Revit 2008 DWF Roundtripping

Another great media file, capturing the roundtrip from Revit to DWF and back to Revit.

The enclosed media file shows in detail:

• publish of 2D DWF using Revit 2008
• open and apply markups using Autodesk Design Review 2008
• import DWF file back into Revit 2008
• adjust the content according to markups applied earlier
• publish to 2D DWF
• open the files in Autodesk Design Review 2008 and compare the content using the DWF Compare functionality

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Note: At this point only 2D DWF files can be used for the roundtrip functionality with Revit 2008.

A similar article is planned for AutoCAD 2008 and other vertical products.

--Volker

Comments

[Scott Sheppard]

This is great. People have been asking for a Revit example for a long time.

[Brok Howard]

http://anydwg.com/ Can you explain to me if this dwf to dwg software could be used to really convert secure un-editable dwf format to something that would be vulnerable?

[Volker Joseph]

I am aware of several customers who make use of this 3rd party tool. Said that, it is known that not all DWF to DWG conversions ensure that all original data will be represented correctly, upon completion of conversion.

[Scott Bloss]

Volker,

I have reviewed the video clip and have a couple suggestions to offer. I would like to see the red mark notation changed to a highlighted color when the dwf is reopened after the parameter values have been changed in revit to done. This would surely be a big help to all project managers and project architects out there when trying to verify what has been completed. It is basically the same process as the old paper days when the mark-up has been completed the draftsman or cad operator would use a highlighter and highlight the red mark to indicate that it has been completed. I may have overlooked something and this may already be possible.

[Volker Joseph]

Thank you for the feedback.

We will capture your comments in form of a feature request for future Revit versions.

[Jose Garcia]

It's possible to publish a DWF from REVIT with layer separation, like the exportation to DWG?

The Lisbon Town Council (Portugal) demands that the Architectural Projects must be deliver in DWF (Autodesk Case Study) but also demands that be possible to control the layers. One solution is to export to DWG and then publish to DWF, but this is not the ideal workflow.

[Volker Joseph]

Thank you for your feedback.

We are not completely sure what you have in mind, since Revit doesn’t have layers at all.

If you want to use AutoCAD layers, then you’ll have export to AutoCAD. We don’t export AutoCAD layers directly from Revit to anything but DWG file format.

Please let us know should you have any more questions about this. Thank you.