How to Export from Revit to Sketchup - EASILY Export Any 3D Model from Revit and Import to Sketchup
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- Опубликовано: 14 июл 2024
- The fastest way to easily export a Revit model to Sketchup. Learn how to speed up the export/import process from Revit to Sketchup with shortcuts. Exporting from Revit to Sketchup is an easy task to perform, but some users get stuck on one or two vital settings that need to be configured. Let’s learn how to export from Autodesk’s Revit to Google’s Sketchup.
First of all, open up your Revit project to a 3D view. You can only export a model from Revit if you are in a 3D view.
Next, understand that anything in your 3D view will be exported, and will be shown in Sketchup. That includes any unwanted annotations, level markers, section boxes and anything shown in the 3D view.
When exporting from Revit and importing into Sketchup, it’s best practice to break the model up into several components. Group and layer your model to make life a bit easier for yourself. Isolate walls, floors, ceilings, furniture etc into separate groups.
It could also be worth setting up a reference plan to make things easy to move around in Sketchup.
After cleaning up the 3D Revit model, we can configure the file type settings of the export. Go to file → export → export options (dwg) → solids → ACIS Solids.
Configuring your Export task to a have an assigned shortcut key can save some time. Go to File, options → user interface → keyboard shortcuts (configure) → type “dwg” and assign a keyboard shortcut to it.
Now use that shortcut to open the export task.
Make sure you’re exporting as AUTOCAD 2007 DWG. This is very important and Sketchup won’t import the file if another file type is used.
Once exported, open Sketchup and hit file → import.
Import the file into Sketchup. Fin.
I hope you have found that helpful and can successfully export your model from Revit to Sketchup.
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This is brilliant! I’m a landscape designer using SketchUp and this has saved me having to model the house as the builder can now sends the 3D Revit file thanks to your video. Thanks heaps !
My pleasure Tanya! Glad you found it useful
Thank you very much, I had not succeeded in exporting from revit into skp, I watched too many videos and yours was the best. I appreciate it
I'm so glad! Thanks for watching
Thank you!! That was so much cleaner exporting as ACIS solids rather than mesh. Everything used to get fused together in Sketchup, but this keeps elements separate as groups!
Glad you found it useful Jon, cheers!
Excellent! Clear, short and easy. Thanks for sharing your wisdom!
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Haha that's awesome! Thank you so much Tharun. Appreciate the comment :)
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Glad to hear mate thank you!
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My pleasure Parvathy! Thanks for watching :)
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@@kylesinko this totally helped me out. Drew a stair tower in Revit then imported it into SketchUp.
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RVT --- DWG
DWG --- SKP
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Great video! Would you mind doing a tutorial on how to isolate the walls and such before exporting on revit? That would be super helpful!
Hi Skylar, that’s a good idea! I’ll add it to my list, cheers
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But thank you for this support !!
It doesn't work. ;/ after click "import" there is no dwg file to choose. I can import only an image or texture into sketchup. When I choose "all files" and try to import my dwg file there is an information that "it is not skp model". I have sketchup 2017.
You might have clicked "Open" or a similar option instead of "Import"
I've seen several videos, and for some reaason my sketchup pro 2021 doesn't import my DWG. Whenever it doesn import it it shows me a blank box
If you followed the steps in this video to get that result, it could be an issue with the imported file. Perhaps there is an error not being shown
thanks that was very helpful! one thing though my model had curves and it was kinda broken do u know how i can fix that?
My pleasure Rana! The best solution to that is to unfortunately remodel it. A broken model can be a huge pain to work with and pinpoint what's wrong with it. I've spent a lot more time trying to fix models in the past when I could have had it remodeled in half the time.
Hello! This was extremely helpful, thank you! I want to better understand the model capabilities when you move your Revit model into Sketchup. When you import your Revit model into Sketchup, am I able to edit the model as I would any other model built in sketchup from the ground up? I want to make sure that when I import my model from Revit to Sketchup, that I can add/delete lines, apply materials and render using Enscape. Thanks!
