Instead of guessing units in autocad just type UNITS and remove all doubt. When you paste the CAD plan just paste to 0,0 coordinates. Thanks for the video! Your tutorials really help
When importing AutoCad into Revit make sure you do the following: 1) Overkill command in autocad. Gets rid of double lines, 2) proxygraphics set to 1 in autocad. 3) no not import dwg bring your main revit file. Import into a temp project file. Why? Bringing in autocad file especially from a manufacturer will add unwanted line types to your file. 4) use that temp file to modify your line weights. Just some basics. My pet peeve is complete details drawn with filled regions - Lazy drafting!
I just spent 2 days fixing 2 details that were exactly as you described. Now the company can take my new details and easily modify them for other projects.
If your struggling to import the CAD section using the method above, suggest you create a new 'Generic Model Family' and import the CAD drawing into the family on an Elevation view. You can then load the family into your main Revit project and move it to where it needs to go
Before this video I used to open cascaded windows of autocad and revit to create the layout in the latter. This saves a lot of time and energy, better used for more productivity. You make learning fun with your laid-back approach and sense of humour. Thank you so much for this
Thank you for sharing the video, one thing I would suggest that set the same reference point on both the floors (command L enter 0,0 ) so that u will never face this issue again of not overlapping plans.
The Reason why the plans are not on the same postion is that you move the origin in the AutoCAD-Files and so you have a BKS. But Revit looks for the WKS, so you must move the drawing to the origin point 0,0,0 in the AutoCAD Drawing.
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Hi, imported floor plans didn't align properly, because you made a mistake when creating your dwg files. When you thought you moved the coordinate system to the bottom left corner of the floor plan, you actually didn't move the global coordinate system, you created a new one, which is called user coordinate system. When you import dwg into revit file, it always takes only the global coordinate system into account. To fix this problem, in AutoCAD, you should move your geometry to the proper place (bottom left corner of the building to the centre of the coordinate system). Not the other way around. Tomas
Dude, you are good, please keep up the good work. One comment I have is, if it would be better to use a highlighted cursor. Like, in this video, at from 08:30, you applied the Align function. I went back a few times but could not find how you did it. With a highlighted cursor, it would have been visible. I could not track your cursor. One more very important aspect of your video, No Music in the background. Just wonderful how your voice is the only thing heard, no distraction. Thanks for your good work.
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Good one... but while importing cad into revit click on the Current View. So its gives you options to make cad foreground and background.. so no need to do wire frame for see below cad..
Thank You for your Videos. There are very supportive of me because I am starting to learn about REVIT. So I always watching your video. Upload more videos like this.
I'd like to add that you should draw your building in the same file as you've placed the CAD backgrounds. You should always create a CADLink file for the CAD backgrounds. That way your model performance is much higher in your project file. Secondly, once you've got the CADLink Revit file linked into your project file set it to Attachment instead of Overlay. This will save money for other disciplines when they import the Architectural link, as they won't have to go into your CADLink Revit file and write down each and every layer that's turned on / off just to make sheets look the same across the project.
I've got another trick maybe a little more work but only 1 CAD file. Your in luck. Level 1 you Change the Elevation of the items to 0.00 AND Layer(s) to Level1..... Level 2 Select all your level 2 items and change the elevation to the proper elevation for level 2 AND Change the Layer(s) to Level 2.... Level 3 Same thing. Then Stack the levels appropriately in CAD. Revit will read the elevation and show the CAD Drawing at all levels where the elevation View Depth intersected the CAD elevation. Here is where why you changed the CAD Layers to Level1...., Level2...., Level3.... You then turn off the layers that are inappropriate for each level so you only see the information needed on that level. But now you can use that 1 CAD File instead of many. I was going to say "Just simply turn off the layers to work with each Floor." But I can do 1 better. In AutoCAD you can Group the Layers with Filters to Level1, Level2, Level3.... Then you can right Click and turn the Visibility of all the entire group on or off. As well as Viewport Freeze option for printing. It would be nice if the Group Filter form AutoCAD linked into Revit.
