Use content in DWG and place on floor to render...?

[Anonymous]

Hello all. I am a bit of a novice with Revit, so I apologize in advance for some of my limited knowledge. I am working in a revit file where I essentially want text that I layed out in an illustrator file and have it visible in a render I am working in. To explain my process a bit:

>created file in Illustrator

>saved as dwg

>Used Import CAD function

>currently showing in my gound level plan as an import symbol

Despite being able to see it in the ground floor plan, I don't think it is an element that can be recognized as render-able. I have attempted to paint the floor (and creating a material), but that did not render well. I have attempted to create a decal (which seems to be my best bet), but I haven't been able to apply a decal to the floor I have created.

My main question is does anyone have a way or method that I can best go about placing this design into Revit so that I can render it? I have it in Illustrator, so I can save it into other file types, such as pdf, png, etc. I haven't found a topic trying to achieve what I'm trying to do, but if you know of one, please by all means post.

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attachment 1 - text that I would like to lay on ground (placed into a png file)

attachment 2 - render viewpoint showing floor from 2nd level

[L.Maas · Accepted solution]

Why is it not possbile to put your decal on your floor? If you are in 3D view where the floor is visible and you insert a decal it should attach to the faces of floor.

I have experienced before that placing decals on a face of a linked file will prevent the decal from showing properly. I do not know if this is still the case.

When this happened I opened the linked file and placed the decal over there. Or you could put in a (thin/transparent) object, for example a new floor, and place it on top of your floor and put the decal on there.

[Anonymous]

Thanks a lot! was placing it in a 2D floor plan view before, and it would only allow me to place it on the walls. Placing the decal in a 3d view seemed to do the trick.