Create a 3D Site Plan Using CADMapper and AutoCAD

Need to quickly create a 3D site plan in AutoCAD? Here's how to do it.
This tutorial covers the following information:
1) Setting up a 3D Site in CADMapper
2) Converting Units: Metric to Imperial
3) External References: Separating Layers into Drawings
Written Tutorial, here:
rascoh.com/3d-site-plan-cadma...
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  • @loganbee9335
    @loganbee93352 жыл бұрын

    I’ve watched 4 videos and you really make it simple, and brief, much appreciated !

  • @samchurch1261
    @samchurch12613 жыл бұрын

    I'm a student at KU and our design computing class is sadly lacking in some of this information, so glad to have found your video! Thank you so much!

  • @mariiazueva3480
    @mariiazueva34804 жыл бұрын

    OMG, it is about to be the best video I've ever saw about CAD theme! Especially advices about how to keep in order the work with big projects! It is absollutely what I was missing duiring my practise! Thank you a lot!!!

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    I really appreciate the feedback!!

  • @tims3817
    @tims38174 жыл бұрын

    What an absolute legend and lifesaver you are, thank you!!

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Tim S Glad you got some use out of my content! Cheers!

  • @russellsherman6084
    @russellsherman6084 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much, my team is switching to Autocad from Layout (sketchup) for site plans so we can interface easier with surveyors, and it seems incredibly daunting. This is a big help.

  • @mashiulalam1354
    @mashiulalam13544 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the CAD mapper videos; it will be really helpful for a future project presentation.

  • @gabileogabilei594
    @gabileogabilei5943 жыл бұрын

    This guy's a freaking legend! Thanks for this, man!

  • @kadehutch8567
    @kadehutch85674 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much!!! uni student here, trying to find a site file. I knew of cadmapper but had never been able to successfully use it, hadn't even used autocad before. you explained and walked through the entire thing so well. seriously, I owe you one

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Kira - I really appreciate your feedback! I'm so glad that it helped you out... If it helps you, it helps me - so definitely share this video with anybody you think could benefit from it. Cheers!

  • @1972peterp
    @1972peterp3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much Jon, absolutely brilliant tutorial.

  • @bambiu7414
    @bambiu74143 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!! You've saved my project haha. Never been able to use Autocad and you somehow made me like it

  • @ryannapitupulu6665
    @ryannapitupulu6665 Жыл бұрын

    I'm a student at the University of Houston and I've watched your videos to start documenting site analysis at the beginning of every studio for about 2 years now. Thank you for making my life easier.

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    Жыл бұрын

    Ryan, thank you so much for your kind words. I'm so glad that these videos are still proving to be helpful after these years. Best of luck on the start of your semester, and please feel free to reach out anytime! Go Coogs!!

  • @jojuanfisher1587
    @jojuanfisher15872 жыл бұрын

    Highly valuable stuff right here! Appreciate it!

  • @goodvibes207
    @goodvibes2076 ай бұрын

    Super useful video! Thanks for your help!!

  • @zynabal-helfi2390
    @zynabal-helfi23904 жыл бұрын

    Wow. So much to learn. Thank You!

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's definitely worth learning! Thanks for watching!

  • @rodrigo.a.gallardo
    @rodrigo.a.gallardo3 жыл бұрын

    super useful! and perfectly clear, thanks Jon!

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    3 жыл бұрын

    I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!

  • @xijingchen2388
    @xijingchen23883 жыл бұрын

    Really helpful for beginners, thanks!

  • @nadiralhosawi4551
    @nadiralhosawi45514 жыл бұрын

    VERY VERY VERY HELPFUL YOU SAVED ME LOTS OF TIME THANKS

  • @liombeendeley2167
    @liombeendeley21674 жыл бұрын

    great tutorial Jon.

  • @somberkitty
    @somberkitty4 жыл бұрын

    Super helpful! Thank you!

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Rebekah Mireles Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching 😊

  • @bharatchand7637
    @bharatchand763728 күн бұрын

    You made my day.

