Description:
When publishing a Revit Cloud model, 3D and 2D views are generated for the Forma Viewer, along with a Revit file that can be downloaded via Forma Data Management. Currently, the selected publishing settings are not reflected in the exported Revit file.
Expected Behavior:
Publishing settings should be directly applied to the generated Revit file:
- Publish without links → exported Revit file contains no link paths
- Publish selected views only → exported Revit file contains only those views
- Additional feature: Ability to automatically remove unused properties (parameters) to further clean and reduce the file
Current Behavior / Issue:
- Exported Revit files still contain links (including missing link warnings when opening the file)
- Unnecessary working views remain in the model
- No simple way to automatically clean up data
- Cleanup must currently be done manually, which is especially cumbersome with Cloud models:
- Creating an editable copy of a Revit Cloud model is not possible in Forma
- The file must be downloaded and cleaned locally instead
- Additionally, processes must ensure that this locally cleaned version is not uploaded back into Forma, as it would no longer be linkable as a Cloud model (external resource)
Business Impact:
We regularly need to deliver cleaned Revit files to our client throughout the project lifecycle.
“Cleaned” means:
- No missing links
- No internal working views
- Reduced and well-structured properties
At present, this process is time-consuming, error-prone, and difficult to manage.
Benefits of Implementation:
- Significantly more efficient delivery workflows
- Reduced manual post-processing effort
- Improved data quality and consistency
- Elimination of workflow breaks between cloud and local environments
- Better usability of Revit Cloud models in deliverable scenarios
