Chapter 5
Multiplatform Interoperability: Working with 2D and 3D Data
This chapter introduces you to the best-practice techniques used in importing data into your Autodesk® Revit® MEP 2013 database, either directly into the project file or via a loadable family. The chapter also covers which data to use and when in the project life cycle to use it. It is easy to select a button that performs the import, but, more importantly, why are you doing it? And for that matter, should you actually be doing it?
Revit works very well with file types other than native RVT project files. Many of the issues you will encounter are due to the differences between existing CAD technologies, which for the most part rely on elements—lines, arcs, and circles, while ...
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