Workaround for Uploading 2D CAD Files from Autodesk BIM 360/Autodesk Construction Cloud

Follow these steps to import a model file that contains only 2D CAD lines from Autodesk BIM 360 / Autodesk Construction Cloud to Cintoo.

  • An active Autodesk Navisworks Manage license and access to an active BIM 360/Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) account are needed to do the following steps.


1. Open Navisworks Mange and click Append icon from Project panel in Home tab.



2. In Append dialog box, use Files of Type box to select the appropriate file type, and navigate to the folder where necessary files are located.


3. Select required files, and click Open.


4. Navisworks will automatically generate Navisworks Cache (.nwc) files for each file being appended. 


5. Upload NWC files containing 2D CAD lines to Autodesk BIM 360/ACC project, and import NWC files to Cintoo using steps in this article: 
Upload 3D Models from Autodesk BIM 360/Autodesk Construction Cloud


Once imported, 2D CAD lines contained in NWC file can be viewed in 3D View