How to prepare 2D CAD backgrounds to be linked into Revit
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I'm sure this happened to you before when linking CAD backgrounds in your Revit project:
Large extents (Revit 20-mile warning)
Flat backgrounds are not as flat as they were supposed to be.
Graphic artifacts in your drawings
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Follow these simple steps to get CAD files clean and ready to be linked in Revit.
Zoom to selection plugin download: https://apps.autodesk.com/RVT/en/Deta...
Let me clarify: messy as in not ready to be used in Revit. Although I've seen CAD files that aren't necessarily drawn per best practices, it's not always a CAD issue. Either way, these issues need to be fixed.
I know a lot of us have standards about this, but I still thought it may help some. While this checklist is not universal, it covers all situations I've seen so far. This one doesn't cover shared coordinates, which I think should be addressed separately.
As with many BIM-related workflows communication is key, so if you do have the chance to coordinate this with the other discipline, that's ideal of course. It beats having to do a cleanup at every update.
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