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Revit 2025 can't export datasmith file?

Kristoffer_Webyte
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Revit 2025 can't export datasmith file?

Kristoffer_Webyte
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Contributor

When I try to export a datasmith file I get error message "Twinmotion is not installed" and a link where to install Twinmotion. However I don't use Twinmotion and I don't want to install a 30GB program just to export a file to unreal.

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eizinmyat
Advocate
Advocate

Hello, 

Could you check what version of Datasmith Exporter plugin you have currently installed? I think it is because of the version. I hope it helps you.

 

Please mark this response as "Accept as Solution" if it answers your question. Kudos gladly accepted.

Ei Zin Myat
Technical Sales Unit Engineer
ONESTRUCTION Co., Ltd.
eizinmyat@onestruction.com
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handjonathan
Community Manager
Community Manager

Hi @Kristoffer_Webyte 

Thanks a lot for posting your question to the forums!โ€ฏโ€ฏ Can you check the version as per @eizinmyat suggestion?
โ€ฏ
We look forward to hearing back from you with more information so we can help you as a community!โ€ฏ



Jonathan Hand


Industry Community Manager | AEC (Architecture & Building)

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GaryOrrMBI
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Collaborator

1) How do you get to that dialog box?

2) What do the addin exporters for Revit 2023 and earlier have to do with the built-in exporter in Revit 2025?

3) The OP is referring to this:

 

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which, according to the help file (which still says Revit 2024 everywhere BTW), requires the installation of Twinmotion prior to being able to use any of the commands under the TwinMotion pulldown

 

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-G

 

Gary J. Orr
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Kristoffer_Webyte
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1. On the twinmotion tab, which is also there in revit 2024, in which I have not installed twinmotion.

2. Nothing, because I'm talking about revit 2024 vs revit 2025. Because it's literally the same plugin.

3. Yes.

4. I caved and installed twinmotion so I could use this 0.05% functionality of it.

GaryOrrMBI
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@Kristoffer_Webyte ,

My post wasn't in reply to your original post but intended to ask @handjonathan and @eizinmyat how and why their replies related to your post.

 

-G

Gary J. Orr
GaryOrrMBI (MBI Companies 2014-Current)
aka (past user names):
Gary_J_Orr (GOMO Stuff 2008-2014);
OrrG (Forum Studio 2005-2008);
Gary J. Orr (LHB Inc 2002-2005);
Orr, Gary J. (Gossen Livingston 1997-2002)
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Kristoffer_Webyte
Contributor
Contributor

Oh alright sorry for misreading you. And thank you for understanding what I'm asking about lol

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kunze50
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Participant

I've come across this with Revit 2025 as well. Revit 2024 did not have this issue. It is sad how having Twinmotion installed to export a Datasmith file is now required. For those who want to simply export the file without rendering in Twinmotion or bring into Unreal Engine, this is very unnecessary and a waste of storage. An alternative Datasmith export option should at lease be an option somewhere else within Revit that is unrelated to Twinmotion.

Rab_i
Advocate
Advocate

I wouldn't want to install Twinmotion when my workflows are for Unreal engine itself.  Unbelievable! 

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lucas.ngs
Community Visitor
Community Visitor

So, in the end, we can't export datasmith file on Revit 2025 without downloading Twinmotion!?...

lisemarine_moreira
Observer
Observer

Bonjour j'ai une question au sujet de twinmotion aussi.

J'ai un fichier revit 2025 et j'aimerais le visualiser dans twinmotion.

Je l'ai fait pour mon premier projet et cela ร  trรจs bien fonctionnรฉ. Mais lร  pour mon deuxiรจme projet cela ne fonctionne plus. J'ai le dernier twinmotion et ai tรฉlรฉcharger le Twinmotion 2024.1 for Revit.

Lorsque je fais exporter vers twinmotion รงa n'affiche rien dans twinmotion . Alors je fais "Importer" mais dans "direct link" je ne peut rien sรฉlectionner et c'est รฉcrit "aucune source disponible". 

Pour ce qui est de mon ancien fichier que je veux synchroniser c'est pareil je ne peux pas et j'ai รงa qui s'affiche.

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Je ne comprends pas et c'est urgent quelqu'un peu m'aider?

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lisemarine_moreira
Observer
Observer

Mais normalement on n'a pas besoin de UE si on a la dernbiรจre version TwinM et Revit.

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lisemarine_moreira
Observer
Observer

ais qu'est-ce que je dois faire exactement?

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