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Importing AutoCAD

Importing AutoCAD - Revit MEP Tutorial

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Importing AutoCAD

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- [Instructor] I suppose you have some old AutoCAD details laying around that you need to throw away because you're using Revit now. Don't worry, you don't have to quite do that yet. As a matter of fact, you can use them directly in Revit. Let's take a look at importing CAD. Well, first to import an AutoCAD detail, inquiry its information. Under Models, let's go open. Browse we're you're keeping your exercise files. Let's go to Revit Workflow_Importing and click Open. Let's go to the View tab. Let's go to Drafting View. Now the trick is here the scale. If we're bringing something in, we have to know what the scales of the AutoCAD drawing we're bringing in. I'm going to guess it's going to be one-to-one, 12 inch equals one foot. For the name, all caps, we'll call it TYPICAL AHU. Click OK. Go to Insert. Let's go to Import CAD. Browse where your keeping your exercise files, and I'll grab this det_101. Now…

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