AutoCAD: Preparing Drawings for Revit Linking

Take your AutoCAD skills to the next level by learning how to set up your drawings to be imported or linked into Autodesk Revit.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files

1. Introduction: Linking Drawings into Revit

• Why link CAD drawings into Revit?
• Importing a CAD drawing into Revit
• Linking a CAD drawing into Revit

2. CAD: Layer Management

• Using a consistent layer naming philosophy
• Optimizing your layers
• Managing layer properties
• Removing unwanted layers with the PURGE command

3. CAD: Properties Management

• Linetypes
• Lineweights
• Colors
• Hatching
• Transparency
• Removing unwanted properties with the PURGE command

4. CAD: Annotation and Dimensions

• Dimensions layer
• Text layer
• Dimension styles
• Text styles
• Deleting and purging unwanted annotation styles

5. CAD: Optimizing Blocks in the CAD Drawing

• Using Quick Select to find blocks
• Removing unneeded blocks
• Using PURGE to maintain block control

6. Revit: Importing a CAD Drawing

• Using the Insert tab in Revit
• The Import CAD Formats dialog box
• Setting colors
• Setting layers and levels
• Setting units
• Positioning and placing of the CAD file

7. Revit: Linking a CAD Drawing

• Using the Insert tab
• The Link CAD Formats dialog box
• Setting colors
• Setting layers and levels
• Setting units
• Positioning and placing of the CAD file
• Using a linked CAD file to see changes

8. Managing Linked CAD Drawings in Revit

• Adding a new CAD file
• Importing a CAD file
• Unloading and reloading a linked CAD file
• Removing a linked CAD file

9. Generating a BIM Model from a CAD File

• Setting up structural grids
• Setting up levels
• Adding columns
• Adding walls
• Adding doors
• Adding windows
• Removing the linked CAD file

Conclusion

• Next steps