Setout Points & Coordinate Extraction

01Create Location Family

Create a new Generic Model Adaptive family to serve as your location tracker.

pic01 – New Generic Model Adaptive family

02Identify Shape

Create a simple circle or any identifiable shape at the adaptive point. This allows you to easily identify the point when loaded into the main nested family.

pic02 – Identifier shape for point location

03Ensure Shared Property

Ensure the location family is set to Shared within the Family Category and Parameters dialog.

pic03 – Enabling Shared parameter (Scaled 50%)

04Prepare Nested Family

Create your custom nested family for the corridor or use one of the existing templates located at:

For more details, refer to the:
Add Custom Nested Family Workflow
Once ready, load your Location Family into this nested family.

pic04 – Loading location family into nested corridor family

05Duplicate Types for Point Names

Duplicate the location family type for each specific point name on the section (e.g., Right_Edge, Left_Edge, Top_Center, Bottom_Center).

pic05 – Naming point types (Scaled 50%)

06Map Points to Section

Place each named point at the exact location on the nested family section geometry. Save this nested family with a new unique name.

pic06 – Positioning setout points on the section

07Add to Family Manager

Open Family Manager in AutoBRIDGE and add your new nested family to the system.

pic07 – Registering the family in AutoBRIDGE

08Create Corridor

Generate a corridor using this nested family via any AutoBRIDGE method (Civil3D, 3DPolyline, or 3DMass). Refer to the Corridor Creation Workflow.

pic08 – Running corridor creation

09Generation Complete

The corridor is successfully created with embedded point locations at all sections and stations.

pic09 – Corridor with embedded setout markers

10Coordinate Extraction

Open the Coordinates tool in AutoBRIDGE and select your corridor. The system automatically identifies all points across all stations.

pic10 – AutoBRIDGE Coordinates tool interface

11Export and Schedule

Choose to export the coordinates to a CSV file for site use or add them to a Revit Schedule for documentation.

pic11 – Final setout data export options