AutoCAD to Revit (Witout ALL of AutoCAD lines)

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone!

Im currently imporitng an AutoCAD file to Revit 2014, and by doing this I have also imported the 100+ lines that my team have created on the detail. These NEW revit files have so much data that are making all of the file HUGE!

 Is there a way to make my detail only have a few line, and or if they ARE already set as Revit files...Can I have all of their lines just set as one or even four? Instead of having 100+ lines.

Thanks  a lot!

[David_W_Koch]

Welcome to the community!

Each "line" is a layer in the AutoCAD file that you are importing.  Use fewer layers in the AutoCAD file, and purge out all unused layers before you import or link the AutoCAD file.

[sureshchotrani]

In AutoCAD create new layer say "z" select all lines change the layers of all lines to "z", then import/link in Revit.

[Alisder.Brown]

sanchalf

First thing i would do is recommend you LINK CAD rather than IMPORT CAD, importing a CAD file is always going to bloat your Revit file, Linking a CAd file will not add much file size at all to your Revit file.

And it would just be a matter of cleaning up your CAD file inside AutoCAD or w/e 2D package you use. Open the CAD file up, delete the unwanted stuff (text, tables, etc.) and do as Suresh mentioned and place everything on the 1 layer. Re-save the CAD file with a new name (so you don't override the original) and then LINK it into your Revit project file.

Hope this helps