Click File tab › Export › CAD Formats › DWG. Pick an export setup, choose the current view or a set of views and sheets, and click Next. Pick a folder, the AutoCAD version and the naming, and click OK. The setup decides layers and units.
Or, just ask Mira, a free add-in, to export every floor plan to DWG.
How to do it in Revit
Step 1: Make an export setup
Click File tab › Export › Options › Export Setups DWG/DXF. Click New Export Setup, or duplicate one that's close, and name it for the job or the consultant (Autodesk Help: Modify DWG/DXF Export Setup).
Step 2: Map categories to layers
On the Layers tab, use Load layers from standards to start from American Institute of Architects (AIA), ISO standard 13567, Singapore standard 83 or British standard 1192 (Autodesk Help: About Layer Mapping for Export). Then edit the layer name and color for any category; doors map to A-DOOR by default.
Step 3: Set units and coordinates
On Units & Coordinates, set One DWG unit is, inches by default in imperial projects, and the Coordinate system basis: Project internal, or Shared to keep the project's shared position. Shared coordinates only work when you export views, not sheets (Autodesk Help: Units and Coordinates for DWG/DXF Exports).
Step 4: Start the export
Click File tab › Export › CAD Formats › DWG and pick your setup under Select Export Setup. For one view, keep <current view/sheet only>; for several, choose <In session view/sheet set> and tick the views and sheets (Autodesk Help: Export to DWG or DXF).
Step 5: Choose the folder, version and names
Click Next. In Export CAD Formats, browse to the folder, pick the AutoCAD version under Files of type and a Naming option, then click OK.
Step 6: Choose xrefs or one file
With Export views on sheets and links as external references ticked, a sheet's views and any Revit or DWG links export as separate files that reference each other. Clear it to get a single file.
Step 7: Reuse the setup on the next project
Export setups are saved in the project, not as a separate file. Copy one with Manage tab › Settings panel › Transfer Project Standards and tick DWG/DXF Export Setup Settings, or keep it in your template.
What to watch for
Only what's visible exports. Revit exports the objects visible in each view, so turn off categories in Visibility/Graphics or tighten the crop region to keep the DWG small. See how to hide and unhide elements.
View scale changes the linework. Revit exports a scaled 2D view: at 1:100, two lines 1/4" apart can come out as one, while at 1:20 they stay separate. Pick the scale for the precision the recipient needs.
Overrides need a layer rule. Export layer options on the Layers tab decide what happens to view-specific overrides: kept BYENTITY on the category's layer, dropped, or moved to new layers. Autodesk treats a link shown By Host View as an override.
Rooms can come out as polylines. Tick Room, space and area boundaries on the General tab to export room outlines from floor or ceiling plans as closed polylines, on a layer that's off by default in the DWG.
Going the other way? Bringing DWG details into Revit is covered in how to convert CAD details to Revit.
Export setups multiply. A project collects AIA, AIA (2) and an old structural setup, each mapping layers a little differently, and the DWGs that go out at each issue don't match the last set. Exporting every plan again for each transmittal adds more chances to pick the wrong one. That repeated export is the part an AI agent for Revit can take on, with you choosing the setup and the folder.
Or, just ask Mira to do it.
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Export every floor plan to DWG with our AIA export setup, into a folder I'll pick.
Mira lists the floor plans and the DWG export setups saved in the model, and opens a folder picker instead of guessing a path. The export runs through a small tool Mira writes, which asks Allow first. Exporting writes files only, so nothing in the model changes.
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- How to Scale in Revit: Views, Images and FamiliesPick a view's scale from the scale list on the View Control Bar. To resize lines, images or imported CAD, select them, click Scale (RE) on the ribbon, then pick two points or type a factor. Families can't be scaled; change their size parameters instead. Or, just ask Mira, a free add-in, to list drafting views off your standard scales.
- How to Add Levels in RevitIn a section or elevation, click Architecture tab › Datum panel › Level (LL). Click twice to draw the level line, then click its elevation and type the height. With Make Plan View on, each new level gets a floor plan and ceiling plan. Or, just ask Mira, a free add-in, to add levels, each with its own floor plan.
- How to Change Project Units in RevitClick Manage tab › Settings panel › Project Units (UN). Click the Format value next to Length, pick the units and rounding, and click OK twice. Only the display changes, and dimension types or schedule fields with their own format don't follow. Or, just ask Mira, a free add-in, to set length units and rounding, then read them back.
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- Revit Keyboard Shortcuts: The Keys Worth Learning FirstMost Revit shortcuts are two-letter codes you type in sequence, such as WA for Wall or DI for Aligned Dimension, and Revit runs the tool on the last key. You change them in the Keyboard Shortcuts dialog (KS). The ones worth learning first are below, grouped by job. Or, for jobs no shortcut covers, like renumbering details, just ask Mira.
- Revit Project Browser Missing? How to Get It BackClick View tab › Windows panel › User Interface and tick Project Browser, and Properties if that's gone too. You can also right-click in the drawing area and choose Browsers › Project Browser. If it's ticked and you still can't see it, it's probably on another monitor or off-screen; the reset steps are below. Or, just ask Mira, a free add-in, why your Project Browser is empty.
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