Importing components from revit

[Dave Buckley]

When i import components from revit, they appear in max as being really low poly, but in revit they are perfectly formed and smooth, is there a fix for this? or a way of keeping the form of each component?? Maybe import/export settings, i'm exporting as ACIS Solids

[Macer]

I was advised to export a .dwg file from Revit and use file link manager (with the default Revit template) to import into Max. You can select to save out the revit file using polymeshs or ACIS solids option - I found that I get a smaller file size using the solids option, but only on large files.

 

Then you can copy the revit template (in the file link manager) and tweek it to get better results - depending upon what you are importing (ie smoothing curves etc). This is where you need to adjust the smooth angle and curve steps etc, to find the balance between correct representation and file size. You can either leave the file linked (no experience with this) or attach it to viz and create a max file as usual.

 

I find that this method works reasonably well, even though it produces a much larger file size than modeling in viz. At least all the objects can carry their names with them, this makes assigning materials quick with the use of select by name (*glass) etc.

 

Hope this helps.