topic Re: Revit 2020 Section Box & SketchUp Models in Revit Architecture Forum

Revit 2020 Section Box & SketchUp Models

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:45:27 GMT

Hi All,

There seems to be a bug in Revit 2020 where an imported SKP file (whether inside an in-place family or inside a loadable family) does not get cut properly by the section box.

I confirmed with someone from another office that this is happening to their SKP files in R2020 as well.

EDIT: I forgot to mention that it does cut, but it depends on how far you cut. Sometimes if the section box is a bit smaller, it will not cut, but then if you make it larger it will cut properly. Also, the person who tested this in the other office mentioned that this was only happening for him when modifying the north and south planes of the section box.

Please see below for reference (this is a 3D view, looking at the Top plane)

I tried this on Revit 2019 with the same SKP file and encountered no issues.

Has anyone else encountered this issue/resolved this issue?

Thanks

Re: Revit 2020 Section Box & SketchUp Models

barthbradley — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 18:42:55 GMT

Post it and let us test.

Re: Revit 2020 Section Box & SketchUp Models

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 22:02:06 GMT

Sure, here are some test files:

SketchUp R20 Test.rfa - Site Family w/ SketchUp saved down to SketchUp Version 8 imported in

~~SketchUp R20 Test v2.skp - SketchUp Model~~

Test Project.rvt - Revit Project with family placed in

The Test Project wil open up on the 3D view showing the section box being smaller than the family/skp, but the family/skp isn't being cut by the section box.

Note: I tested it out with another skp with multiple small boxes and that seemed to cut properly. The issue seems to be when the surface of an element in the skp is very large (just for example, let's say someone decided to load in a context model with roads using a sketchup model).

Edit: SKP isnt supported so it didn't get uploaded. But this was just a random skp model that I created anyway - made it from scratch and no complexity at all.

Edit2: Here's a link to the SKP file actually, just incase LINK

Thanks for taking the time

Re: Revit 2020 Section Box & SketchUp Models

barthbradley — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 22:15:30 GMT

No issues here. Project Section Box is cutting SKP fine on my side of the fence. Maybe something is up with your install.

Re: Revit 2020 Section Box & SketchUp Models

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 22:42:59 GMT

Hmm.. had two other offices confirm that it's not working for them either. All of us using different Revit models and SketchUp files.

Thanks for your update though!

Re: Revit 2020 Section Box & SketchUp Models

barthbradley — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 23:09:52 GMT

Hmm...I sense disbelief.

Re: Revit 2020 Section Box & SketchUp Models

bin — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 12:45:18 GMT

Have you tried saving the SKP file into an older version?

Re: Revit 2020 Section Box & SketchUp Models

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Apr 2020 14:29:02 GMT

Hey all,

As i've mentioned in my original post, there are times where the skp is cut properly and times where it isnt. From what I can tell, usually when the section box is smaller it has more of a chance to cause the bug. For the most part, yes, the section box will cut properly.

All of the skps that were tested were saved to SketchUp Version 8. I haven't tried saving down lower than that, but if SketchUp Version 8 doesn't cause issues in 2019, then that same version causing issues in 2020 sounds like a bug that needs to be looked at.

Here are two screenshots of the skp not getting cut properly, all are using different skp files and revit models and also from different offices and computers, and also the test file from yesterday (all SketchUp files were also down saved to SketchUp Version 8):

Thanks for spending the time.

EDIT: Just for information, the first image shows the SKP as an in-place family while the other two images are the SKP as a loadable family