Hi Diana, the workflow from Revit to Sketchup is more forgiving than the other way around. Revit groups all your model components when exporting to the filetype in this video so that when you import it to Sketchup, each component is grouped together on layers that you can individually turn on or off. Each component is further split into faces which you can individually edit too, once exploded. I hope that helps
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Thanks mate!
Nice vid , what I do to get the materials of the walls floors, furniture (imported ones too) ,etc into skp?
You would have to remap the materials, I don’t believe there is a way to bring the materials over from what I remember
Sketchup 2017 version doesn't have dwg in import
What should i do instead
I use SketchUp Make 2017 and I don't have the option either unfortunately. I am pretty sure that the CAD import options that include DWG are only available in the PRO version. This sucks for me because I work mainly in Revit and would prefer to import into SketchUp. :(
How big was the size of your dwg file? Just asking out of pure curiosity, cuz I had been struggling with my 25MB dwg file while importing it to sketchup. It had been stuck at 52% without any progress for a long time and I'm wondering, if there's any solution that could accelerate the process of importing bigger dwg files to sketchup?
A 25MB file size leads me to believe there's something wrong with the file. Anything over 10MB is usually a bad sign. That could be the reason you're struggling to import/export it.
Please, What is the purpose of exporting as acis solid? Can you please make a video explaining how to create layers as you suggested in this video?
The alternative to ACIS Solid is a mesh. Meshes tend to import awkwardly in Sketchup with lots of small faces. A solid is one unit and is a lot "smoother". Hopefully that makes sense. The way to make layers is simple. Hide everything else in the view and export group 1. For example, isolate all the walls and export. Then, import that into sketchup. Repeat this for the floors. Then the roofs. Then the furniture. and so forth. Cheers
Wow, thanks a lot man. I have a question if you don't mind. Can I export the bim file to sketchup openstudio extension for energy modelling of buildings.
Hi, thank you! I’m not sure as I haven’t done this myself. Perhaps someone else will know the answer
Good tutorial but i try it and i see that the curvening objet are rift geométrie in sketchup
what do you mean ISOLATE elements first before exporting?
Hide away all other elements in the view
It’s been taking me almost 20 minutes to export my rvt file to sketchup, should i wait or there’s a problem thats why it is taking too long?
It may be corrupt, did it end up working?
Thank you very much , but why my model colored?
Hello bro! Thank for your tips. How to reload a model imported ?
In sketchup there's no way to update the linked file or "relink" it if that's what you mean.
@@kylesinko Thank Bro !
Great video thank you. I run Revit Lt because Revit is just too expensive for me at the moment.
As you know revit LT does not support Vray
If I wanted to model in Revit LT export to Sketchup to then use Vray would this make sense?
I cannot find much info on this online.
I would very much appreciate your feedback!
Thank you
Hi I had to do this recently and have done it previously. I see no issue with it, though it’s not a great workflow as any changes you make won’t update. Decent enough however
If a revit model has textures applied to it are they brought over in the export?
I believe so if I remember correctly - worth testing
Hi by any chance could you make a video in how to export rhino model to revit for documentation.
Hey there, I would be more than happy to do that :) Keep an eye out for it
Thank you. I really liked your 3rd year project in your previous video I use rhino for organic sculptural designs and really liked to know how to export rhino geometry to revit for documentation.(Revit is really hard to create very organic architecture for me )😓
@@bryancotta1789 I was the same. Too hard doing organic forms in Revit for me!
I did put out a video for exporting Rhino to Revit in case you didn't see it.
Thanks for that suggestion!
@@kylesinko I watched the video. It was very helpful tips. Thanks again.
What version of sketchup do you need in order to do this? can you do everything in this video with the free sketchup software or do you need to purchase the pro or studio software?
