Place and tag control points in your Revit project using the Control Points tool within Autodesk Point Layout.
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00:03
With Point Layout, you can use the Control Points tool to create building control points in your Revit project.
00:10
These are typically placed at grid intersections, but you can also place control points anywhere you want on the job site.
00:18
To access this tool in Revit, on the ribbon, Autodesk Point Layout tab, APL panel, click Control Points.
00:27
This opens the Building Control Points dialog.
00:31
For each control point, enter a Point Number and a Point Description.
00:36
If needed, expand the Point Role drop-down to assign a role.
00:40
This acts as a filter to categorize groups of points for future use.
00:45
You can also specify a Point Prefix.
00:49
To manually place the points, select either Place Point or Place Points.
00:54
Then, in the Snap Style dialog, specify Workplane based snapping.
00:60
In the drawing, find the desired grid intersection, then click to place a point.
01:06
You can also place a control point in any other location.
01:10
These points are Revit families.
01:13
The Properties panel indicates that the point is a GTP Control Point.
01:18
Here, you can also review the elevation, which is the center of the point, as well as the PointRole, PointNumber, and PointDescription.
01:29
The XYZ is stored elsewhere.
01:32
To see the points more clearly, you can add point tags.
01:36
From the APL panel, click Add Pt Tags.
01:40
Then, in the Tag Style dialog, you can choose to tag points by spot elevation, spot coordinate, or the regular tag option.
01:51
These tools are recommended when using spot elevations or coordinates for points, because they calculate the center of the point.
01:59
The basic Revit tools do not include this feature.
02:03
For this example, select Tag.
02:06
Next, you can choose to Fence out your points and create a window, use a Filter, specify Types of points, or tag All points.
02:17
In this case, select All.
02:20
Then, in the Tag Style dialog, click Yes to include leaders.
02:25
In the drawing, the GPT tags are added with leaders.
02:29
These tags are editable.
02:31
For instance, select a tag, then click and drag to adjust its location.
02:37
To display the descriptions of these points, from the Properties panel, click Edit Type.
02:44
Then, in the Type Properties dialog, select Show Description.
02:49
Click Apply, and then OK.
02:54
The descriptions now appear on each tag.
02:57
You can also change the appearance of the tags by selecting Edit Family.
03:03
From the Building Control Points dialog, another way to place tags is to use coordinates.
03:09
Click Place XYZ, select the coordinate system to which the points are related, and then click OK.
03:17
In the Place Control Point dialog, enter the XYZ value to place a point at the specified location.
03:24
For now, Close the dialog.
03:27
If you want to place control points at all intersections within a selected region or in the whole project, select Place on Grid.
03:36
Click Yes if you want to append the grid line name, such as “A7”, to the descriptions.
03:42
Next, select the elevation.
03:45
In this case, click Choose Level to select the level you are working in, and then select the First Floor.
03:52
Now, in the drawing, window select the desired region,
03:56
or in this case, select the whole project to place control points at every intersection of the grid.
04:02
On the ribbon, click Finish.
04:05
Back in the Building Control Points, review the Point Number, and then click Done.
04:11
To tag the newly created control points, select Add Point Tags, click Tag, choose All, and then click Yes to add leaders.
04:26
You can tag points multiple times, and duplicates will not be created.
04:31
With this many points in the drawing, you may want to remove the visual clutter of the descriptions.
04:37
Select a tag, click Edit Type, and then deselect Show Description.
04:44
Another way to add control points is to import them.
04:48
From the APL panel, click Import Points.
04:53
In the Import Location Points from File dialog, click Select File to Import, then navigate to and select the file you want to import.
05:03
Under Import Order, ensure that your point order matches the format of your file.
05:08
Then, specify the Import Units.
05:12
Specify a Point Role, and then click Coordinate System to select the matching coordinate system.
05:21
Click OK to confirm.
05:23
Back in the Import dialog, click OK again.
05:27
In the APL dialog, specify the type of location points that these should be imported as—in this case, Controlpoint.
05:36
In the success message, click OK.
05:39
To make the points visible, click Add Point Tags and tag all of the points.
