Close interaction of architects and civil engineers is important when sharing data between Autodesk Revit Architecture and AutoCAD Civil 3D.
The following is a summary of issues that you should be aware of and steps that you can perform to facilitate the collaboration effort:
- When preparing a design package file for export, the architect can create site utilities with host connectors that are functional in AutoCAD Civil 3D. You should make the architect aware of the utilities that are relevant to the civil project beforehand, so they are exported with the design package file. If the required utilities are not supported in Revit Architecture, the architect would be able to notify you. If you prefer to set up the utility connections yourself, ask the architect to omit the Utilities parameter in the export settings.
- Before finalizing the building site model export, the architect may contact you about the site survey point coordinates, so they can be exported with the model file.
- The architect should apply as much model simplification settings as possible. You should communicate to the architect your minimum requirements regarding the design package file content.
- If the import operation is slow, you can request the architect to reexport the model with modified settings to reduce file size.
- The Export Building Site report is saved with the ADSK building site model file. You can use the report to compare the content of the original file with the imported file.
- Establish a procedure when every time the source design package file is modified, the architect notifies you immediately, so you can update the building site object in your drawing.