FBX import into Revit

[Anonymous]

If the 20+ year old Revit platform will not be rebuilt from scratch in the next few months it's absolutely a necessity to make importing of FBX files into Revit an option. Customers demands for more realistic 3D objects like furniture's increases from project to project and we have to admit the 3D family editor modelling toolset and workflow in Revit is langsyne outdated compared to other 3D/BIM software's on the market today (yes, even the unnecessarily complex Conceptual Massing tools are old school despite it's advantages over the basic Family Editor). It's really frustrating to have limitations like these in the (still) most widely used BIM software worldwide in the 21st century. I think if Revit had the capability of importing FBX or even OBJ files into Revit projects and families, architectural firms would not even be considering a switch to other BIM software's like I read in every other BIM related articles today. You can easily create any complex 3D forms and export them to FBX/OBJ in software's like 3ds MAX, Rhino and the magnificent free open source software Blender to name a few and if you could then import those complex shapes into Revit with PBR materials and textures Revit would gain it's former strength and be again the leading BIM software worldwide as it was 10-20 years ago. Blender > Revit > Enscape/Twinmotion is a combination that can do it all. Please Autodesk, put more effort into the A of AEC.

[barthbradley]

Thanks for sharing.

Anything else?  

[Anonymous]

You're welcome @barthbradley 

My mistake, I intended to submit this idea into the Revit Ideas Forum, so sorry 🙂

[barthbradley]

No apologies necessary. I feel your pain. You're not alone.  

https://www.archpaper.com/2020/08/open-letter-to-autodesk-swells-over-100-signatories-and-supporters...

[Anonymous]

Thanks for your support.

Here is another article about the same thing: https://www.aecmag.com/component/content/article/19-lead-story/lead-article/2080-the-future-of-revit

[syman2000]

I hear ya. Revit has a lot of shortcoming, but it doesn't mean Revit cannot do some funky stuff. You can use Naviswork to import in FBX model.

Thru Coordination model, you can link in NWD/NWC and it will show your model. If you have issue with backward compatible Revit model, coordination model allows you to read newer Revit model and display it on older Revit model. However it is very limited. I wish Autodesk would expand and give more control over the NWC/NWD display.