  • @diegoochoa2628
    @diegoochoa26285 ай бұрын

    Was useful g thanks 🙏🏽

  • @affendyderisa3352
    @affendyderisa335211 ай бұрын

    thank you for this content. It helps me to understand the xref file.

  • @minoagusrino9334
    @minoagusrino93344 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, so helpful!

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mino Agus Rino Appreciate it my friend.

  • @marleennewman789
    @marleennewman7892 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic tutorial. Do you have others? Thanks

  • @sl3.3pytoujours
    @sl3.3pytoujours4 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful! thanks a lot

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Shofaa Qothrunnadaa Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching 👍🏻

  • @sashan1281
    @sashan12814 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, so helpful! Can you take it to the next level in regards to rendering a site plan?

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sasha N Great idea! I’ll be happy to cover that in a future video. I’ve added your suggestion to my growing list of tutorial topics.

  • @maru7102
    @maru71024 жыл бұрын

    Awesome. Thank you.

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dong Phung thanks for watching 😊

  • @hillarytelegrafo3248
    @hillarytelegrafo32484 жыл бұрын

    This is very helpful! Could you also make a video about creating conceptual diagrams with revit?

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hill T Great suggestion! I can definitely do that.

  • @triciadones4404
    @triciadones44044 жыл бұрын

    Can you do a video about doing a sloped site in Revit from a 2D plot in CAD?

  • @oliviacooper1631
    @oliviacooper16312 жыл бұрын

    hey, I tried to copy base and paste in a new drawing, but it said "invalid origin point" when I put the 0,0,0 coordinates in. Your videos are really helpful, cheers!

  • @user-tb6ko2cp3c
    @user-tb6ko2cp3c Жыл бұрын

    As a fresh graduate, I am struggling in these cross reference work. I feel lucky to get in touch with your video which is very clear! Thanks for your sharing! You make my life easier! Hope you can keep sharing tips that suit for fresh graduate in future!

  • @nusratzahan7639
    @nusratzahan76393 жыл бұрын

    I just loved your video. keep doing this. best of luck

  • @aealmaguer
    @aealmaguer4 жыл бұрын

    Hello, Could you also give us a little tour about your rendering, and perspective section, please? Thank you Jon!

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    A. Almaguer I’d be happy to! Great suggestion. Section perspectives are pretty fun to make so I’ll be sure to cover my process in a future video. Thanks for watching!

  • @diegopesqueira8351
    @diegopesqueira83513 жыл бұрын

    This is perfect bro

  • @cheyennemcgrath7802
    @cheyennemcgrath780210 ай бұрын

    I watch your 'cadmapper to revit' videos at the beginning of every new semester when doing my site analysis. You are very thorough in the explaining the process and its much appreciated! Quick question! When in Cadmapper, why do you do road outlines and not road meshes? Follow up question lol what is a mesh road? I've always had trouble editing roads once everything is transferred into revit so do you have any tips? Will downloading road meshes solve that?

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    10 ай бұрын

    That's awesome to hear! I appreciate the kind words and I'm so glad that these videos are still providing value for you. For your questions, I choose road outlines for two reasons: 1, because they're easier to edit than meshes and provide the same level of information in most of my use cases (diagramming), and 2, if I ever needed to fabricate a site model using the CADMapper file as the base, I usually default to using a laser cutter or craft cutter which requires clean vector linework to perform best. You can always convert the road outlines to 3D geometry or surfaces if needed. But if ever in doubt, just download both mesh and outline roads as two separate files. Hope this helps!

  • @jankralicek7954
    @jankralicek79543 жыл бұрын

    Thank you men!

  • @sahardarwich
    @sahardarwich2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video, the site imported to AutoCAD as 2D despite I selected 3D buildings

  • @emmanuellaitopa7758
    @emmanuellaitopa77583 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @lau6780
    @lau67804 жыл бұрын

    Gracias muy buen tutorial.

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! You are most welcome.

  • @PHComments
    @PHComments Жыл бұрын

    Thank you a lot :-)

  • @olabisiabraham801
    @olabisiabraham8013 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much, it really helped me understand x-ref.

