Even though the majority of users are now firmly engrained with Autodesk Revit software we still have to rely on AutoCAD for things such as Architects drawings, surveys and sometimes to interface with our favourite structural analysis software not currently integrated with Revit. Rather than recreating this data we can simply reuse this by reading BIM data from AutoCAD! So what is this BIM data from AutoCAD I hear you ask! In the case of a survey you have a wealth of information that you perhaps didn’t realise. The below Revit Survey was created entirely from the AutoCAD 2D survey. Note that some of the points may be slightly inaccurate due to the position of the text but still better that no 3D survey!
Let’s take a look at the example below. Here you can see a typical 2D AutoCAD drawing representing a survey. We have the levels, information relating to trees, concrete bases, survey pins as well as areas of water. Of course this information could simply be linked into a Revit…
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