Export to DWG or DXF

Export a single view or multiple views and sheets to DWG or DXF format.

Video: Customize DWG Export Setups

1. Click ExportCAD Formats (DWG) or (DXF).
2. In the DWG (or DXF) Export dialog, if the desired setup is not listed under Select Export Setup, select a different one from the drop-down list. To modify the selected setup or create a new one, click (Modify Export Setup); otherwise, skip to step 4.
   The left panel of the Modify DWG/DXF Export Setup dialog lists all existing export setups. Settings for the currently selected setup display on the tabs. Use the following controls to manage setups:

   	New Export Setup. Uses default settings.
   	Duplicate Export Setup. Creates new setup using settings from the currently selected setup.
   	Rename Export Setup. Prompts you to specify new name for currently selected setup.
   	Delete Export Setup. Deletes the selected setups (except for the default <in session export setup> which cannot be deleted).

3. In the Modify DWG/DXF Export Setup dialog, specify export options on the following tabs as needed, and then click OK.
   • Layers (See Layer Mapping for DWG/DXF Export)
   • Lines (See Set Linetypes for DWG/DXF Export)
   • Patterns (See Pattern Mapping for DWG/DXF Export)
   • Text & Fonts (See Specify Text Treatment for DWG/DXF Export)
   • Colors (See Specify Colors for DWG/DXF Export)
   • Solids(See Specify Solids for DWG/DXF Export)
   • Units & Coordinates (See Specify Units and Coordinates for DWG/DXF Export)
   • General (See Specify General Options for DWG/DXF Export)
   Note: You can also access the Modify DWG/DXF Export Setup dialog directly, by clicking Export Options (Export Setups DWG/DXF).

   For detailed information on the mapping behavior of Revit dimensions when they are exported to AutoCAD dimensions, download this file: Export Behavior of Revit Dimensions_2015.pdf

4. In the DWG (or DXF) Export Settings dialog, specify which views and sheets to export to the DWG or DXF file.

   If you want to export…	Then…
   a single view	for Export, select <Current View/Sheet Only>.
   multiple views and sheets	for Export, select <In session view/sheet set>, and then select the views and sheets to export (see About Creating View and Sheet Sets).

5. If you are ready to export, click Next. (Or click Save Set & Close to save the current export settings and close the dialog without exporting.)
6. In the Export CAD Formats dialog, navigate to the target folder for the exported files.
7. For Files of type, select an AutoCAD version for the exported DWG/DXF file. (The default setting for this option is specified on the General tab of the Modify DWG/DXF Export Setup dialog referenced in step 3.)
   Note: When the selected option is AutoCAD 2000 DWG Files (*.dwg) or AutoCAD 2000 DXF Files (*.dxf), layer names are limited to 32 characters. Revit automatically truncates longer names, retaining the first 15 characters and the last 15 characters, separated by an underbar character (_) and suffixed with a unique numeric character.
8. For Naming, select an option for the automatically generated file name.
9. If you want any Revit or DWG links in the project to be exported to a single file rather than to several files that reference each other, make sure the Export views on sheets and links as external references option is cleared. (The default setting for this option is specified on the General tab of the Modify DWG/DXF Export Setup dialog referenced in step 3.)
10. Click OK.

Revit exports the selected views and sheets to DWG files and places them in the target folder.

When you export a 3D view to a DWG or DXF file, colors are treated as follows:

• Edge colors: because they are not rendered in AutoCAD, edge colors are ignored on export. This will result in correct shaded/realistic views (edge overrides will no longer be assigned to the entire model).
• Phase colors: color overrides on solid fills are supported on export, but color overrides on patterns are not.

When you export a 2D view to a DWG file, lines are treated as follows:

• If 2 lines overlap in the drawing, the thicker of the lines is retained. The thinner line is shortened or removed.
• If a thick line is shorter than a thin line and its start point and endpoint fall within the thin line, no action occurs.
• If 2 collinear lines with the same visual parameters overlap, they are merged into one.
• When walls become lines in the DWG file, no short collinear lines are produced.

Note: If you selected to export a Revit file to DWG that has an image inserted as a background image on a sheet view, you may need to edit the Plot Options in the exported DWG file in order to get the image to be displayed correctly in AutoCAD. To do this, launch the AutoCAD Page Setup Manager and clear "Plot Paper Space Last."