  • @irinakoleva3280
    @irinakoleva32802 жыл бұрын

    If we are working in engineering scale will the alignment option work the same way?

  • @7amda
    @7amda3 жыл бұрын

    Hi is there a way of adding buildings that you know the height of to cad mapper if they are not visible when imported.

  • @smuggridge8982
    @smuggridge89823 жыл бұрын

    I'm still trying to ascertain how I can be sure the global positioning in terms of easting and northing is correct. I recently completed the process of transferring my CADMapper plan into a topographical surface for use with a previously - globally positioned - Revit model. However once imported the surface required dragging and dropping into place, relative to my ordnance survey plan. I have checked this video and one produced by Balkan Architect, but neither of these videos focuses on true positioning of the surface derived, relative to the proposed building's coordinates. I'd really be keen to get my head around that as its key to figuring out whether ramps or steps etc. are required.

  • @harm9249
    @harm92494 жыл бұрын

    Very informative video, thanks a lot for explaining things. An issue I'm having is that my cadmapper topography file doesn't have the topography I need, it is just wrong. It should show a railway that sits on top of a crest, but it is simply not mapped by the program. I guess i will need to edit that topography myself. :(

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hey there! Thanks for watching! CADMapper uses Open Street Map (OSM) data, so if it doesn’t exist on OSM, then it will reflect incorrectly on the CADMapper export file. CADMApper is a great tool to help you get you started with a base file. But oftentimes, you may need to add your own geometry or make changes as necessary to reflect your actual site. CADMapper is really a tool for helping with the schematic design phase of design. The only real and true way to get completely accurate site data is to have a surveyor physically go to the site and take measurements. Hope this helps, and good luck my friend!

  • @karlamamporte8625
    @karlamamporte86253 жыл бұрын

    How do you merge 5 separate cadmapper files into 1 master plan in autocad, if merging is possible? Thank youu

  • @louismeoto2126
    @louismeoto21262 жыл бұрын

    Please sir can you make a video on how to search using UTM cordinates

  • @leonmabaso6963
    @leonmabaso69634 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much, pretty helpful. I am in South Africa, I would like to have your personal contact to explain in particular the difficulties I encounter. CADMapper does not include all the buildings located in the selected region. Thank you.

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hey there Leon - I'd be happy to answer your questions. Head on over to www.rascoh.studio/contact to get in touch with me.

  • @deu2e576
    @deu2e5762 жыл бұрын

    Question! How would I edit the building heights in Autocad? Some of the building information wasn’t found in the database and they’re all incorrect.

  • @adarshshetty2250
    @adarshshetty22504 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful Jon ,it helped me alot can u make a video on how to render it in photoshop? :)

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Adarsh Shetty Thank you! So glad to hear it helped you. I’ll keep your request in mind for future videos!

  • @eevanoir197
    @eevanoir1973 жыл бұрын

    thank you

  • @Reece_Martin
    @Reece_Martin4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for making these tutorials on the topic, very easy to follow and helpful! I did run into an issue though when trying to link the xref CAD file into revit though, I kept running into a visibility issue after inserting and haven't found a solution to it other than using the original file. I was wondering if you have encountered similar or know of a solution? Cheers :)

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Reece - Thank you so much for the feedback! Could you elaborate a bit on the issue? I’d love to try to help!

  • @Reece_Martin

    @Reece_Martin

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Rascoh Thanks! When I look at the site master model on CAD all of the xref files are accurate and line up correctly but when I try to bring in the linked files to the toposurface on Revit they insert pretty inconsistently where they break into the toposurface at certain parts or are entirely underneath.

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the clarification! It sounds like the issue may be in the “Import” menu of Revit. When you go to link the .dwg files, be sure that your settings read like this: “Layers/Levels” = Visible. “Import Units” = auto detect (make sure you converted from metric to imperial). “Positioning” = origin to origin (this keeps all the 0,0,0 coordinates lined up). “Place at” = level 1 (for everything). Let me know if that helps!

