Export to different formats

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In this video, we will cover specifying export setup options and exporting to various file formats.

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When working in Revit you may need to export to various file types for use and other programs.

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Let's take a look at the various options, click the file tab and then hover over export.

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You can export to various cad formats, such as DWG or DGN files.

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You can also export DWF or DWFX files.

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You'll also notice that some of the options are unavailable, such as FBX.

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FBX is a 3ds max file and you need to export a 3d view.

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So when you open up a 3d view, such as the default 3d view, then the export fbx option will be available.

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You can also open up a family and then export all of the family types.

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You can export GB xml files, IFC files.

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You can export to an ODBC database and you can export images and animations.

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This is useful for exporting renderings or walk throughs or there's some other use cases as well.

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When you hover over reports, you can see that there are two options, schedule and room area report.

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When you open a schedule, for example, I will open the mechanical equipment schedule.

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You can then select export reports, schedule and you can export to a delimited text file, which can then be imported into Excel for further use.

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I'll click cancel and then I'll switch back to the ground floor HVAC plan view and then I will go back to the export options here and at the bottom.

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You can select options and then you can control options for DWG and DXF files and for DGN files.

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You can also select IFC options to control how IFC files will be exported.

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Select export setups.

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DWG DXF.

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When you are exporting to a DWG file, you want to pay attention to the options in this dialog.

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And there are several tabs to begin with on the layers tab, you can control how the Revit categories will be exported to Autocad layers.

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To begin there's an option at the top which controls how the any overrides will be exported.

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And the first one is that the overrides.

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So first off the categories will be exported to layers and then the overrides will be exported by entity.

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The section. The second option will not export any overrides.

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So this is important when you have filters or when you have systems,

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for example, uh supply duct or return duct systems or hydroponic piping systems and you have overrides applied to the system,

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that's where these options really become important.

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And then also you can choose that the ex the overrides are exported as new layers so that's an important option.

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And then you can choose one of the layer standards.

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And so for example if you select the AIA.

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Then you will be using their standard for layers.

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And you can scroll through this list and you can see the Revit categories the layer that it will be exported to along with the color ID.

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And so once again, it's important that you pay attention to these options,

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so that if you are exporting to DWG files on a regular basis that the result is as you wish.

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Okay, on the lines tab, you can control various line styles and how they are exported.

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And similarly on the patterns tab, you can control patterns and then on the text and fonts tab,

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you can control the Revit fonts and how they are exported to DWG and then on the colors tab, there are three options here.

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You can export as index color or you can choose to have the colours as specified in the object styles, which is the true color RGB values.

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And then uh you can choose for those that are specified in the view and once again using the true color RGB values.

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I'll leave it set to index color and then switch to the solids tab and if you want to export 3d views and control how that 3d geometry is created.

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This is where you want to come to the solids tab and you can choose for that 3d geometry to be exported as a polymesh or a CIS solids,

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and I'd recommend doing some tests here and seeing which option is going to work best for you.

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On the units and coordinates tab.

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You can control the units and coordinates as obviously has stated,

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for example, one DWG unit is either a foot inch meter centimeter a millimeter,

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so we'll leave it set to inch for now and then you can control the coordinate base.

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So this is really important during coordination.

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Are you going to export using shared coordinates or the internal origin.

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And if you're working with another team, it's important that everybody is on the same page and is using the same units to export.

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Lastly on the general tab, there are some various options.

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For example, you can choose to export rooms, spaces, and areas as polylines.

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Under options you can choose to hide certain things such as scope boxes, reference planes, and so on and so forth.

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Then at the bottom you can control the file format that you will be exporting to.

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So that's something important you will want to pay attention to.

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Be aware that with several things when you're exporting you can actually save a setup,

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you can create a new export setup and then adjust those settings so that all those options will be saved.

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I'll click OK.

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And then I will click the file tab and select export cad formats DWG.

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Now, when you're actually exporting something, you can select your export set up in this drop down if you created one

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and then you can control what you're actually exporting,

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whether you are exporting the current view or sheet or you're going to export a certain sheet set.

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You can select that here and then depending on what's available, you can select other options for various views,

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and then you simply just have to step through the options and you can export it, and then you can choose the naming convention.

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And lastly, there's an option here to export views on sheets and links as external references.

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And so if you're exporting views that are placed on sheets, then or you have linked files,

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then you may or may not want to choose this option and then click OK.

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And the file will be exported.