You should be able to do it with the free version from my experience
Hi Kyle, I have a 3D Revit file but no Revit software and I'm run Sketchup Pro on a Mac. do you know anyone how can do the translation? I'll pay for it. This is a one off thing for me
Revit Ver 20 and SUP Pro Ver 20.. Selected correct .dwg ver (2007) - Still doesn't work. Mystery.
Try isolating the problem by exporting smaller parts of your model until you find which one is causing the issue. If no parts of your model exports but the same method works in another project, it's the model. If exporting parts of it doesn't work and it doesn't export in another project, it's the method. Just have a play around with it, it's trial and error. Let us know if you find a solution!
What do the acis solids do?
ACIS is a solid modeling technology. For example, ACIS represents a cube as a single object or shape with 6 sides. A polymesh is a 3D shape consisting of multiple polygons that are meshed (joined) together. For example, a polymesh cube consists of 6 square surfaces that are joined together to form the cube shape. It is simply the way the model is structured.
when importing to sketchup it is showing import failed
There could be many reasons for this. Try isolating the error by exporting your Revit model in segregated groups. Also consider what version of Sketchup and Revit you are using
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only a few parts of my model get imported
interesting, for some reason, using revit 2023 btw, when I go to options it says "required resource is unavailable" and then 2 out of 3 times that I tried it crashes. For some reason I feel 2023 has some bugs
new to your channel, thank you for your content
Hmm that is odd. I’m sure they’ll update with a patch soon. Thanks for the comment!
@@kylesinko thanks it ended up working somehow, but def a bug. It was a large file. Your video helped though for sure!
@@eastudio-K Glad to hear, thanks a lot for getting back :)
Hey - absolute rookie here. I'm literally just learning the Sketchup for Architecture course on linkedin. If I have done really basic line drawings of a floor plan and elevations, and plan to build my model using these in Sketchup do I export those the same way as this?
Thank you in advance (hope my question makes sense)
Cheers mate :)
Hey, if you're just using Sketchup you can import the line drawings using the same method from this video, but it depends how you've drawn the lines. If they are drawn in CAD you can import them as a DWG, or if it's hand drawn you can import it as a photo then draw over the top of it and extrude it up. Hope that helps
@@kylesinko Legend yep just line drawings done in Revit. Thanks mate :) Your videos are tops!
can I export Revit materials to Sketchup also?
Unfortunately I don't think you can natively with the programs. I believe there are some plugins that make this possible but haven't used them myself. It might be worth googling! Good luck :)
@@kylesinko thanks for your response
@@kylesinko can you edit the model and its materiality in sketchup
Hey, I'm a freshman archi student. Why would someone export a file from Revit to SketchUp? I thought both programs were designed for the same purpose....
Hey, good question! Revit and Sketchup are both architectural software but have very different purposes.
Revit is a Building Information Modelling software (BIM) and is generally used for creating construction drawings and 3D models that can be built in real life.
Sketchup is a more conceptual program that allows you to freely create and experiment with masses. Where Revit restricts you from experimenting too far from what can actually be built, Sketchup has no restrictions on the masses you can make.
In this case, we were working on a group project of a multi-storey building. We had created a site model for it in Sketchup and wanted to move the model of the more detailed building to Sketchup to render easily.
Long story short, where the programs both have the purpose of designing buildings, they have unique features and are different from the other.
@@kylesinko Ohhh I see !!!! I really appreciate your response, keep up with the good work !!!
@@shipshshs2978 Thank you very much! Take care
I'm also an archi student, i used revit to plan and model the design and then use sketchup for the interior and over all rendering. I used that workflow 'cos Revit has limited free resources that can be used for more realistic renders, unlike Sketchup where you can get may components and materials from many sources.
Why can't you just export as ifc file
I need to open in sketchup cause I have a MacBook Air m1 and I can't have revit :)))
why autocad 2007 and not autocad 2018?