Graphics Programs Reference
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used to make it. This ensures that geometry, hatching, and fonts will be as
closetothesameaspossible.Ifthisisn'tsetbeforeimportingthedetail,then
the poor fidelity can compound the issue of units being wrong.
Figure5.5
Import Units options
You have the option to correct lines that are slightly off axis, as shown in
Figure 5.6
Correcting lines that are slightly off axis
This feature should be used with care, however, because those “slightly
off-axis lines” may be part of the design intent!
2D Data for Plans, Sections, and Elevations
Let's say that you are using Autodesk Revit MEP and want your staff
members to keep using that program, even though you have other projects
in your office for which the architect is using traditional CAD-based drafting
methods. Should you do these projects in AutoCAD or Revit? Once you have
been using Revit for a while, using anything else feels like it takes far too
long, and there's all that back-referencing, and checking sections tie up with
the plans!
The following Revit workflow is tried and rigorously tested. Your staff
members retain their knowledge, and the project design is still coordinated
(albeit only with the other building services, not with the
architecture—although thearchitect can provide youwith sections aswellas
plans).
When going down this route, you need to consider how your project team
generally works: either in one multiservice file or in multiple project files
