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Hello,
i am having a problem with importing cad files into my revit, which once imported do not scale properly.
A description of the problem
i import a cad file into revit but the scale is wrong... for example, in cad the drawings dimmension correctly. This is a surveyors drawing of boundaries and contours which i want to use to trace over. When i dimmension it in cad it shows the right dims and distances, but once imported it is very much smaller.
For instance a 19.58 m boundary in CAD dimmensions as 495mm in Revit.
Has anyone experienced a similar problem, and does anyone know how this problem is caused and what the solution for it is?
Any help would be greatly appreciated... i am starting off this new job and its a frustrating initial hurdle for me.
Vasko Drogriski
Unicorn House - Architecture and Building
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I think it has something to do with the imperial conversion to metric ie a factor of 25.4. Dividing the 2 numbers you quoted gives a close 25.28
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Make sure you import using the correct units. Generally we don't rely on the automatic units as generally it gets it wrong.
EG: If the cad drawings is in millimeters, select millimeters
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thanks guys, i will try your suggestions
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Hi again fellas,
really can't get this thing working properly... am i going blind or dumb?
If someone is willing and has the time, can someone try to import this file into revit and tell me what it looks like in terms of its scale.
would appreciate that, thanks.
vasko @ unicorn house
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I tried it, it worked fine for me. When you do the import just make sure the units are set to milimeters and a factor of 1.
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Can not get this thing working... what are the settings when you import the cad file?
I have tried to use millimeters and scale factor of 1 (which is non-changeable b.t.w) but i am still getting the same outcome.
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Import the file with the settings as per the attached screenshot.
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Eureka... thanks for that mr. Spot... it was very helpfull sending the print screen settings. It worked!
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