placed right next to the point cloud imported earlier.
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  • Auto–By Shared Coordinates: <\/strong>However, ifAuto the – By Shared Coordinates option is selected by users then it indicates that the coordinates in the linked file are effectively specified in the shared coordinate system of the host model.
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  • Due to this Revit places the point cloud origin at the origin of the shared coordinates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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