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Acad Revit to Solidworks

Question asked by Aaron Baumgartner on Feb 8, 2008
Latest reply on May 2, 2019 by Santhosh Bala

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I have a friend who uses Revit. He is desining a galvanized steel pole barn frame. He see how I can render in Photoworks. What he is wondering is there a way to bring his model into my Solidworks so I can apply a material and render it.

I am not aware of the file output types from revit.

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Pete Yodis Feb 8, 2008 11:54 AM
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Ask him what he can output, then look at the files SolidWorks can input. Go from there.
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- Christopher Thompson @ Pete Yodis on Feb 8, 2008 1:32 PM
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  Revit can export an ACIS (*.sat) file. This is a common format for exporting/importing between AutoCAD and Revit, and it works for SolidWorks as well. Revit and Form Z are industry standard products for architects.
  
  ACIS has different versions, so if the latest version does not work, try another version. I recently had to export a sheetmetal part from SW as an ACIS version 4.0 file so it could be imported into AutoCAD 2002 (this client did not have SW, or any other 3-D CAD software).
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  - Aaron Baumgartner @ Christopher Thompson on Feb 8, 2008 2:53 PM
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    Thanks,
    
    I will have him do that.
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Santhosh Bala May 2, 2019 4:22 AM
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Hey Aaron,
I'm not a Revit user. Importing Revit models as .sat file didn't quite work for me inside SolidWorks as the model got imported as one block. I tried a trial of bimdex Revit to SolidWorks converter and was quite impressed with the results as it maintains the hierarchy and also makes rendering in SolidWorks easier. I would suggest you to get in touch with sales@bim-dex.com. They would be the best to advice on this requirement.
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