  • @Reece_Martin

    @Reece_Martin

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Rascoh That's worked out great! Thank you for getting back to me and helping out!

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Reece Martin Glad to hear it! Thank for reaching out and do let me know if you have any other questions/suggestions 😊

  • @SerenityZen820
    @SerenityZen8203 жыл бұрын

    Thankss👍

  • @jona_archi
    @jona_archi2 жыл бұрын

    Just leave it metric. Makes more senese. xd. Thanks for the tool recommendation. :)

  • @ephrem.gizachew
    @ephrem.gizachew2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, Sir!! Very helpfull. But, can't find my desired location vector file from CADMapper. Do you know an other alternate? Thanks in advance!! FYI, the location is Easting: 373979.57 m E Northing: 993639.52 m N

  • @blulio
    @blulio2 жыл бұрын

    How do I save in .obj

  • @LimpiezasMyG
    @LimpiezasMyG3 жыл бұрын

    how do I align cadmapper files with one another? please help!"

  • @dajackal
    @dajackal8 ай бұрын

    cant you just scale by 12 and then 3.28084 instead of scale ref? some people may prefer to use the centerlines to get proper ROW widths.

  • @Carlagalletita94
    @Carlagalletita943 жыл бұрын

    I usually scale using scale command I feel like they both work the same way. (Draw a line in the street from where the street starts and how big you wanted to be in this case 19.685 i would recommend you make it in another color to distinguish it from the rest. Highlight everything except the 19.685 line. type sc for scale enter click on your first point where both lines from the street start. type R for reference click on the same point again than click to where the line 19.685 ends and that should scale it up the same way. just make sure to delete the line after you finish.

  • @Carlagalletita94

    @Carlagalletita94

    3 жыл бұрын

    by the way thank you so much for introducing us to Cadmapper this is a life saver!

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing the tip, Carla! I'm so glad that you found this useful! If we can save time in the technical process of design, we can focus more time on critical thinking. If you have any suggestions for future videos, I'm always open to ideas!

  • @erikleypoldt8275
    @erikleypoldt82754 жыл бұрын

    What if its outside the Cadmapper square/zone? No luck?

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Erik Leypoldt You can make the selection square larger, but you will have to pay for it after 1sqkm. OR you can export multiple 1sqkm CADMapper files and stitch them together manually in AutoCAD, and you won’t have to pay. However, this method can be VERY time consuming depending on what you plan to use your file for (digital drawings vs. making physical laser cut model, for example).

  • @narendra672
    @narendra6722 жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @jonathanbonaparte5673
    @jonathanbonaparte56734 жыл бұрын

    Ok that was great, now make a video about bringing it into revit to make a topography

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jonathan Bonaparte I’ve already made a video on that exact subject! Check out the other videos on my channel 👍🏻 Let me know what you think.

  • @jonathanbonaparte5673

    @jonathanbonaparte5673

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Rascoh if someone is not a expert like you in autocad, they will find it hard to follow your instructions because you talk so fast. But I'm getting there LoL

  • @jonathanbonaparte5673

    @jonathanbonaparte5673

    4 жыл бұрын

    OK, followed your instructions to the T. Everything worked out until i brought it into revit. Somehow the topography was much smaller then my model. Any suggestions

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jonathan Bonaparte You can try pausing the video as needed to “slow down”. Also, I have written versions of the tutorial on my website that you may find useful: www.rascoh.studio/tutorials

  • @Rascoh

    @Rascoh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jonathan Bonaparte Check the Revit import scale units. It is very likely something to do with scale. Is your Revit model in imperial? Or metric?

  • @narendra672
    @narendra6722 жыл бұрын

    Practice file please 😀

  • @ANS1997
    @ANS19972 жыл бұрын

    It is not for free now

  • @karolpawela7824
    @karolpawela78243 ай бұрын

    FUUUUUUUUCK AUTOCADDDDD

  • @liombeendeley2167
    @liombeendeley21674 жыл бұрын

    great tutorial Jon.

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