How to Import Formit to Revit?

[Melville3ZFH5]

Models seem to come in as Import Symbol, not mass?  Was hoping to use the wall from face tool to convert to Revit geometry.

[josh.goldstein · Accepted solution]

Hi @Melville3ZFH5! Thanks for reaching out.

A few releases ago, we drastically improved the performance and reliability of the FormIt -> Revit pipeline. This had the unforunate side-effect of switching to Import Symbol as you mention, which limits the by-face tools in some situations.

Luckily, there is a workaround, which is listed in the FormIt + Revit help docs: You can import the FormIt model into a Mass-category family (then load it into a Revit project) to take advantage of Levels, Mass Floors, and By Face tools and apply Revit system families to FormIt geometry.

Hope this helps!

[bsilvaTYLLB]

hey thanks for pointing this out.  all the youtube videos i saw were very misleading bc that massing feature is no longer available unless using the workaround.  
with regards to the workaround, does it detect the levels you create in FORMIT ? 
im trying to find more value to the "import-symbol" format, but not sure is that beneficial.  it doesnt allow for much flexibility.  the "import-symbol" format is treated like a linked model and makes it feel like the whole model is grouped into one agglomeration of uneditable elements inside REVIT.  Now I cant edit one, or a few, elements within the "import-symbol" format. And I cant add levels or treat it as a massing element to turn them into REVIT elements either. 
What are everyones tendencies when using FORMiT ? it seems im misunderstanding the actual use, but the potential to do what my brain immediately thought would be possible, is there