Revit > sketchup - best workflow?
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Hi
Is there any good tips for "connecting" revit and sketchup?
We use revit most of the time, but for some work sketchup is a much better tool, but i wonder if there is good way to somehow connect the two programs as an altertive to work on two models.
i have tried exporting as obj from revit and imported into sketchup using fluid obj import light, and it works fast and fine, but components / families gets exploded.
i have then tried importing as dwg, and then using the groupbylayer plugin, but it takes forever to convert.....
any tips for a good workflow?
thanks
jorgensen -
You might try the IFC format. I've had fairly good luck with that. Bringing IFC into SU loses all the layer info, which is annoying, and I am not sure if Revit will see layers coming with a SU export, but it's worth a try, at least.
The import into SU does retain all the component names applied in Revit, so that's good. None of the geometry gets exploded, either, which is also good
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My best method is to export a dwg file from Revit but do a solid export. This keeps everthything grouped and exports to layers. There is still some cleanup to do but there is no perfect solution.
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See my post here: https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=68000&hilit=+Revit
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