1. OpentheCADfilethatyouhopetoimportinREVIT.Becertainthatthelayersyouwanttoseeareturnedon.Iftheyareofftheywillnotbevisiblewhenthefileislinked.Savefile.

2. SwitchtoREVIT.Inthe“ProjectBrowser”menuselectthesiteviewunderthefloorplanoption.Weworkbeworkinginthisviewfortheremainderoftheprocess.

4. The“Insert”menuwillhaveoptionsto“linkCAD”and“ImportCAD.”WhileeitherwillbringtheCADfileintoREVIT“ImportCAD”istheoptionwewillchose.Leftclickon“ImportCAD.”

3. Leftclickonthe“Insert”tabintheMenu.

CreatingTopographyinREVITfromanAutoCADfile.AbstrAct: Mapagroundplanein2-dimensionsinAutoCADandimportfiledirectlyintoREVITthentransition2-dimensionalgroundplaneinto3-dimensionaltopography.Explanationalsoappliestoeditingexistingtopography.

5. TheCADfileshouldloadandbevisibleonscreen.

6. Selectthe“MassingandSite”tabintheMenu.Allworkwithtopowillbedoneinthistab.

8. Leftclick“CreatefromImport”Icon.ThiswilldropdownaMenuwithtwooptions.

9. Leftclick“SelectImportInstance,”thefirstchoice.

7. Leftclick“Toposurface”iconinMenu.Thiswillshowanewtoolsetformanipulatingtopography.

10. LeftclicktheimportedCADfilewhichcontainsthetopography.Thisisextremelyim-portant.Nothingwillchangeonscreenuntiltheimportischosen.

14. Selectallthepointsofacontourline.Byholdingcontrolyouareabletoaddpointstotheselectedgroup.

11. WhentheimportischosenamenuwillappearonscreendisplayingallofthelayerscontainedintheAutoCADfile.Selectonlythelayersthatrelatetothetopography,specificallythecontours.

13. Theimagewillchangedisplayingeverypointofthecontours.Currentlyallcontoursaresettooneelevation.Thenextstepswillbeassigningthemtheirproperelevations.

12. Leftclick“okay.”(NOTE:ifelevationsareassignedtoeachcontourthefollowingstepsarenotnecessary)

16. Whenthecontoursareproperlysetleftclickthe“FinishSurface”iconinthemenubar.

15. Whenthepointsareselectedchangetheelevationintheboxinthetoplefttode-siredelevation.

16. Thatshouldcompleteyourtopographysurface.Atanypointitcanbeeditedbyleftclicking“Toposurface”andusingthemodifyarrow