I think you can use pick line with changing wall location lines to exterior or finish face interior and easily you can add walls no need to draw them actually.
I don't have Architectural Template, so I don't have the views and levels. And when I insert cad file it says "None of the created elements are visible in Floor Plan: Level 1 View. You may want to check the active view, its Parameters, and Visibility settings, as well as any Plan Regions and their settings."
To whom it may concern, After I have imported the layout (dwg) and put into element, but no construction element built, such as wall and floor. However, it is invisible even I was moving the element around the layout drawing, "place on verticle face, place on face and place on work plane" is useless too? It is gratitute if you can share with your value experience.🙏
may i ask how to properly adjust the view cameras? may model is always bigger and the camera is always inside the building. how can i change it? please please
Balkan, do you actually recommend easily drawing your initial layouts in ACAD and then importing them and using them to REVIT as a base? Is this a common practice by most REVIT modelers?
You make it look so easy. I’ve tried soooo many times to do this and the autoCAD file just doesn’t import nor can I link it. For some reason, my company does not want us to import CAD dwgs, they want us to link only. 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ Doing drawings in CAD take so much time, but revit can make my job so much easier, and they won’t give me the time to learn Revit, but let me sit there and take double the time to make autoCAD dwgs.
Hello. Good tutorial, but I want to share with you a bit of knowledge I learned along the years working with revit. Never ever import dwgs in your main project. Why? Because if you have a company template of line styles that had to stay like that, then importing a dwg will fuck it up. It will also import the line styles from the dwg, and we all know how messy most dwg files are, sometimes even if thousands of line styles will be added to revit. What can you do instead? You have two options: First option is to always LINK the dwg. Second option is to create a secondary revit project (container), import the dwg in the container, and then link this container to your main project. This second option is proven to be the best, but it is also the most time consuming. You can also also have any amount of dwgs in a container, which you can keep unloaded so it does not consume any resources/memory. Source: am revit consultant.
When I try to render the 1 and 2 floor the 3d view only shows a flat non matched plan. When I imported the plan from AutoCAD it did not show me the 1 floor shadow when I imported the 2 floor
Yeah exactly. Once I saw him importing, I just thought what an amateur. Then he started talking about exploding it. I was screaming at my screen telling him not to lol
Maybe moving the whole drawing to coordinates 0,0 at one point would be better than moving only the ucs icon to any point in the drawing. anyway, it can easily be corrected. great video. thanks much.
Why two floor not aligned coz you move origin of 2 cad file its must be UCS WORLD option dont play in x,y arrow just keep it on WORLD option move corner of building at 0,0,0 postion
Excellent tutorial, would be interested to see you produce some similar but then add ventilation ductwork, water pipes and cable containment trays. Do you have a tutorial like this?
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Instead of guessing units in autocad just type UNITS and remove all doubt.
When you paste the CAD plan just paste to 0,0 coordinates.
Thanks for the video! Your tutorials really help
When importing AutoCad into Revit make sure you do the following: 1) Overkill command in autocad. Gets rid of double lines, 2) proxygraphics set to 1 in autocad. 3) no not import dwg bring your main revit file. Import into a temp project file. Why? Bringing in autocad file especially from a manufacturer will add unwanted line types to your file. 4) use that temp file to modify your line weights. Just some basics. My pet peeve is complete details drawn with filled regions - Lazy drafting!
I just spent 2 days fixing 2 details that were exactly as you described. Now the company can take my new details and easily modify them for other projects.
If your struggling to import the CAD section using the method above, suggest you create a new 'Generic Model Family' and import the CAD drawing into the family on an Elevation view. You can then load the family into your main Revit project and move it to where it needs to go
Before this video I used to open cascaded windows of autocad and revit to create the layout in the latter. This saves a lot of time and energy, better used for more productivity. You make learning fun with your laid-back approach and sense of humour. Thank you so much for this
Thank you for sharing the video, one thing I would suggest that set the same reference point on both the floors (command L enter 0,0 ) so that u will never face this issue again of not overlapping plans.
