Card #3396 · Autodesk App Store
Difficulties importing and scaling CAD/external geometry in Revit
Merchants struggle with inconsistent workflows when importing 2D and 3D CAD files, IFCs, and SAT files into Revit. Common issues include incorrect scaling, inability to separate imported components, and a lack of clear best practices for bringing in external linework and geometry.
Pain score
0.82/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach1.00distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency1.00freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement0.97upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization0.50willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 4 verified quotes
Every time I set out to bring something in from CAD I find myself scratching my head on the best way to do it.
On importing it is very overlapping in vision.........also some scale factor corrections needs to be made it seems
And what can we NOT do to imported SAT files in Revit? Scale.
The native pipes cause an error in Revit, while exploded pipes lose their 3D shape and become 2D.
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