>the worst thing you can do is import any DWG into revit. Scaling off a jpeg has 1/10000 the accuracy of a drawing.

-- TDP First things first, but not necessarily in that order. The Doctor wrote in message news:6345777@discussion.autodesk.com. KJFortin- the worst thing you can do is import any DWG into revit. And there is no need for that anyway. If you don't have adobe acrobat to convert the PDF to an image- just printscreen it.

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Or you can just LOOK at the PDF and draw the walls according to what you see and then dimension them the way you want. TDP- two good questions- 1. Isn't tracing an image to build walls in revit inaccurate? What is wrong with bringing DWGs into revit? The way you start a revit project is to start by building the walls. The idea is to put the walls in their approximate location and then place grid lines somewhere near those walls and then align and lock those grid lines to the walls- and then dimension those grid lines with the walls locked to those grids.

And this revolutionary procedure makes it possible to start a project from a pencil sketch of a floorplan. Importing that sketch into revit as an image and tracing over it just makes it a little more convenient than having the printed sketch next to your monitor- but not all that much. Because again- all you want to do is place your walls in their approximate location to start. There is no point in trying to place accurate lines into revit for starting walls- because the accuracy of those lines means nothing to revit.

DWG in revit?- don't do it. Don't EVER import DWG's into your revit project files. Yes revit can import DWG files- but it is seriously bad practice. It brings with them a myriad of layers/objects that get converted to linetypes- and your materials- text styles- filled regions- etc.

Etc.- gets ALL screwed up. Basically your revit file turns into a major case of FUBAR. You CAN- if you want to save a few minutes building a site plan- LINK a DWG into a separate session of revit and use it for a temporary underlay to create a toposurface and 'revitize' it and then LINK that revit site file to your building file. I realize this does not satisfy the 'feelings' of CAD people who yearn to make AutoCAD part of revit- but it's the right way to do it.

It is easuly done and incredibly accurate - far more accurate than revit. But this is beyond your knowledge and possibly beyond your comprehension. As a person who envisioned bim before you were born i can say that with ease. As a person who worked in bim in 1983 I can say that. If you want to see my work google meyerson symphony center dallas. That was the start of bim for me.

-- TDP First things first, but not necessarily in that order. The Doctor wrote in message news:6345847@discussion.autodesk.com. TDP- two good questions- 1. Isn't tracing an image to build walls in revit inaccurate?

What is wrong with bringing DWGs into revit? The way you start a revit project is to start by building the walls. The idea is to put the walls in their approximate location and then place grid lines somewhere near those walls and then align and lock those grid lines to the walls- and then dimension those grid lines with the walls locked to those grids. And this revolutionary procedure makes it possible to start a project from a pencil sketch of a floorplan.

Importing that sketch into revit as an image and tracing over it just makes it a little more convenient than having the printed sketch next to your monitor- but not all that much. Heaven Benchmark Pro Rapidshare Downloads. Because again- all you want to do is place your walls in their approximate location to start. There is no point in trying to place accurate lines into revit for starting walls- because the accuracy of those lines means nothing to revit. DWG in revit?- don't do it.

Don't EVER import DWG's into your revit project files. Yes revit can import DWG files- but it is seriously bad practice. It brings with them a myriad of layers/objects that get converted to linetypes- and your materials- text styles- filled regions- etc.

Etc.- gets ALL screwed up. Basically your revit file turns into a major case of FUBAR. You CAN- if you want to save a few minutes building a site plan- LINK a DWG into a separate session of revit and use it for a temporary underlay to create a toposurface and 'revitize' it and then LINK that revit site file to your building file. I realize this does not satisfy the 'feelings' of CAD people who yearn to make AutoCAD part of revit- but it's the right way to do it. TDP- let me put this into slightly different words for you because this is one of the master keys to making the transistion from AutoCAD to revit.