Revit ODBC Export

[JoshJonesNZ]

Hey, I am looking to improve my process of Revit data exports. Currently i have an SQL database set up by a team in our company. When exporting this process can take up to 3 hours. I was looking to get into Autodesk Platform Services. Does anyone have some insight into this or experience/resources I could utilize? 

The ideal process would be to full automate the export of Revit data. As in start exports automatically Saturday morning, and run until the early hours of Sunday morning. Has anyone seen an example of this? 

[jeremy_tammik]

It is unclear to me what exact approach you are using for the SQL export. If you have not programmed it yourself using the Revit API, you may be using some other approach:

• Built-in Revit functionality
• An Autodesk add-in
• A third-party add-in

In all of these cases, we cannot really help much here, since this forum is dedicated to programming using the Revit API. If you are not using the Revit API yourself, the more general architectural Revit forum may be a better source of help.

Using APS will certainly avoid this overhead at your end and guarantee that a complete BIM representation is available for online queries.

I think more details of your use case might help in the decision. What exactly do you do with your SQL database? What data do you extract from it, how, and why, for what purposes?