Get Started with Unity Reflect to import Revit Models

[Anonymous]

I do not have access to Revit (I am on a Mac) and want to try out the Reflect plugin for Unity. So I downloaded a demo Revit Project and put it into the Assets folder of the unity project. But the Reflect Plugin does not find the file.

So, question:

Do Revit projects need to get exported in special manner to be seen by Reflect?

I have seen demo videos, where they are simply press save in Revit and the Reflect plugin loads the file automatically.

How can that be achieved?

thanks 

[jeremytammik · Accepted solution]

Question: Do Revit projects need to get exported in special manner to be seen by Reflect?

Answer: Yes. If Unity cannot natively read RVT, which I very much doubt, you will have so use some other method or file format to transport the model data. glTF?

Question: demo videos where they are simply press 'save' in Revit and the Reflect plugin loads the file automatically.

How can that be achieved?

Answer: In many ways. One possibility would be to implement a Revit add-in that reacts to the DocumentSaved event and exports the Revit model to some other file format that Unity or some Unity plugin can read.

[MGOURDINZF6HS]

export as .fbx in Revit. 

Or download Unity plugin for Revit. Then Export to Unity Reflect. Then open Unity. Then open Windows>Package Manager (then click advanced and check "show preview packages") > scroll down to Unity Reflect and install the plugin. Once its installed then go to Window>Reflect and assuming both Reflect and Unity are signed in and you have the Pro versions you will see the project. for some dumb reason if everything is not perfect. or even if it is. it may not load. idk why.. thats just my answer

the fbx works but the reflect method is better so that you can use the parameters in the revit model to write cool scripts... if it works.