Revit 2012 won't play nice with ACAD 2013 files

We are having horrible problems loading/reloading our DWG links into Revit. The DWG issues are from any file opened in ACAD 2013, whether saved to 2013 or 2010. I'm working with Autodesk on a solution, but time is running out on our next deadline - and we're dead in the water!

Whenever we try to load our DWG, we get a few errors:

1. Some ACIS objects could not be imported. To import them, use AutoCAD to convert them into polymesh objects and reimport.

2. Some elements were lost during import. ActiveX and some proprietary components cannot be imported. Try exploding the file in AutoCAD, or setting PROXYGRAPHICS to 1.

3. Link detected no valid elements in the file's Model space. Do you want to link from Paper space?

4. Linked file ......dwg could not be located. It will be displayed as it was when this project was last saved.

Anybody see this before and find a solution?

Oh, and I'm just using plain, vanilla ACAD. I'm not getting any other files from anyone else. I'm a foodservice consultant getting RVT from architect and engineers, but no CAD but our own. We've tried EXPORTTOACAD, the PROXYGRAPHICS thing, and we've only gotten it to work with old files that weren't violated by ACAD 2013.

Any ideas? Thank you!

Have you tried saving that file as a .dxf and then open in acad 2010 format?
Other thought would be to save as a R14 file and open in 2010 format.
Are you trying to xref a .dwg that was exported from Revit 2012 into Acad 2013 or import a acad2013 .dwg into revit 2012?

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Originally Posted by david_peterson

Have you tried saving that file as a .dxf and then open in acad 2010 format?
Other thought would be to save as a R14 file and open in 2010 format.
Are you trying to xref a .dwg that was exported from Revit 2012 into Acad 2013 or import a acad2013 .dwg into revit 2012?

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Coincidentally, I'm trying to do both export/xref/link situations.

But, I tried both of your suggestions and they worked! Thank you!

I still get the ActiveX error in both instances, which I found particularly strange from the R14 version. It loads though. Previously, it would not load at all and if I was lucky (?), it would try to display it as previously loaded and sometimes not at all.

Thanks again David :)

I was just struggling with this issue last night.

The answer is so simple I was kicking myself for not catching it sooner ... although ADesk should make the error more obvious.

Open your CAD link files in ACAD, saveas to 2010, link in Revit again.