Hi there,
We are building a Brewery which is a mixed structure of concrete, laminated timber and steel.
I modelled it in AS, and now I want to take it to Revit for faster modelling of some components.
The model contains about 30 different user sections, and I guess it would take about half a labour day to manage the conversion to Revit Family profiles.
Therefore I use a reach-around, I explode the AS Copy to solids, and then import the .dwg file into Revit as a "model in place topography", for correct display in sections views.
Unfortunately, now I lose all of the intelligence and functionality, e.g. the representation of materials, or the capacity to filter the copy by the use of metadata from AS.
Is there a way in between?
Like the existing .smlx procedure, with all the functionality regarding metadata, but with all AS profiles (including user sections) as geometry which cannot be manipulated....as if they were special parts.
Kind regards
Willem

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I am sure the SMLX method has potential, e.g. if you could transfer a parametric Revit Family into a welded assembly in Advance Steel.
That would generate a generate an effectivity better than Solidworks or Tekla.
Let’s call this assembly level.
But on the level of a whole building...I don't see it work.
After 17 years AS, I have generated 1613 user sections, most of them "one time shot".
For myself I use already three models for each project, AS, Revit and Navisworks.
These models are mutually referred, to make the most of the capacities in each software.
So to manipulate profiles generated in AS, I keep doing it in AS.
I think the chances are small I will ever transfer copy under SMLX with third parties before I retire in 25 years, even not if all the buildings we would build had the same generic typology, and everybody had the same strategy on the use of their software.
But if we could apply smlx without the conversion of Profiles, that would be a huge benefit, and this option could ease the export to .ifc too.
I guess it would save me about 15% of my time while modeling.
Best regards,
Willem