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Vasil Kitanov

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    Improved Import Of Revit Content

    in Wishlist - Feature and Content Requests

    Posted

    Hi @rudybeuc@gmail.com,

    Thank you for the example files!
    Here is these files imported in Vectorworks and opened in Revit app side-by-side: 

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    On 8/20/2023 at 6:15 AM, rudybeuc@gmail.com said:

    There is no translation for light objects. They come through as geometry.

     

    Yes, for now Vectorworks does not import light objects as native, but with some additional actions (delete light source) you can get a nice solid lamp: 

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    On 8/20/2023 at 6:15 AM, rudybeuc@gmail.com said:

    Even the solids come through with a bunch of tessellation lines.

     This happens only when the internal process of creating a solid object fails. In this case the result is object created by 3D polygons and that is why the result looks tessellated. We recommend in this case to repeat the import process by using the "Vectorworks mesh objects" option - the object will look much better.

     

    On 8/20/2023 at 6:15 AM, rudybeuc@gmail.com said:

    I was hoping for what is depicted in the "Pendant Accent Blue.vwx".

    We also want to achieve this kind of result on import and we are working to improve it, as we did for walls, floors, roofs, topography objects, but it is not an easy job especially when the file format is not open. 

     

    Best regards,
    Vasko

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    Revit Export

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi @KrisM

    It seems that setting Fill Style attribute of the document to None interferes with the rendering of the walls and Revit Export process has difficulties to export them, so to workaround this issue, until we fixed it, just set Fill Style attribute of the document to Solid.
     

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    Please write me back if this is not the case with your document.
     

    Best regards,
    Vasko

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    Exporting to Revit

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    Hi @Boehm Architecture

    It seems that setting Fill Style attribute of the document to None interferes with the rendering of the walls and Revit Export process has difficulties to export them, so to workaround this issue, until we fixed it, just set Fill Style attribute of the document to Solid.

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    Please write me back if this is not the case with your document.
     

    Best regards,
    Vasko

    Revit Import Not Working

    in Known Issues

    Posted

    Hi @Sky,

     

    Thank you for the files, this will help us to improve Revit Import.

     

    14 hours ago, Sky said:

    1. If I import as 2D and 3D Views, there would be nothing there. 

     

    Actually there are sheet layers with 2D View drawings as you can see from the attached images:

     

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    Yes, we have some problem with importing 3D views together with 2D views which we are currently investigating, but as you write using 3D Model View is working - you can use this too.

     

    15 hours ago, Sky said:

    3. If I import as a Revit (Batch), there would be nothing there.

     

    If you choose to use "Current file" as Destination, yes there would be nothing drawn on the design layer, but the imported objects are added as separate resources (textures, symbol definitions and so on):

     

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    if you choose "New files in folder" as Destination, for every revit file you will have .vwx file in the selected folder. Each .vwx file contains resources (textures, symbol definitions, and so on), and objects are created in the drawing. See the image of the created .vwx files:

     

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    I'm attaching a quick reference for using Import Revit (Batch):

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    Please, let me know if you have questions?

     

    Best regards,

    Vasko

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    Wall 'jumps' when exporting 3D to dwg/dxf

    in Troubleshooting

    Posted

    Hi @markymarc,

     

    The exported DWG file is Ok. I opened it in AutoCAD and it looks Ok.

     

    It appears that this is a Mac only(on Windows it works Ok) drawing issue that I'll report to the guys that work on drawing. You can avoid the issue by saving as .vwx the imported file immediately after the end of DWG import process (do not change view) and close the saved file. Than open it and everything will look as expected.   

     

    Best regards,

    Vasko

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    Revit Import

    in Architecture

    Posted

    14 minutes ago, zoomer said:

    I can understand this for "IFC Entities",

    as those shouldn't be manipulated after import by design.

    But for a standard Import like Revit, DWG, DXF, .... ?

     

    Revit import is not a standard import; it is more like IFC import. The goal is to have parametric object at the end, which is currently limited by the present ODA Platform implementation. We add to the created on import Revit Entities all available parameters and also the necessary IFC records so that entity could be properly exported to IFC. But if you wish, you could ungroup the entities.

     

    25 minutes ago, zoomer said:

    The Symbols I get in from Revit,

    when I do any Manipulation and leave Edit Mode,

    always bring a Warning that there is anything wrong in its content

    and VW asks about deleting it.

     

    This issue is something that we are currently working on.

     

    26 minutes ago, zoomer said:

    As my Glass Panels in Curtain Walls are all just the same Symbol,

    no matter which opening size they are in.

     

    This again is caused by ODA library limitations.

    Import Revit File - Version Not supported

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Hi @ptoner ,

     

    Thanks for sending me your file! It is saved with 2D active view (Sheet) which causes problems to Revit Import sometimes. The best approach for Revit Import is to save Revit file in Default 3D View ( for example: {3D} View ) and to use default import options. If you want, I can save and send it back to you, your file in 3D View, so that you can use it.

     

    On 3/22/2018 at 8:54 PM, John Meunier said:

    perhaps VW's in the future can provide more information with their pop up, with reasons why its not supported.

    And we will add more information to our error messages.

     

    Best Regards,

    Vasko

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