In 2016 - Adding multiple Drafting views & Sheets

[Anonymous]

Hello

What is the easy way to add about 200 drafting views to a project and the equivalent amount of sheets to receive those views?  Is there a good add-in for that?  Can it be done without an add-in?

I need to link bunches of AutoCAD Details into our model.  Other advice on how to automate or quicken the process would be helpful as well.

Thank You

Nardo

[Viveka_CD]

Hi @Anonymous

I see that you are visiting as a new member! Welcome to the Autodesk community!

You can create multiple sheets by using sheet list schedule. Please see the article HERE for more information on creating and organizing multiple sheets in Revit and adding views to sheets.

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[ToanDN]

If those views are already on sheets in the other project ir template then you can just Insert views from file and select the sheets. They will come in your project with the views intact.

[Anonymous]

ToanDN

The existing views are in AutoCAD.  Is what you are talking about possible to do from an AutoCAD file?  I thought that could only be done from another Revit file.

Thanks

Nardo

[Anonymous]

Viveka

Thanks for the link.  Is there something similar to do to set up several blank "Drafting Views"?  I need to set them up to receive the Imported DWG files from AutoCAD.

Thanks

Nardo

[ToanDN]

My apology.  I didn't catch the AutoCAD part.  No the workflow is only for Revit to Revit.  Do you actually want to import the CAD details in or do you just want to reference them?

[Anonymous]

That is a good question.  I'm not sure.  I want to do whatever works the most smoothly.  What do you recommend?  In the past I always tried to get rid of the AutoCAD stuff. However, I'm at a new company that does things the Engineering way.  They have 20 guys working in AutoCAD doing details.  They still want to use their extensive library of detail.  It only takes them minutes to adjust them for updates. 

This current project is MOSTLY 2d AutoCAD details. The Model is so complex in its wild angles and such that it was modeled in Inventor.  Then it is imported into Revit.  The primary task it adding section marks and pathing them to the 2d details from AutoCAD that are placed in Drafting Views.

Their previous Revit guy couldn't get all of the complex mullions to clean up nicely for the renderings. So they went to Inventor. But that's only for the wild areas.

Thanks

Nardo

[Anonymous]

If they are still going to continue detailing in Autocad instead of Revit, then your best bet is to create dummy sheets with blank drafting views placed on the sheeets.

Name the drafting views the actual detail number as associated with the Autocad sheet, ie 5/S-90X.  You can reuse these sheets project to project.

You will have to deal with the graphic printing differences between Autocad and Revit after that.  If asked how to make it look the same, you can tell them to do all the work in Autocad or in Revit.  When done in Revit though it is a lot easier to import details as already mentioned.

[Viveka_CD]

Hi @Anonymous

Just checking back on your post, any progress on this issue?

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Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Setting up multiple sheets worked out fine.

Can something similar be done to create multiple blank drafting views?

Thanks

Nardo

[Viveka_CD]

Hi @Anonymous

Good to know that setting up multiple sheets worked out fine. 

Please see the recommendation by @Anonymous to create multiple blank drafting views.

See similar discussion HERE

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