Getting AutoCAD Polyline Width to show in REvit

[amhT2K5Z]

We have very large Healthcare facilities that have ALL of their Life Safety plans in CAD. I am trying to fins a way to Link in the Life Safety CAD file into Revit but when I do all the Polylines that represent Rated walls go to a 0 width. The only work around I have found is to link in a PDF of the CAD Life Safety Plan which im not sure if that would be a best practice in Revit.  Anyone have a solution to this issue? Thank You!!

Here is the what the CAD file looks like: 

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Here is what it looks like Linked into Revit with the Life Safety lines layer set at a line weight of 12. but all the line types merge together and its hard to read.

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[barthbradley]

Looks like you almost got it.  Maybe a thinner line weight - as well as line style.  Maybe a line style with breaks/dashes in it.  

[amhT2K5Z]

Thanks for the reply, and yes I do agree it is close but unfortunately this client is pretty particular about the look of the drawing and I think I would need it to be almost an identical representation or its just not worth attempting this. Just would be nice if a CAD link would come in as WISIWYG. Is there drawbacks from linking in a PDF created from the CAD file into a Revit sheet as an alternative so we can just print a full set of documents and not have to go back to autoCAD to PDF these drawings?

[RLY_15]

You might run into resolution issues with using a PDF link, but I think if the PDF is vector-constructed you should be ok?

It looks like an issue with how Revit handles edges in line patterns - the rounded edges are bleeding into each other so you aren't getting that sharp dashed look.

[ToanDN]

If the look is that important then bring PDF in Revit instead of CAD.  Print at high resolution then they will look crisp.  

But not using Revit for fire life safety documentation is missing out alot.  Revit is very good at it.

[amhT2K5Z]

Trust me, I know! We do have a Life Safety work flow in Revit for other clients, but this is one Client (huge) has strict standards that we have to adhere to, also if we are doing a small renovation within one of their hospitals (approx. 200,00 S.F per floor) and the entire facility LS plan is already done in AutoCAD, we cant justify "Revitizing" it.

[SteveKStafford]

Have you tried to override (using Visibility/Graphics) the line thickness and line pattern assigned to those layers with a smaller pattern, one that will generate in the length of the lines in the view. There is no "polyline" element in Revit so the polylinetype generation feature of spreading a line pattern over the total connect length doesn't exist in Revit either. If they sketched those lines in segments exactly how they'd like them to look in Revit too would help...instead of using the polyline.