05:46
Now, you can see the three points that were just imported.
00:03
With Point Layout, you can use the Control Points tool to create building control points in your Revit project.
00:10
These are typically placed at grid intersections, but you can also place control points anywhere you want on the job site.
00:18
To access this tool in Revit, on the ribbon, Autodesk Point Layout tab, APL panel, click Control Points.
00:27
This opens the Building Control Points dialog.
00:31
For each control point, enter a Point Number and a Point Description.
00:36
If needed, expand the Point Role drop-down to assign a role.
00:40
This acts as a filter to categorize groups of points for future use.
00:45
You can also specify a Point Prefix.
00:49
To manually place the points, select either Place Point or Place Points.
00:54
Then, in the Snap Style dialog, specify Workplane based snapping.
00:60
In the drawing, find the desired grid intersection, then click to place a point.
01:06
You can also place a control point in any other location.
01:10
These points are Revit families.
01:13
The Properties panel indicates that the point is a GTP Control Point.
01:18
Here, you can also review the elevation, which is the center of the point, as well as the PointRole, PointNumber, and PointDescription.
01:29
The XYZ is stored elsewhere.
01:32
To see the points more clearly, you can add point tags.
01:36
From the APL panel, click Add Pt Tags.
01:40
Then, in the Tag Style dialog, you can choose to tag points by spot elevation, spot coordinate, or the regular tag option.
01:51
These tools are recommended when using spot elevations or coordinates for points, because they calculate the center of the point.
01:59
The basic Revit tools do not include this feature.
02:03
For this example, select Tag.
02:06
Next, you can choose to Fence out your points and create a window, use a Filter, specify Types of points, or tag All points.
02:17
In this case, select All.
02:20
Then, in the Tag Style dialog, click Yes to include leaders.
02:25
In the drawing, the GPT tags are added with leaders.
02:29
These tags are editable.
02:31
For instance, select a tag, then click and drag to adjust its location.
02:37
To display the descriptions of these points, from the Properties panel, click Edit Type.
02:44
Then, in the Type Properties dialog, select Show Description.
02:49
Click Apply, and then OK.
02:54
The descriptions now appear on each tag.
02:57
You can also change the appearance of the tags by selecting Edit Family.
03:03
From the Building Control Points dialog, another way to place tags is to use coordinates.
03:09
Click Place XYZ, select the coordinate system to which the points are related, and then click OK.
03:17
In the Place Control Point dialog, enter the XYZ value to place a point at the specified location.
03:24
For now, Close the dialog.
03:27
If you want to place control points at all intersections within a selected region or in the whole project, select Place on Grid.
03:36
Click Yes if you want to append the grid line name, such as “A7”, to the descriptions.
03:42
Next, select the elevation.
03:45
In this case, click Choose Level to select the level you are working in, and then select the First Floor.
03:52
Now, in the drawing, window select the desired region,
03:56
or in this case, select the whole project to place control points at every intersection of the grid.
04:02
On the ribbon, click Finish.
04:05
Back in the Building Control Points, review the Point Number, and then click Done.
04:11
To tag the newly created control points, select Add Point Tags, click Tag, choose All, and then click Yes to add leaders.
04:26
You can tag points multiple times, and duplicates will not be created.
04:31
With this many points in the drawing, you may want to remove the visual clutter of the descriptions.
04:37
Select a tag, click Edit Type, and then deselect Show Description.
04:44
Another way to add control points is to import them.
04:48
From the APL panel, click Import Points.
04:53
In the Import Location Points from File dialog, click Select File to Import, then navigate to and select the file you want to import.
05:03
Under Import Order, ensure that your point order matches the format of your file.
05:08
Then, specify the Import Units.
05:12
Specify a Point Role, and then click Coordinate System to select the matching coordinate system.
05:21
Click OK to confirm.
05:23
Back in the Import dialog, click OK again.
05:27
In the APL dialog, specify the type of location points that these should be imported as—in this case, Controlpoint.
05:36
In the success message, click OK.
05:39
To make the points visible, click Add Point Tags and tag all of the points.
05:46
Now, you can see the three points that were just imported.
