TABLE OF CONTENTS Now that we have developed a language for working within Revit, let's look at how you can use it to work and communicate with others. The building industry is a complex organism with many moving parts and participants. Partners, consultants, contractors, subcontractors, and owners are all involved in the process and need the ability to exchange vital design information. Because of the robustness of information within the Revit model, it's possible to do things with data that weren't possible with basic 2D drafting. Even so, data exchange with other applications is still a requirement. Revit provides tools to import and export a wide range of information.
In this chapter, you'll learn how to export your Revit model in forms that others can read and how to import information that is relevant to your project from other sources. We'll first review all the possible export and import file formats, and then dig into more detailed use cases. Topics we'll cover include:
Exporting your data
Exporting DWG drawings
Importing and linking
Working with imported files
Working with civil engineering DWG files
Converting 2D drawings into a 3D model
Starting a model from a scanned drawing
You can find the export options under File ?Export. Revit offers several export formats depending on the format and type of data you want to export.
Here's a list of the types of files that Revit can export using information from the Revit model:
CAD formats
Animations, including walkthroughs and animated solar...
