How Revit & AutoCad can work together

Revit Architecture and Revit Strkucture are architectural design and production tools with a high focus on inter-coordination of all the parts and pieces. So, to be clear, Revit can do 3D and 2D models, completely fully coordinated. Anyway, most of people also use AutoCad early in the conceptual design phase and then import the resulting 2D sketches or 3D models into Revit as the basis for further design. 

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Revit and AutoCAD can work together. Here's how.

Below are the basic steps for using both Revit Architecture and AutoCAD on a project. Similar workflows and steps can be used for Revit Structure and Revit MEP.

Conceptual design

Create a conceptual design (in 2D or 3D) in AutoCAD.

Import the AutoCAD file into Revit Architecture and use that geometry as the starting point for your design in Revit.

Production documentation

Use Revit Architecture to design the building.

Set up documentation sheets for the project in Revit Architecture and begin detailing the building.

Determine what details to reuse from your existing AutoCAD library and/or what sheets will be worked on in AutoCAD. Once that’s determined, create the underlying detail views in Revit Architecture.

Export selected Revit Architecture views or sheets to DWG format for AutoCAD users.

Text, annotations, and other detail elements are then added in AutoCAD, but they’re based on the referenced DWG files that were exported from Revit Architecture – that is, the original building information model geometry.

When finished, the AutoCAD drawings are linked back into the appropriate Revit views. Revit maintains a live data link to AutoCAD drawings via the File Link Manager, which can be used to manage and update the referenced AutoCAD files.

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