Formit to Revit

[Anonymous]

I am using Web based Formit and want to export the model to revit. I cannot see any revit export command. How do I do this?

[Anonymous]

Tom,

The import SKP into a Revit Family is the root of my post. The customer I'm working with currently has a lot (15+) families with imported SKP models. This is dramatically slowing down the performance of their Revit MEP project. To balance the performance issue a little, I had the customer cut/paste the SKP families into a separate Revit project to be linked to their working Revit MEP project. This has added some performance back into their workflow but, my hope was to use the Converter to translate the geometry from SKP to RFA via FormIt. Unfortunately, I do not know the source of the Sketchup files.

@Tobias_Hathorn

[tvollaro]

Bill,

Based on the file you provided, there is no real performance gains you will get from the FormIt Converter. As Tobias pointed out, there are a ton of non-manifold "holes" in the model. This will cause the FormIt Converter to just revert to mesh import, which is exactly what the native Revit import will do. The advantage of the FormIt Converter comes when the model is well-formed into individual watertight objects that can be cleanly converted into Revit DirectShapes. It is unfortunate, but when it comes to SKP models the ol' adage applies: "Garbage in, garbage out." 

[Anonymous]

Tom,

Understood. Thanks for your insight and taking the time to review the model file. I'll let the customer know that what I've suggested to her is the best bet for now. I'll pass on that the replies you've sent me.