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Imported a DWG site plan and nothing shows up in Revit

✓ Solved — mentor verifiedSite & ContextAsked by a student · 23 Jul 2026

Import CAD says it worked but my view looks exactly the same.

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Four usual suspects, in order: you’re in the wrong view (site linework needs a plan view, oriented Top); a units/scale mismatch put it at the wrong size; the geometry sits very far from Revit’s origin (zoom-to-fit and you’ll find it kilometers away); or the DWG layers are switched off under Visibility/Graphics → Imported Categories. Longer term: clean the DWG before import — closed polylines only, no hatches — and then Pick Lines those closed loops into floors for roads, sidewalks and plots. Full steps: Import dwg context correctly

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