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Elements Lost on Import

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ben
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Elements Lost on Import

I have floor plans I received from an architect in dwg format. I created my levels, linked in the 1st floor, and created my grids. I tried to link in 2nd floor and I get this error message and I have no idea what it means. This is my first time trying to work in Revit with linked in Cad floor plans.

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Viveka_CD
als Antwort auf: ben

Hi @ben

 

Sorry to hear that you are facing issues with the software.

 

  • A proxy object is a substitute for a custom object created with an ObjectARX that is not available in e.g. plain AutoCAD/RealDWG.
  • By setting the variable PROXYGRAPHICS to 1 and save the DWG file, you should be able to view the objects in AutoCAD.
  • The same thing should apply when the DWG file is imported/linked into Revit.
  • If that doesn't work, you can try to use the EXPORTTOAUTOCAD command in AutoCAD, which will create a file with all proxy AEC objects exploded into basic objects.

Let me know if this helps resolve your issue.

 

Please select the Accept as Solution button if my post solves your issue or answers your question. Kudos welcome!

 

Regards,

 

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ben
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als Antwort auf: Viveka_CD

@Viveka_CD

 

Does it have something to do with that 2nd & 3rd floor are almost identical and they used the same floor plan in cad for both 2nd & 3rd and just used different room tags for the same rooms and just separated them with different layers?  (i.e. Room tags for both Room 202 and 302 have the tags right on top of each other but Room 202 is with layer "2-room names" and Room 302 is with layer "3-room names") and they just hid different layers on different pages in cad to create the look of two different floor plans? The weird thing is when I open the pages in cad none of the room name layers are hidden or frozen, so im not sure how they were able to hide them for certain floors.



Revit lives in the land of perfect and doesn't understand what construction is.

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als Antwort auf: Viveka_CD

Cont...

 

When I just linked it in and hit close in the error message it links the cad file into revit, but on the 2nd floor the room tags for 3rd floor and other "overlapped" things in the cad file show up in Revit all as on the same floor (2nd floor). Is there a way to segregate the different things into the different floors that they were intended to be displayed on?



Revit lives in the land of perfect and doesn't understand what construction is.

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cbcarch
als Antwort auf: ben

1. Link the Cad into the project--do not use Import.

 

When Linking the Cad, make sure you check box for "current view only".

 

If you don't check that, the Cad will get Linked into EVERY View in your project!

Cliff B. Collins
Registered Architect The Lamar Johnson Collaborative Architects-St. Louis, MO
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Viveka_CD
als Antwort auf: ben

Hi @ben

 

From your description, it looks like a general clean up of the CAD file should be done prior to import.

 

Please see similar discussion on cleaning CAD drawings before linking HERE and HERE (a simple step by step process to clean and link CAD dwg)

I encourage you to see Best practices to follow when linking  DWG files into Revit

 

Try making a new layer and copy the elemenst to a new floor plan, also check your Z axis for any miscellaneous elements.

 

Let me know if thishelps resolve your issue.

 

Regards,

 

 

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Viveka_CD
als Antwort auf: ben

Hi @ben

 

I just wanted to follow up here, any progress on this issue?

 

Did the helpful post by @cbcarch with this issue?  Is this resolved now or is there anything I can do to help? Would it be possible to share this file with me?

 

Looking forward d to your reply update.

 

Regards,

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ben
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als Antwort auf: Viveka_CD

@Viveka_CD

 

When I imported it I got the error message but it still put the dwg in revit and I didn't notice anything wrong with it so I didn't do anything with it. I was just wondering what the error meant and if it was going to cause something to go wrong.



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als Antwort auf: cbcarch

@cbcarch

 

I did use the link cad function, not the import function. Instead of "current view" I used the "Place at" drop down menu and selected the floor. It looked like you can only use one or the other, either "current view" or "place at"



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