It's the best tutorial video I've ever seen. I did lots of projects after watching your video. I owe you for sure.
The Reason why the plans are not on the same postion is that you move the origin in the AutoCAD-Files and so you have a BKS. But Revit looks for the WKS, so you must move the drawing to the origin point 0,0,0 in the AutoCAD Drawing.
What is Bsl and wks? I’m new to all this
great tutorial for someone getting back into Revit after 6 years :)
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Hi,
imported floor plans didn't align properly, because you made a mistake when creating your dwg files. When you thought you moved the coordinate system to the bottom left corner of the floor plan, you actually didn't move the global coordinate system, you created a new one, which is called user coordinate system. When you import dwg into revit file, it always takes only the global coordinate system into account.
To fix this problem, in AutoCAD, you should move your geometry to the proper place (bottom left corner of the building to the centre of the coordinate system). Not the other way around.
Tomas
Maybe the ORIGIN command in AutoCAD can solve the problem too, if you don't want move the whole drawing to the coordinate system origin.
BRO! Thanks, that tip helps.
i think it is better to paste the floor plan with the align point to (0,0,0)
Or just use by shared coordinates, they should land one above the other since he paste them into new drawings.
Thanks man
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Dude, you are good, please keep up the good work. One comment I have is, if it would be better to use a highlighted cursor. Like, in this video, at from 08:30, you applied the Align function. I went back a few times but could not find how you did it. With a highlighted cursor, it would have been visible. I could not track your cursor. One more very important aspect of your video, No Music in the background. Just wonderful how your voice is the only thing heard, no distraction. Thanks for your good work.
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Thank you so much for this tutorial! You make it so simple and easy to learn Revit!
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Good one... but while importing cad into revit click on the Current View. So its gives you options to make cad foreground and background.. so no need to do wire frame for see below cad..
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Thank You for your Videos. There are very supportive of me because I am starting to learn about REVIT. So I always watching your video. Upload more videos like this.
I'd like to add that you should draw your building in the same file as you've placed the CAD backgrounds. You should always create a CADLink file for the CAD backgrounds. That way your model performance is much higher in your project file. Secondly, once you've got the CADLink Revit file linked into your project file set it to Attachment instead of Overlay. This will save money for other disciplines when they import the Architectural link, as they won't have to go into your CADLink Revit file and write down each and every layer that's turned on / off just to make sheets look the same across the project.
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I've got another trick maybe a little more work but only 1 CAD file. Your in luck. Level 1 you Change the Elevation of the items to 0.00 AND Layer(s) to Level1..... Level 2 Select all your level 2 items and change the elevation to the proper elevation for level 2 AND Change the Layer(s) to Level 2.... Level 3 Same thing. Then Stack the levels appropriately in CAD. Revit will read the elevation and show the CAD Drawing at all levels where the elevation View Depth intersected the CAD elevation. Here is where why you changed the CAD Layers to Level1...., Level2...., Level3.... You then turn off the layers that are inappropriate for each level so you only see the information needed on that level.
But now you can use that 1 CAD File instead of many. I was going to say "Just simply turn off the layers to work with each Floor." But I can do 1 better. In AutoCAD you can Group the Layers with Filters to Level1, Level2, Level3.... Then you can right Click and turn the Visibility of all the entire group on or off. As well as Viewport Freeze option for printing. It would be nice if the Group Filter form AutoCAD linked into Revit.
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The command un enter will help you know what units you are working with in autocad
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I think you can use pick line with changing wall location lines to exterior or finish face interior and easily you can add walls no need to draw them actually.
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Nice tutorial. One thing it didn't address is Phases - quite important to make sure the new walls, etc, actually show up as one draws them.
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Thanks Great video. Can you snap to elements on a DWG which has been linked? Or can you only snap to it if it's been imported?
