Autocad and revit compatibility

[baz88]

Can you draw up in autocad and import into revit and make it look like it was done in revit?

 

Im using autocad architecture 2011 and revit 2009 or 2008

[Cad64]

I don't know what you mean by "make it look like it was done in revit", but yes, you can import Autocad drawings into Revit. Just make sure you save down to 2007 format in order for Revit 2009 or 2008 to be able to Import.

[baz88]

Cool thanks. Is there a special way to do it or do you just go to save as and choose 2007. I remeber doing that with autocad 2009 so I could view on 2007, all I did was choose 2008 and click save. Is that the same way?

[Cad64]

As shown below, in the Save As dialog, for "Files of Type", just choose 2007.

 

You can also set your default save format to always be 2007.

Just open your Options dialog > Open and Save tab > File Save section > and set the Save As option to 2007.

[baz88]

I tried doing that but it didnt work. When i open a folder in revit the files it supports are, .rvt, .rfa, .rte. Anything else like an autocad .dwg drawing when i click open it gives me the error failed to open document.

[sevdo2000]

Try with import on the ribbon. Then there is some insert options ...

[rvpas]

Hi,

In revit 2009,

1st-Click File menu/Import/Link

2nd-Check scaling/import units

set the scaling unit imported file

3rd-check positionning

depend your origin of your drawing and what kind of drawing is.

(Building, topo, etc)

ok

Bye

Pascal

[Cad64]

I tried doing that but it didnt work. When i open a folder in revit the files it supports are, .rvt, .rfa, .rte. Anything else like an autocad .dwg drawing when i click open it gives me the error failed to open document.

 

Like I said, you need to IMPORT not OPEN.

[baz88]

Oh sorry about that my mistake thanks. What happened when i did that was i got an error message saying this:

 

 

Then when i click ok the second message pops up and if i click yes it gives me an empty screen and if i click no again it gives me an empty screen.

 

Im guessing i need to change something but i dont exactly understand what the error message means.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks

[rvpas]

I found in augi a reason

http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=87520

I hope to help you enougth