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Export New and Exist layers from Revit to cad

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Message 1 of 31
jarrad27
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Export New and Exist layers from Revit to cad

I am playing around with layer mapping in Revit. I can easily modify the layers to export to Autocad. In autocad, we use exist and new layers. (M-Equip-exist, M-Equip-new). Is there a way to associate the layer mapping to the phase in revit? Thank you in advance for any assistance.

 

Jarrad27

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Message 21 of 31
David125
in reply to: jarrad27

I don't have {Phase Created} option, I'm using Revit 2016. Any suggestions?

Message 22 of 31
RobDraw
in reply to: David125

You do have that option unless something is wrong. Review the steps again.


Rob

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Message 23 of 31
David125
in reply to: RobDraw

Got it, it works. Thanks.

Message 24 of 31
katiegailking
in reply to: David125

Hello, using Revit 2018 

 

I'm using Phase Created with many different systems. Each Phase must be a certain color. How can I force the color ID for the modifier to overwrite the category ID color?

 

 

thank you

Message 25 of 31
ToanDN
in reply to: katiegailking

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Message 26 of 31
katiegailking
in reply to: ToanDN

As you see, I have assigned a color ID to each phase. I left the color ID blank per category. 

 

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Message 27 of 31
ToanDN
in reply to: katiegailking

It seems to work here - Revit 2017.2.3.

 

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Message 28 of 31
katiegailking
in reply to: ToanDN

I'm looking into Materials as well per pipe type. 

 

here is what i'm looking at. Using Navis to cache out the dwg. As you see, my Phase Created modifier works yet you see one that is D? For whatever reason, all my Pipe fittings are on that one. Even tho all of them are on the current phase per revit properties.  The green/blue pipe, all should be color 94 (the green one) yet the blue accessories and a few elbows are blue. All same phase. I'm completely stumped. 

 

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Message 29 of 31

I edit the material to be the same color as I placed in the export settings, it worked. 

 

Now why those elbows are going on a Layer "D" is beyond me right now. They are all on a phase. 

 

thank you for repsonding

Message 30 of 31
ToanDN
in reply to: katiegailking

When I tested the elbows and accessories are in the correct layers in AutoCAD.  But if you edit block an elbow you will see the geometry inside the block belongs to a layer different (D?) other than the layer of the block itself.  I suspected Navisworks reporting the source layer instead of the block layer so you see D instead of the Phase Layer. 

 

In the CAD realm, geometry inside a block should always be in Layer 0 and Color By Block but I guess Revit programmers do not belong to this realm.

Message 31 of 31
katiegailking
in reply to: ToanDN

Sorry for the very late reply but I did manage to get it to work as I wanted.  the layer modifiers were applied to the blocks within the "master" block. I had my cad guy update a command to fix that post export and it works great. No more "D" layer

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