I don't have Architectural Template, so I don't have the views and levels. And when I insert cad file it says "None of the created elements are visible in Floor Plan: Level 1 View. You may want to check the active view, its Parameters, and Visibility settings, as well as any Plan Regions and their settings."
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They were not in the same lower left origin on your new file creation. Should have placed them both at 0,0.
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To whom it may concern,
After I have imported the layout (dwg) and put into element, but no construction element built, such as wall and floor. However, it is invisible even I was moving the element around the layout drawing, "place on verticle face, place on face and place on work plane" is useless too? It is gratitute if you can share with your value experience.🙏
may i ask how to properly adjust the view cameras? may model is always bigger and the camera is always inside the building. how can i change it? please please
Balkan, do you actually recommend easily drawing your initial layouts in ACAD and then importing them and using them to REVIT as a base? Is this a common practice by most REVIT modelers?
I wonder this as well. I think this is going to be my approach for now.
You make it look so easy. I’ve tried soooo many times to do this and the autoCAD file just doesn’t import nor can I link it. For some reason, my company does not want us to import CAD dwgs, they want us to link only. 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Doing drawings in CAD take so much time, but revit can make my job so much easier, and they won’t give me the time to learn Revit, but let me sit there and take double the time to make autoCAD dwgs.
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Hello. Good tutorial, but I want to share with you a bit of knowledge I learned along the years working with revit.
Never ever import dwgs in your main project. Why? Because if you have a company template of line styles that had to stay like that, then importing a dwg will fuck it up. It will also import the line styles from the dwg, and we all know how messy most dwg files are, sometimes even if thousands of line styles will be added to revit.
What can you do instead? You have two options:
First option is to always LINK the dwg.
Second option is to create a secondary revit project (container), import the dwg in the container, and then link this container to your main project.
This second option is proven to be the best, but it is also the most time consuming. You can also also have any amount of dwgs in a container, which you can keep unloaded so it does not consume any resources/memory.
Source: am revit consultant.
I have a whole library of 3d AutoCAD cabinets can I bring them into Revit and use them to make Revit family's?
Is it possible to switch to inches and have American brands showing? THanks for this tutorial, Chief!!
Out of interest, what sort of soft are you hoping to produce?
thank you so much i was facing alot of problem importing the autocad file. thank you so much for your help. keep posting.
“program” and click on where it says “aggressive te” and change it to “analog app 1 te”
How would I bring in a third level? I cant seem to figure it out without messing up my walls
Change the "Program" from Agressive TE to Analog Base 1 TE inside the GMS setup equlizer panel..
When I try to render the 1 and 2 floor the 3d view only shows a flat non matched plan. When I imported the plan from AutoCAD it did not show me the 1 floor shadow when I imported the 2 floor
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Its not working copying to a new layer ....
Cntrl c then after going to new layer its showing specity insertion point how do i do that please help
You should link those CAD drawings not import. Importing pollutes your RVT model.
Yeah exactly. Once I saw him importing, I just thought what an amateur. Then he started talking about exploding it. I was screaming at my screen telling him not to lol
You can just make the cad file to 0.0.0 base point and that's how you can solve that overlap plans problem after you linked cad files to Revit.
awesome tutorial, thanks a lot!
Nice video
Maybe moving the whole drawing to coordinates 0,0 at one point would be better than moving only the ucs icon to any point in the drawing. anyway, it can easily be corrected. great video. thanks much.
how is it so far .. i've just started and im really overwheld
how do you make it so that when you have multiple softs in your soft roll; you arent interfereing with another soft like accidentally
hi Balkan, why my cad files can't move to Y direction can resolve on this case I can move to X direction only,.tks
Next week, 5 tips for how to EXPORT DWG files from Revit?
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Why two floor not aligned coz you move origin of 2 cad file its must be UCS WORLD option dont play in x,y arrow just keep it on WORLD option move corner of building at 0,0,0 postion
Excellent tutorial, would be interested to see you produce some similar but then add ventilation ductwork, water pipes and cable containment trays. Do you have a tutorial like this?