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Has anyone had success importing sketch-up models into Revit 9?
What is the procedure please?
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Depends how you want to use it...
If you want to use it as a base to create your model in revit then best to import it into to revit. Note it will not import if you've added too much detail in sketchup. For using a mass revit is only expecting a mass like form from sketch up.
If you just want to show it you can import it straight into revit rather than in a mass.
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Do I need to save my sketch up file a certain way? When you say mass, do i need to convert the sketch up file into 1 component to bring it in?
What is an IFC file?
Thanks for tolerating my questions...
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You can import your sketchup as mass.
Go to a 3d view
Create mass<give it a name
File<Import cad formats<file type
Import.
I have only been shown this once so it may not be completely correct.
Good luck.
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Do I need to save my sketch up file a certain way? When you say mass, do i need to convert the sketch up file into 1 component to bring it in?
What is an IFC file?
Thanks for tolerating my questions...
Shouldn't need to save your sketch up file any specific way. Mass is a revit term, as outlined by puzzle.
IFC stands for industry foundation classes and is set to be the method of choice for sharing BIM models, however still needs a lot of ironing out.
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Ok - thanks for helping me import my sketch up model.
Now that it is in there, do I need to expode it in order to assign levels and edit, cut sections, etc.?
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Ok - thanks for helping me import my sketch up model.
Now that it is in there, do I need to expode it in order to assign levels and edit, cut sections, etc.?
Thanks
Does anyone know if the sketchup model brings in the materials...or ifyou can force it to in some smart and clever way?
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I have tried several time to import a sketch up model into revit 9.1. I keep getting a fatal error and crashing. I tried puzzle's advise with the same results. What's the trick?
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You need to back save sketchup to Sketchup 5 not 6. Sketchup 6 makes 9.1 crash, this issue is resulved in RAC 2008.
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Thanks! Didn't know that. Worked great.
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