Hi community,
I have linked CAD into seperate worksets. However my ARC.rvt (central file) is getting very slow, possibly from the CAD links.
Is it possible to separate the CAD worksets into its own central file; CADLINK.rvt (central model).
Then link CADLINK.rvt into ARC.rvt
I tried but it doesnt show the CAD links in the ARC.rvt.
Is it possible? Or am I asking too much of Revit?
Best,
SY
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Your best bet to accomplishing this would be to create a view that shows only the cad items. Open a new project within the same instance of revit. You should be able to copy most items from one project to the other. From there, verify you have all required items. Save the new file as CADLINK.rvt. Create all of the worksets that you want and apply the elements to them. Save the file and you should then be able to link the new project into the old one. You can then turn on and off any worksets that you wish by going into your visability settings > RVT Links > click "by host view" next to CADLINK.rvt. Change the setting to custom and click the worksets tab. From there you can turn on or off any worksets within that project.
Hi micphilips,
Thanks for you response.
Instead I opened a detached central model of ARC.rvt and saved it as CADLINK.rvt. Then deleted the CAD link worksets from ARC.rvt. I then imported CADLINK.rvt, but no cad ife is visible in the link. Am I throng?
Thanks again
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After importing, when you open your visability and graphics settings dialog box, and click the Revit Links tab, do you see a display settings column? It should be the last column visible. I've attached a screenshot for your reference.
Somehow I doubt that putting the CAD link to another Revit file and link it to the master Revit file would make any difference. You are still having the same CAD data as before + the overhead data from another Revit link file.
I believe we may be on different pages. I am recommending that you pull all of the linked CAD data into a new revit project. You would then link the revit project to your central file. This would allow you to be able to turn things on and off as required. This would allow you to turn everything off that you don't need at that specific time in order to maximum productivity.
@micphillips wrote:
I believe we may be on different pages. I am recommending that you pull all of the linked CAD data into a new revit project. You would then link the revit project to your central file. This would allow you to be able to turn things on and off as required. This would allow you to turn everything off that you don't need at that specific time in order to maximum productivity.
My screenshot shows just that.
But I am questioning the advantages of putting the CAD file into another Revit file, then link the Revit file to the central file, just to be able to turn things on and off? Can you just turn things on and off if you link the CAD files directly in the central file? It seems too many extra unnecessary steps to accomplish the same thing.
How many CAD drawings are you trying to link, and for what purpose? If you have only say a floor plan you're trying to link, then just linking the CAD itself (like you have) is just fine.
But if you have say a floor plan for a classroom, and separate floor plan for an elevated auditorium, and say another floor plan for any other areas that may not be typical. Then it would be useful to pull the CAD into it's own Revit model. This would allow you to turn off just the auditorium while working on the classrooms. You could link all the CAD files like you have the one linked in your screenshot and just have view templates applied to turn it on and off when it's needed, but the abundance of line work will slow your machine down quite substantially.
If you're only linking one DWG file, than what you have is completely fine. You could apply view templates to allow the visibility of the CAD when it's needed.
I sometime have to to link 20-30 CAD files into a Revit central file. It really does not matter how many files. You can turn on the only one you need for a particular View or View Template, and turn off the rest. It is exactly the same process as turning on and turning off the Revit links. I don't get it.
Below are things I would do if I absolutely need to bring CAD into a Revit project:
P/S" you should mark @micphillips answer as a solution. He answered your initial question correctly. I only provided a little more clarification.
Thank you for the clarification. By far the most important step to reduce the file size and improve performance is to purge the CAD files before bringing them in. A lot of new Revit users link/import various CAD drawings without purging out everything that is not required, which slows the model down substantially.
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