Autocad Solid from Revit Solid.

[Anonymous]

Hi,
I am currently in need to create an Autocad 2008 Solid from the Information Gathered from Revit Structure 2009 Beta Solid.

I Can get information about the Solid in the Following Ways.

I can iterate through the Faces and Edges of the Revit Solid and get the Points Respective to each Edges.

Is there any way to create a Autocad Solid from the Points gathered.

Is there Any way to create an Autocad Solid from Revit Structure Solid?

Thank you in Advance.

Regards,
Vignesh. S

[Martin__Schmid]

Doesn't this functionality already exist in Revit Structure?

I.e., File > Export > Cad Formats > Save As AutoCAD 2007 (click Options...) under Solids, select Export as ACIS solids.

Looks like each structural member instance in Revit may end up nested in its own Block instance in AutoCAD.

[Anonymous]

Hi,
I tried it what you have specified, But i cannot be able to export a single element. It export the entire view. Is there any options to export a selected Element?

Thanks and Regards,
Vignesh. S

[Martin__Schmid]

Sure you can.

Select the element you want to isolate, then on the drawing toolbar, select the 'eyeglasses', and select Isolate Element.

Then, reselect the eyeglasses and select Apply Hide/Isolate to View.

Now, your view contains the single element, which you can use the above procedure to export to .dwg.

HTH,
MS

[Anonymous]

Hi,
Sorry, i didnt seen it. Thank you very much. It might be a little complicated to accomplish it via code to isolate other entities. But, i am sure that there is a possibility for accomplishing it from your suggestion.

You gave me a way to proceed what i need.

Thank you.

Regards,
Vignesh. S

[Martin__Schmid]

You may want to take a look at the sample:
\Revit 2009 SDK\Samples\VisibilityControl\CS

It may provide the methods to hide a specific element.

And the sample:
\Revit 2009 SDK\Samples\ImportExportDWG\CS

May provide the necessary methods to export to .dwg

I haven't looked at these myself to know the specifics, but it may get you very close.

[Anonymous]

Hi,
Thank you very much for your suggestion and Guidance.

Regards,
Vignesh. S

[Anonymous]

Hi,
Could you please tell me how to achieve Isolating a single element and Export the element alone as SAT File?

Regards,
Vignesh. S

[Martin__Schmid]

I would have to research the specifics of how to do this in the API my self... as you know, there are many samples to learn from.

As far as how to do this in the application, I have posted a .wmv that shows the process:
https://projectpoint.buzzsaw.com/MartinSchmid/_PUBLIC/Column.wmv?public
.

HTH,
MS