Revit to sketchup
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Anyone know of a free converter?
I do not have Revit and need to get a model into SU (client uses Revit)
Thanks.
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Doesn't Fletch have a thread somewhere here on this subject?
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=3271&hilit=revit
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Actually, that thread is useless to you as you need Revit. What format is the file in? The extension type I mean.
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.rvt
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Would it be too much to ask him to save in another file format?
.fbx can be converted to .3ds: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/item?id=10775855&siteID=123112
You can import an IFC file into SU via this plugin: http://www.ohyeahcad.com/ifc2skp/index.php
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@numbthumb said:
Would it be too much to ask him to save in another file format?
.fbx can be converted to .3ds: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/item?id=10775855&siteID=123112
You can import an IFC file into SU via this plugin: http://www.ohyeahcad.com/ifc2skp/index.php
I'm not sure, I got this project from a client who is actually a middleman, so he accepts job at $$$ and subs off to me for $ he makes $$ off me...
so I have no direct contact with modeler.I just thought there was an quick conversion without going all way back up the chain.
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Your 'client' can export/save_as any Revit project files [rvt] or selected views/elements as various formats - fbx, dng, sat, gbxml, ifc, odbc... or dxf, dwg etc...
These can then be either converted or directly imported...
Get them tp give you the data in a usable format
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Check your PM Pete.
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Hi Pete,
each Revit version can be downloaded and used for 30 days at full functionality. I read this in a CAD Forum. Maybe this will help you.
Charly
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@sepo said:
@unknownuser said:
Check your PM Pete.
Boo is there something that we could learn as well?
No, I was just able to export the Revit model to .dwg for him.
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ah.. OK
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Revit to Sketchup import is a very very important issue.
Revit is industry standard and I am starting to feel a very big disadvantage to Sketchup as it is way too tedious to get a Revit file into Sketchup.
The only way that is (partially) successful is thorugh DWG/DXF import, however with loss of materials.I predict Sketchup to be pushed out of a visualisation pipeline in many offices if there will no solution provided for this.
Other software, Max, Artlantis, DO import DWG's from Revit much better i.e the import maintains materials.
It would be awesome if we can have an improved DWG/DXF importer that works better.
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But Chris, if the model is already done in Revit, what would be the purpose of exporting it to SketchUp? Just to add entourage and render?
If you want movies, there's a direct path from Revit to Lumion.
If you want stills, you can export to AutoCAD and... well, wait until they release the Thea plugin for AutoCAD. -
Talk about Lazarus... Eric helped me out. It was not for movies but for a render to Thea, sometimes things are simple, too bad Revit is not.
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@ecuadorian said:
But Chris, if the model is already done in Revit, what would be the purpose of exporting it to SketchUp? Just to add entourage and render?
If you want movies, there's a direct path from Revit to Lumion.
If you want stills, you can export to AutoCAD and... well, wait until they release the Thea plugin for AutoCAD.It is for rendering still images (Indigo, Vray ..).
Getting a revit file into Sketchup is just a pain.
The exported DWG files are so heavy and no materials make it hard.
I do use Al Hart's 'Convert Layer Names to Materials' but the whole procedure of it all is tedious and the SU file I end up with is nearly unusable.
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