AutoCad to Revit Detail/Style Transfer

[Anonymous]

I’m trying to figure out if there’s a way to transfer 2D autocad details into 2D Revit details without losing line types/styles. The company I work for has historically only operated in Autocad, I’m trying to bring them into the era of BIM, however they have thousands of details already created in autocad. Is it possible to transfer those to Revit, or will they need to be arranged in autocad then linked into each specific project? That’s how I’m currently doing it but I keep thinking there has to be another way.

I know with Revit I can export into autocad, however I haven’t figured out how to export from autocad into Revit.

Thanks for your help!

[pendean]

>>>...I haven’t figured out how to export from autocad into Revit...<<<
Hint: you import dwg file into Revit, not the other way around.

Why don't you install REVIT or REVITLT, it will run fully functional for 30-days, and find out for your self with your own files for your own assessment about your own transition?

The folks in the REVIT forum can answer questions for you if you get stuck inside REVIT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/revit-architecture-forum/bd-p/133

[loboarch]

You can link details from AutoCAD into detail views in a Revit project. It sounds like that is what you are doing already.  I am not sure exactly what the question is about here?

Yes you CAN link DWG files into a Revit project and use them. A different way of doing it???  I am not sure what you would be thinking? What does NOT work with the linking workflow that would be different?

[Sahay_R]

In your project - set up a new Drafting View. Import CAD. Bring in the detail. It should look exactly the way that it does in AutoCAD.

Now - to fine-tune things - Revit does not like AutoCAD. The next step would be to remove the DWG before Revit gets angry and kills your project.

Option 1

Use the Pick Lines option to trace over your DWG - then purge the DWG out

Option 2 

1) Unpin, explode the DWG

2) Switch linestyles, text over to match your office standards

3) Purge ruthlessly

[cbcarch]

Option 1 --good.

Option 2--BAD! 

[Sahay_R]

...... @cbcarch -  hence the injunction to 'purge ruthlessly' - which incidentally, applies to both.