Revit or Autocad for many 2D details

[PhilvK]

I like having my 2D details in Revit so I can accurately reference them throughout the set, but it gets a little cumbersome when there's a bunch of them. The other way of course is to do a sheet or two of 2D details in Autocad, but then I have to create a dummy sheet in the Revit model, and I lose the Revit cross referencing functionality. I'm just curious how the Revit pros do it?

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

There isn't any time saving doing what you are trying to do.  Create drafting views in Revit and if you want to re-use AutoCAD content, import them in detail component families (preferred) or link them in the drafting views.

[PhilvK]

Thanks!

[davinatkins · Accepted solution]

I create a Revit project with nothing but details in it. (I actually have several, so I can sort them) When i need to load one in my actual project, i use the "insert view" command in the insert tab, to load the details I actually need.

The details I use all the time are part of my template, and already inserted into a sheet.

[PhilvK]

Here's another 'how would you do it': I have a number of walls that have a 5' tile wainscot, and the tile occurs on a bunch of different wall types. Unlocking the tile layer on all those wall types and dragging the tile layer down on all of them is tedious. I could just create a 'tile only' layer and add the tile that way, but that seems like cheating. Opinions? Thank you.