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Sometimes there are people who come here with this problem: "2 Mile Limitation" when you insert a cad file in Revit... well, here is a post from Dave Baldacchino in his blog "Do-U-Revit" Getting around the 2 mile limitation when linking a CAD file DISCLAIMER: Be very careful when doing this as you can see severe display issues. Use at your own risk! In Revit 2010, if you import/link a CAD file with entities that are more than 2 miles apart at the extremes, you will receive a warning and Revit won't let you finish the process. Basically everything in the file needs to fit on a 2 mile diameter "platter". Sometimes you could have a text attribute that is outside this imaginary circle that causes the issue. This tip has two parts to it: how to get around the limitation and how to clean your file so it works without workarounds. I've been wanting to test out and write about the workaround for a while but I just came across a very well written tutorial so here it is! Thanks go to tonyisenhoff and phyllisr at EUA who shared this detailed tip here. The second tip explains how to clean your file. Assuming you have a DWG file & Autocad, and you're sure your geometry fits on the proverbial "platter", do the following: - With the file open, type the command "select" and at the prompt type "all";
- Now type "r" to remove objects and window your geometry. By doing this we're creating a selection set of offending objects, which sometimes are invisible. Click/spacebar/enter to exit the command;
- Now type "erase" and then at the prompt, type "p" (for previous). This selects the selection set completed in 2. Click/spacebar/enter to exit the command;
- Nothing in your file should be outside of the area you windowed, so save the file and link/import again in Revit. No error or warning should show up.
This is the original post: http://do-u-revit.blogspot.com/2010/01/2-mile-limitation.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Do-U-Revit+%28Do+U+Revit%3F%29
Edited on: Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 7:16:33 AM
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this was very helpful and has just made my headache disappear.... thx!!!
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