Hi all,
came across an annoying problem in Revit wondering if there is a solution.
I'm working on a coordination model, I need to check that what is being modelled matches my DWG files from a subcontractor.
So I am creating the same section placements he has, and linking the DWGs in to the view so I can visually verify with the DWG as a .
I also would like to see the DWG in the 3D view (it would be nice but its not absolutely necessary.)
I have had to seperate his file so I "wblock" created each section as a seperate file but apart from doing "wblock" I didn't do anything else to the section view that was made in Autocad. I had to do this because 1 dwg file contains about 90 section views, so I had to create each view as a seperate file.
When I link this in the section view in revit, it only works if I select "active view only" as activated. Therefore I can not see it in the 3D view. The weird thing is that some views work, and some do not. So some of the DWG files will insert visible in all the views, and other times it will insert the dwg with a warning but then the dwg is not visible at all. (even with the cut view option turned off).
Also for some reason it changes all the dimension entities present in autocad, and the hatching to be on a different "plane" than the rest of the dwg. So when I insert if it does show up in the 3D view, I see 150 metres away my dimensions, and often they are also staggered in that they are not all present in the same "plane". This means when I insert the dwg, it often inserts with a weird "point of insertion" and in addition in the 3D when it actually does work, it quickly pollutes everything else with the weird dimension placements.
I've tried flatten, this did not really solve my problem. I tried erasing the dimensions, I don't absolutely need them but they would be nice to keep, but erasing them does not solve the visibility issue in some cases the dwg links, but I can not see it at all in my view.
As troubleshooting points go I have tried (without success)
In the dwg
Flatten
Purge
Erase dimensions and hatches
In the revit file
Not limiting/clipping the view to the view window
With success in the revit file
Making the view depth on my section 500 metres, the DWG is usually visible.
I just tried refining this a little, and I found I needed a minimum of 80 meters "view depth" on the section property. When I went below this the dwg would disappear, and if I extended again to 80 or greater it would show up the dwg again. This isnt really acceptable for me because I want the section to be quite fine so I can coordinate just the elements in that region where the section is made and not be polluted by everything else behind it
I'm unable to find out why this wont work on some and does on others, and how to resolve the issue, nor why or how to fix the dimensioning problem. Just to refine that point - it is clearly the view depth that matters for the dwg showing up - but why is it only inserting at 80 meters and not anything smaller?
Anyone experienced and overcome this before?
EDIT: I discovered that the DWG is inserting in really random places either deplaced off to the side, or front/back of the insertion points. Even if I reset my insertion base point in the DWG nothing seems to fix this issue.
came across an annoying problem in Revit wondering if there is a solution.
I'm working on a coordination model, I need to check that what is being modelled matches my DWG files from a subcontractor.
So I am creating the same section placements he has, and linking the DWGs in to the view so I can visually verify with the DWG as a .
I also would like to see the DWG in the 3D view (it would be nice but its not absolutely necessary.)
I have had to seperate his file so I "wblock" created each section as a seperate file but apart from doing "wblock" I didn't do anything else to the section view that was made in Autocad. I had to do this because 1 dwg file contains about 90 section views, so I had to create each view as a seperate file.
When I link this in the section view in revit, it only works if I select "active view only" as activated. Therefore I can not see it in the 3D view. The weird thing is that some views work, and some do not. So some of the DWG files will insert visible in all the views, and other times it will insert the dwg with a warning but then the dwg is not visible at all. (even with the cut view option turned off).
Also for some reason it changes all the dimension entities present in autocad, and the hatching to be on a different "plane" than the rest of the dwg. So when I insert if it does show up in the 3D view, I see 150 metres away my dimensions, and often they are also staggered in that they are not all present in the same "plane". This means when I insert the dwg, it often inserts with a weird "point of insertion" and in addition in the 3D when it actually does work, it quickly pollutes everything else with the weird dimension placements.
I've tried flatten, this did not really solve my problem. I tried erasing the dimensions, I don't absolutely need them but they would be nice to keep, but erasing them does not solve the visibility issue in some cases the dwg links, but I can not see it at all in my view.
As troubleshooting points go I have tried (without success)
In the dwg
Flatten
Purge
Erase dimensions and hatches
In the revit file
Not limiting/clipping the view to the view window
With success in the revit file
Making the view depth on my section 500 metres, the DWG is usually visible.
I just tried refining this a little, and I found I needed a minimum of 80 meters "view depth" on the section property. When I went below this the dwg would disappear, and if I extended again to 80 or greater it would show up the dwg again. This isnt really acceptable for me because I want the section to be quite fine so I can coordinate just the elements in that region where the section is made and not be polluted by everything else behind it
I'm unable to find out why this wont work on some and does on others, and how to resolve the issue, nor why or how to fix the dimensioning problem. Just to refine that point - it is clearly the view depth that matters for the dwg showing up - but why is it only inserting at 80 meters and not anything smaller?
Anyone experienced and overcome this before?
EDIT: I discovered that the DWG is inserting in really random places either deplaced off to the side, or front/back of the insertion points. Even if I reset my insertion base point in the DWG nothing seems to fix this issue.
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