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Possible to save Revit 2018 families in earlier versions?

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Marcus.Isacsson
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Possible to save Revit 2018 families in earlier versions?

Hi fellas!

I know that it's not possible to open Revit families made in 2018 with Revit 2016 (as an example).
But is it somehow possible to copy the family geometries or use a 3rd party tool that converts the files or something like that that I might've missed?

Thanks in advance!

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Anonymous
als Antwort auf: Marcus.Isacsson

As far as I know it isn't possible via the normal way.

However, you are able to create a workaround if you save the family to a SAT and import that back into a previous version of Revit.

You will lose all parametric content and abilities. So no more intelligent families, just "dumb" geometric shapes.

I would only recommend this procedure if creating the specific geometry takes a lot of time and parametric content isn't needed for this specific element (say for instance a generator for a UPS).

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jorgeseptien
als Antwort auf: Marcus.Isacsson

So I first tried the IFC route and it converted all the families to generic models.  What I had was some furniture files from a manufacturer that were in 2018.  We are still using 2017 and going to 2020 in about a month or so.  But for now, the way I worked around it was to open the original Revit file in 2020 and I brought in the pieces of furniture (RFA's) from the manufacturer that i needed.  Double clicked on them which opened them in the family editor.  I then I exported to an ACIS (SAT) file.  Went back to 2017 Revit and created a new furniture family.  Then clicked on Insert > Import CAD > and searched for the SAT file and boom.  Now I am not sure if this will work for all types of families, but I was able to convert the furniture family of a manufacturer.  Hope this helps.  Let me know.  I know I could have just opened the individual families in Revit 2020, but I first inserted them just to have them all in a model to look at them.

Jorge Septien
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jorgeseptien
als Antwort auf: Anonymous

Oops.  I had not read your solution.  

Jorge Septien

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