topic Re: Link ACAD Insert (surveyor's dwg) in Revit Architecture Forum

Link ACAD Insert (surveyor's dwg)

tstewart — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 10:55:25 GMT

How to insert, orientate and scale Surveyor's dwg. into Revit?

Re: Link ACAD Insert (surveyor's dwg)

L.Maas — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 13:31:38 GMT

When you link a DWG you have settings for scal;e (import units)

Auto detect usually works. If the dwg is drawn with the wrong units you can set a custom scale.

After loading you can move/rotate the dwg (maybe need to unpin first).

Re: Link ACAD Insert (surveyor's dwg)

tstewart — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 13:59:52 GMT

The inserted Cad file is not showing on the Revit model. HELP!

Re: Link ACAD Insert (surveyor's dwg)

syman2000 — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 16:26:57 GMT

Can you upload your drawing? Most cases you would set the surveyor drawing as Meters (work outside of US) or Feet (US)

Re: Link ACAD Insert (surveyor's dwg)

nmarcelis — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 17:59:37 GMT

@L.Maas @tstewart
In autocad you can always check with DDunits

If this helped you please accept this as a solution.

Re: Link ACAD Insert (surveyor's dwg)

tstewart — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 19:30:27 GMT

Revit 2021

Re: Link ACAD Insert (surveyor's dwg)

tstewart — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 19:33:30 GMT

The inserted CAD file is not showing on the Site Plan. Is there a way to see the dwg on the Site Plan (Revit 2021)?

Re: Link ACAD Insert (surveyor's dwg)

nmarcelis — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 20:23:54 GMT

@tstewart
Im not sure what I'm looking at on the pdf.
Are you sure that your settings in Visibility Graphics (VV) (or view template) are set so that linked dwg's are visible?
When you linked the dwg, did you tick the box only visible in current view?

Re: Link ACAD Insert (surveyor's dwg)

tstewart — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 10:57:15 GMT

I’m not sure that the settings are correct ot link dwg., so is there a way to check?

Re: Link ACAD Insert (surveyor's dwg)

tstewart — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 11:00:15 GMT

I’m still having issues.