Convert Revit to AutoCAD
Revit exports DWG natively, so getting a drawing into AutoCAD is straightforward. It exports one view at a time rather than the model, and the export setup has one section worth configuring before you use it.
We cannot read .rvt or write .dwg. Both are closed formats, and DWG additionally needs a commercially licensed library to read or write legally. The export happens in Revit.
Exported it? Check the file here
Drop the DXF you just made. It opens in your own browser — nothing is uploaded — and you choose what to do with it: check it came out whole and the right size, look at it in 3D, or convert it.
Drag the DXF you exported here, or.
The file is read on your own computer. It is never uploaded.
The short version
Open the view you want. File, Export, CAD Formats, DWG. Before exporting, press the "…" button to open Modify Export Setup and check the Layers tab — that is where Revit categories are mapped onto AutoCAD layer names, and the default is the AIA standard rather than whatever your recipient uses.
Choose a DWG version at least as old as the recipient’s AutoCAD, then export. Open the result yourself before sending it, because Revit exports what the view showed rather than what you had in mind.
The full explanation — what happens to BIM data on the way out, how to export a whole sheet set, what to clean up at the other end, and what to do if you have no Revit — is on the RVT to DWG page.
Questions
- Where is the DWG export in Revit?
- File, Export, CAD Formats, DWG. The dialog lists every view and sheet in the project, and you can export several at once.
- Can anything other than Revit open a .rvt?
- No. The format is closed and there is no published specification. Revit is the only software that opens one.
Where to go next
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Checked against current software versions on 2026-09-11