Exporting to AutoCAD...what am I missing???
I am sure that I am missing some basic concept that makes establishing a layer map for export a piece of cake, so I am finally jumping in to join the forum world in the hope that someone can flip the switch for me and the lightbulb will come on :roll:
I understand how to go thru the process of exporting and I have begun to edit the layers to match the items that I can to our office AutoCAD layer standards. Where I get stuck is in the duct and piping systems categories. How do I map the Revit systems we have for pipe and duct to our mechanical layers in AutoCAD? Each has a different linetype and color, but everything is being converted based solely on the 11 OOTB Systems rather than the 18 or so we actively use.
I have looked high and low and read all of the articles/tutorials/wikifiles I can find and its truly just clear as mud to me. Please let this be just me missing the Big Picture
Re: Exporting to AutoCAD...what am I missing???
Please take a look at this tips and see if it helps: http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/Revit/e...n_their_system
Re: Exporting to AutoCAD...what am I missing???
If I have understood correctly, what I have done here is the following in the DWG/DWF Export Setup
Pipes = MECH_PIPE
If you scroll further down the list to "SYSTEM TYPE" you can add a suffix to each system type so that when you export it will show the following (in our case)
HVAC - Piping -Heating Hot Water Flow = _HHWF
so that when i export to cad, the layer will become MECH_PIPE_HHWF
Hope this helps
Re: Exporting to AutoCAD...what am I missing???
Thanks! I had seen that in my quest for answers and used it as the basis for my first few attempts. I am hoping that being away from the computer over the weekend will bring me the patience I need to get back to this today!