@AustinMcCollum wrote:
I'm new to Fabrication CAD MEP and I have no clue how to convert a Revit family into a fab part. The Revit family I'm trying to make a fab part of so that I can use in my Revit Fab model is a High-Efficiency takeoff.
I need it to be able to show up in the MEP Fab Parts inside of Revit so that I can place the correct fab part inside of my model for coordination purposes and also energy analysis inside of Revit.
Fabrication parts will not support analysis....you'll want to stick to Families for that.
If you do indeed need a Fabrication part, there's a couple options but you'll need to use one of the other Fabircation products to do it (CADmep, CAMduct or ESTmep).
1) You need to find the pattern # that supports the component you want to create and build it from scratch. Not an easy task if you're new to Fabrication. You're best bet is to start here....https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/fabrication-products/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2...
2) If there is no pattern for the type of component, you're best off keeping it a Family but if you really need an ITM (Fabrication content), you'll have to convert the familiy to a DWG. You can then create an ITM from that CAD object. This ITM won't be supported either so to get it to work in Revit, you then need to convert it to a 3d model list. This would be a last resort so if you need this process, I can go into more detail but it still requires a fairly advanced knowledge of Autodesk Fabrication to know how to place connectors on the converted objects. ITM content created this way typically isn't displayed correctly in CAMduct or ESTmep if you need it supported there.
Your best bet for Fabrication related support is not here, it's over at XtraCAD.com.
