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Linking AutoCAD DWG files

Linking AutoCAD DWG files - Revit Architecture Tutorial

From the course: Revit 2019: Essential Training for Architecture (Metric)

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Linking AutoCAD DWG files

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- [Narrator] It's fairly common for you to need to access files created in other CAD formats from time to time within your Revit projects. Now, one of the best ways to do that is to actually use the Link CAD feature. So, with Link CAD we'll be able to reference the external CAD file created in other programs like AutoCAD or Microstation and that file will be linked into Revit as an object. If that original file changes, we'll be able to refresh that link and capture those changes. So, let's go ahead and walk through the process here. So, it starts on the Insert tab with the Link CAD button. So, what I'm going to do here is select this file called AutoCAD Floor plan, I'm going to single click on it. You'll get a preview of it over here and you get a series of options down at the bottom. Now, there are several settings down at the bottom. We can decide how we want the colors coming in from the CAD file to be interpreted. I like to invert those colors because AutoCAD is on a black…

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