MS365 Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 hi. Is there a method to load families from Autodesk Revit or models from Autodesk Revit to Vectorworks? Will the parameters from Revit be saved? Quote Link to comment
zoomer Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) There is a Revit Import option in VW. I think *.RFA works too, at least when renaming to RVT (?) Some Family Members get converted to parametrical VW PIOs. Walls, Windows, Doors, ... But while objects keep their current shape, not all parameters are kept "parametric". Like a Revit Door will look like the Door before in VW too, the whole original Door Object is included as a Symbol only inside the VW Door PIO. So editing Door Parameters in the PIO will not have any effect and no change for the Door itself. VW will not even translate the Door's basic dimensions and set the VW Doors properties accordingly. So, a) Yes, you can bring Revit stuff into VW b) No, there won't come over much Revit parameters or ACAD Dynamic Block parametrics c) imported geometry may be pretty crappy meshes or lose polygons d) for me even dashed Lines were exploded to individual Objects Therefore much cleanup work to expect. But give Revit Import a try. Better than nothing, especially if a RVT file is all you get from your client. I wouldn't expect from the current Import option to be useful to convert a whole office standard of RFA libraries to get VW PIO Libraries though, like when switching from Revit to VW. Edited April 20, 2020 by zoomer Quote Link to comment
MS365 Posted April 20, 2020 Author Share Posted April 20, 2020 (edited) We are considering the option of using vectorworks. But instigators usually want to see certain windows or doors. (e.g. window and door family). These families are easy to find for Autodesk Revit. Are there large libraries of doors, windows and other elements for vectorworks? Which ones do you use from your experience? Edited April 21, 2020 by MS365 Quote Link to comment
Taproot Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 @MS365 Here's the window and door manufacturers that have libraries built-in to VW i.e. preset configurations for the native tools (at least for my localization - U.S.). Doors: Windows: 1 Quote Link to comment
Diego - Resuelvector Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 20 hours ago, MS365 said: hi. Is there a method to load families from Autodesk Revit or models from Autodesk Revit to Vectorworks? Will the parameters from Revit be saved? Yes, you will loose all the parametric options, Vectorworks don't have the option to create parametric Families, just 2D/3D symbols and PIO objects Quote Link to comment
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