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Hey! I use Revit 2014 and I'm having problems while exporting to dwg in the right scale.
I set to export in METERS, and in Autocad, the Model part is inthe right scale.
But when i go to LAYOUT, in the exported CAD file, its too smal.
Is there any way I can set to both MODEL and LAYOUT be exported in the right scale?
Thanks.
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Im sorry, I use REVIT 2013, not the 2014.
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You have to set your views to the correct scale for metric? You can expect this to be automatic.
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Yes, I set it to export in Meters.
I expected it to be automatic, but ONLY the sheet is exported in the wrong scale. I think it is 1000x smaller.
But inthe model part everything is ok. i really dont know what to do.
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Sorry - I meant you can't expect this to be automatic.
If you want metric size sheets then you have to use them.......!
What are you really trying to do? If the drawing is in feet & inch units, the drawing will still be in those units! If you want metric, then modify the annotatons to be metric.
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Ok, but is there a way to set Revit to export to a specific size dwg scale? For example, when I export a 1/4" architectural Revit drawing to DWG., it opens in AutoCAD in a 1:1 drawing, which I then have to change the scale to 1/4"=1' which is our standard and gives the proper line scale. Thats not such a big deal, except that I'm often times exporting 14 floors, 2D and 3D. I would save me a lot of time and energy if I didnt have to change the scale everytime I did this. Is there a setting in Revit to change the export scale?
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I'm not sure what you are doing. When I export a file whether it be a view or several views on a sheet, they open correctly in CAD. Perhaps someone has messed with your standards for export. See attached.
Remember.... In revit, everything is 1/1 in views. That's why we use sheets.
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Yes, I have the same settings, However when I open the AutoCAD drawing it opens it in a 1:1 drawing. It opens correctly I just then have to change the scale on my AutoCAD drawing to a 1/4". I was just hoping that there was a setting to automatically put it into a drawing that would OPEN in a 1/4"=1' instead of a 1:1. From what I can tell by looking at the settings, there is not, just hoping there was something I wasn't seeing. 
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When I open my exported sheeted drawing, the view scale is 1/4" as it should be. And the model space is drawn full scale, as it should be. So what are you saying?
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Interesting. Whenever I open an exported drawing from Revit in AutoCAD, the annotation scale is 1:1. We like all of our CAD drawings to be at an annotation scale of 1/4"=1' so I just have to manually change that. Again not that big of a deal, It's just when I have to do that for 30+ drawings it gets to be a bit tedious. I know how to mess with the export settings pretty well, I just wondered if there was a setting to change the annotation scale for when it exports into a CAD drawing.
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Ah.... now you say it. The scale is correct.... But the annotative scale is 1/1.
Revit never sets the annotative scale that I know of. When you export without x-refs, all of the views from a sheet are in one DWG. When you have multiple scaled views on a sheet, what should the annotative scale be in model space. Only you know what model view area you will be working in.
It would seem that this could be set in views that are x-ref'd and it could be set on the view properties for sheeted views. When I worked in CAD, I always documented in sheet views and never in model space but I know most offices don't like that .... thus you have to set annotative scale every time you work in model space....
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Hello, Hola, Hallo
There is abundant text in the internet for this issue... very extens... so I solved my problem relatively easy (after reading and reading forums and sites)
My problem was: I exported my revit sheets to dwg. In autocad is draw in mm. everything is 1000x largest. so...
1-R-export-options (last down button)-export setups for dwg/dwf-units and coordinates tab-one dwg units is... set your unit!
2-export views or sheets
I hope this problem is solved
Éxitos !
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