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Linking AutoCAD DWG files

Linking AutoCAD DWG files - Revit Tutorial

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Linking AutoCAD DWG files

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- In this video I want to show you how to link a CAD file into your Revit project. So many folks will be working on project teams where they will have to access data that's been created in other programs, and the most popular program is AutoCAD, and its DWG file format. With Revit we can link in files that have been created in those other file formats. So to do that, we're going to the Insert tab, and there's a Link CAD button right here. Now, when I choose Link CAD, I can browse to a folder that contains drawing files and I'm going to select this file right here called AutoCAD Floorplan. Now, you'll see the preview for it appear over here. Now, there are different file types supported by this link functionality. So we're using a DWG, but you could also choose DXF, or DGN, or even ScetchUp files. So in this case, I'll leave it set to DWG. Now, beneath that there's several other settings that we want to walk through here. So the first is how you want to treat the colors in the file. As…

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