topic Re: Autocad 3D to Revit Family in Revit Architecture Forum

Autocad 3D to Revit Family

SP-PRAJAPATI — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 13:24:02 GMT

I made a 3d object in autocad to make a family in revit. But when I insert a autocad 3D(.dwg file) in revit family and when I explode that object, whole object select as a one object, but I want all parts as individual so that I can assign a material parameter to each parts.

What do I have to do?

Re: Autocad 3D to Revit Family

mhiserZFHXS — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 13:27:49 GMT

The best workflow is generally to make families from scratch in Revit, especially if you are wanting to add parameters to them.

Re: Autocad 3D to Revit Family

SP-PRAJAPATI — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 13:30:20 GMT

YEah, I can make a family In revit but For a quick work and for a some smooth edge and for some complex geomatery I decided to use Autocad 3D.

Re: Autocad 3D to Revit Family

syman2000 — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 14:30:16 GMT

Try to WBLOCK each of the objects as their separate file. Import those individual files into the Revit. When you explode, each of those objects can have independent material you can assign.

Re: Autocad 3D to Revit Family

GaryOrrMBI — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 14:33:31 GMT

If using AutoCAD objects for your family is the correct course of action for you then take a look at your own question for the beginnings of your solution:

@SP-PRAJAPATI wrote:
... but I want all parts as individual so that I can assign a material parameter to each parts.
What do I have to do?

Either place the individual parts on individual layers which you can assign different materials to in Object Styles, or create the different parts as separate CAD files which will give you the ability to add different materials to each CAD part (either as CAD elements or exploded to Revit elements).

Here is an example created from a vendor's CAD exports (which were then separated into multiple CAD files) and imported into a Revit family with different parts for different materials:

-G