AutoCAD Tasks

Introduction

Starting in Clarity 2022, Clarity supports AutoCAD files as "first-class citizens" within the Clarity environment. This page describes some of the intricacies of how this operates.

Using AutoCAD files in a Clarity Project

As part of the Clarity Project setup, you will now check a box for "Use Revit Files" or "Use AutoCAD Files" or both, when you setup or edit your project. If you choose to use AutoCAD, you will see both DWG and DST files appearing in your files page, your project home page, and - where appropriate - your task target pages.

AutoCAD tasks are managed separately from Revit tasks (for example, the "PDF" task still only does "Revit to PDF"- there is a separate task called "AutoCAD to PDF").

How to AutoCAD Tasks Operate?

AutoCAD Tasks are run via the Clarity Windows Task Server on each task server. You will have to have a licensed copy of AutoCAD installed to run from.

Clarity will determine which version you have installed at runtime (unless you add the specification to the task to run a specific flavor).

Clarity goes through a slightly complex process to launch from the running Windows Service into the currently logged in account's windows session to be able to run and take advantage of the graphics card. While not strictly a requirement, IMAGINiT highly recommends making it possible to leave a logged-in user (even if the display is locked) at all times on a task server.