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Message 1 of 26
sabtf7
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revit to sketchup

So i have designed in revit this beautiful building for my thesis project and it is very curvy and i have tried several different ways to import it into sketchup but every time i do the buildings curves are such a mess that i can't even work with it. Is there a way to import without loosing the design? please help!

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Message 2 of 26
vector2
in reply to: sabtf7

SketchUp doesn't do curves.

Message 3 of 26
sabtf7
in reply to: vector2

Is there a way to make my building into a component or something.. There must be some kind of setting to help it export as a simplified curve right?

 

Message 4 of 26
vector2
in reply to: sabtf7

"a way to make my building into a component"

 

Please explain in more ways than one what you mean by that.

Message 5 of 26
sabtf7
in reply to: vector2

I just started using revit about a month ago so I don't know any of the tricks or techniques to making a building more simplified in terms of file size, or grouping walls so they stick together. When I say massing I mean importing what I have as one object so that if I were to import it into sketchup it wouldn't freak out on me because the building would be one large piece. On another note would it help if I exported my revit file to another program before importing it to sketchup or are there any buttons I can click to help the export better define the curved geometry.

Message 6 of 26
parveen.revit
in reply to: sabtf7

have you tried exporting DWG, DXF, DWF, FBX file format out of Revit (with solid and wiremesh options).

Then try to import/open those into SketchUp.

 

Parveen_Intec_Infocom (BIM, CAD, GIS, QS Services' Provider)
Message 7 of 26
sabtf7
in reply to: sabtf7

How and where exactley do I go to do that that sounds promising?

Message 8 of 26
Alfredo_Medina
in reply to: sabtf7

Big R > Export > CAD Formats.


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Licensed Architect (Florida) | Freelance Instructor | Autodesk Expert Elite (on Revit) | Profile on Linkedin
Message 9 of 26
sabtf7
in reply to: Alfredo_Medina

yeah i got that part.  From there how do i edit my export to be a solid or wire mesh to help fix the curves so when i export they will come in as solid forms or masses in sketchup?

Message 10 of 26
ccollins
in reply to: sabtf7

see attached.

Cliff B. Collins
Registered Architect/BIM Manager
Thalden Boyd Emery Architects
St. Louis, MO
Message 11 of 26
Alfredo_Medina
in reply to: sabtf7

See attachment:


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Licensed Architect (Florida) | Freelance Instructor | Autodesk Expert Elite (on Revit) | Profile on Linkedin
Message 12 of 26
sabtf7
in reply to: Alfredo_Medina

what method will help with the curves? Or should i try both options?

Message 13 of 26
Alfredo_Medina
in reply to: sabtf7

As a reference, the Solids option works better for rendering a model in 3DStudio. In the case of Sketchup, you should try both to explore which option works better for what you need.


Alfredo Medina _________________________________________________________________ ______
Licensed Architect (Florida) | Freelance Instructor | Autodesk Expert Elite (on Revit) | Profile on Linkedin
Message 14 of 26
sabtf7
in reply to: Alfredo_Medina

I tried both they both came into sketchup looking very messy and and unsalvageable darn 😞 thanks for your help you are the first person to actually help me so I really appreciated your support.

Message 15 of 26
scott_d_davis
in reply to: sabtf7

The reason it's messy isn't a Revit issue, or an export issue.  It's a Sketchup issue.  Skechup is a planar surface modeler.  Anything drawn as a curve or a curved surface in Sketchup is actually a series of flat, planar surfaces that "rerpresent" a curve..  Sketchup does not draw a curve.  It must facet everything into planar elements.

 

Better question at this point is, why are you needing to go to Sketchup?  Give us some idea about what you are trying to accomplish in Sketchup, and maybe we can give you some Revit techniques to accomplish the same thing.

 

Better to work in a true solids parametric building information modeling application, anyways... 🙂



Scott D Davis
Sr AEC Technical Specialist
Message 16 of 26
vector2
in reply to: sabtf7

"How and where exactley do I go to do that that sounds promising?"

 

First thing you might want to do if you only have the free version

of SketchUP is go here and buy the pro version since only the Pro

version will import DWG. http://sketchup.google.com/product/gsup.html

 


Message 17 of 26
sabtf7
in reply to: scott_d_davis

i would love to not have to go to sketchup!

 I have designed a school and now i am moving into the interiors and it is a nightmare to model everything, because my walls are curved and so when i try to make my own furniture and such it takes forever and never turns out the way i want. It is much more dificult to model in revit than it is in sketchup. Revit should work something out where they have a better selection of imports like sketchup does as well as an easier interface to create organic and astract forms for the interior architects out there like me 🙂 .

Message 18 of 26
vector2
in reply to: sabtf7

Revit is not a sketch program, it's a construction program. Unless

you want to use Revit massing, that's like SketchUp only better.

Message 19 of 26
Alfredo_Medina
in reply to: sabtf7


@sabtf7 wrote:

i would love to not have to go to sketchup!

 ...Revit should work something out where they have a better selection of imports like sketchup does as well as an easier interface to create organic and astract forms...


Perhaps the issue is not about exporting or importing, but learning how to model those forms in Revit. Can you provide an image of the "organic and abstract forms" that cannot be modeled in Revit?


Alfredo Medina _________________________________________________________________ ______
Licensed Architect (Florida) | Freelance Instructor | Autodesk Expert Elite (on Revit) | Profile on Linkedin
Message 20 of 26
sabtf7
in reply to: Alfredo_Medina

i am looking to something similar to this but having the wall part act as abstract cubed storage cubbiesand then connecting to the ceiling down this long curved hall.

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