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Using 2009 after backing off of 2010 (too many crashes): Previously, I tried to insert a bunch of standard details created in Autocad and had horrible things happen. Dimensions disappeared, text changed, lines went away, etc. I did the work around of just creating a phantom sheet in Revit and just printing in Autocad the typical detail sheet and inserting that into the drawing set. I could make each of the dwg details a jpeg and insert them as an image but that creates scaling problems. I am curious if anyone is using dwg's, either from their old files or those created by vendors, and successfully inserting them into their Revit project file?
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i've done it but any text or dimensions will be tough to make right. make sure to purge the autocad file really well and make sure that it is flat (not 3-d) for the best chances. Also I delete lines that are not supposed to show up (like defpoints etc) in autocad before importing. if you use the 'overkill' command in autocad that can help too. and I always make sure the files are 'linked' not imported.
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We do it but cautiously. There was a post just last week that linked to another site dealing with the issue of linked CAD files. Here is part of their advice: A Five-Step Process for Reducing DWG Links The five steps for reducing DWG links in a Revit project are: - Define how the DWG will be used.
- Clean the DWG. (Wblock works best to isolate items)
- Create a Workset for each link in the model.
- Link/Make Family/Import the DWG information.
- Update/Remove DWG links.
The most imprtant issues here are cleaning the file up. Especially if you are importing. If inserting, reduce your layers, delete all hatches, explode blocks and I delete all leaders / arrows and dimensions. Also delete all curved polylines because they will come in as small line segments. After inserting, add dimensions and text leaders.
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