Schematic Design - Autodesk Revit Architecture 2015 Essentials - page 177

2. On the Insert tab, find the Import panel, and click the Image button.
Select the Massing_Sketch.png file from the Chapter07 folder. Click
the Open button.

3. You may need to zoom out to see the preview graphic consisting of
blue grips and an X . This preview indicates the size of the image.
Click the mouse to place the image. Use the arrow keys to nudge the
image so that the ground plane of the building sketch roughly aligns
with Level 1, as shown in Figure 7.2.

FIgure 7.2 The imported image. Note the location of the levels relative to the ground plane
in the image.

4. Zoom into the Level symbols. Select the level line for Level 2. From
the Properties palette change the Elevation parameter from 10 ′ -0″
(3.04 m) to 15 ′ - 0 ″ ( 4.57 m); this height is more consistent with com-
mercial construction.

5. The image is a bit out of scale for the Revit model. Select the image
and choose the Scale tool from the Modify panel. Refer to Figure 7.3
for the eventual goal.

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Three clicks are
necessary to scale the
image correctly; you
must click the shared
base point, the image
reference, and then the
model reference.

6. Hover the mouse over Level 1 until it highlights blue and then click.
This is the shared base point.

7. Move your mouse straight up so the cursor roughly aligns with the
second floor of the sketch; then click. This is the image reference
point.

8. Finally, move you mouse straight down so the cursor aligns with
Level 2 of the model; then click. This is the model reference point.
After this last click, the image scales to look similar to Figure 7.3.