Revit Tip - Strip Down Model for Sharing | TheRevitKid.com! - Tutorials, Tips, Products, and Information on all things Revit / BIM

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Revit Tip - Strip Down Model for Sharing

This is an awesome tip I saw on Twitter one day. I cannot remember who posted it (if you were the publisher please let me know and I will give you credit!).

It can be quite a hassle to save and prepare a Revit model to share with consultants, contractors, etc... Personally, I am all a little more liberal when it comes to sharing my Revit models. Of course, many companies are still very conservative when it comes to what information is left in the model (ie. Titleblocks, details, families, etc...).

Stripping the model of the "baggage" can be cumbersome to say the least. The video below will show you an awesome tip that will could possibly save you hours of time.

Click here to view the video via Screencast....

Comments (13)

Logging you in...

Dashboard | Edit profile | Logout

Logged in as

+1 Vote up Vote down

@PaoloESerra · 576 weeks ago

Are rooms still in the exported files? this could be a problem as I don't want to loose that kind of information

1 reply · active 576 weeks ago

+1 Vote up Vote down

TheRevitKid 72p · 576 weeks ago

Paolo, understood. I agree that most will want rooms... The idea is that whatever you have in that view/sheet will be extracted into a new model.

Use this tip and tweak it for your needs... Perhaps adding the floor plans with rooms onto the sheet before exporting would keep rooms but still strip the rest of the stuff out..

+1 Vote up Vote down

@PaoloESerra · 576 weeks ago

Thanks for the reply, anyway it is good to know, thanks for sharing.
Cheers

-Paolo

0 Vote up Vote down

Nick · 576 weeks ago

Yes, I can confirm that exporting a 3D model alone will not bring the room objects with it (for better or worse). As TheRevitKid says, you can solve this issue by putting a couple floor plan views on this export sheet also.

This is a really cool trick, I have already found it useful in creating some standard export sheets for MPE and Structural in our company template. Our consultants will be quite happy with these smaller files minus the detach from Central issues.

1 reply · active 576 weeks ago

+1 Vote up Vote down

TheRevitKid 72p · 576 weeks ago

Nick, thanks for checking it out and experimenting. Great info!

0 Vote up Vote down

@dourevit · 576 weeks ago

Nice tip! I would try to simply add a room schedule to the sheet...I suspect that would also export the rooms. In the past I just set my browser to not group views by category and I quickly selected all views with the exception of one (top, hold shift, scroll & select bottom) and deleted everything, including sheets, and scheduled. Finally I purged a couple of times. However I think your method will be faster. There are also add-ins that do this these days, but you have to pay!

1 reply · active 576 weeks ago

+2 Vote up Vote down

TheRevitKid 72p · 576 weeks ago

David, I will test the schedule idea... That is a good one!

I, too, have had some crazy workflows to separate pieces of a model and such... this has helped me greatly! I just wish I could remember who posted it on Twitter and give them the credit they deserve!

0 Vote up Vote down

Michael Boyd · 574 weeks ago

You might want to test this in Navisworks, we used a similar method a few years back and the exported file contained different GUIDs for the elements for each export. The elements were linked to the 4D timeline. It required re-linking of most off the elements in the file. Simple free API plugins are available.

0 Vote up Vote down

S Kristensen · 572 weeks ago

This method will also remove Shared Site. We use add-ins for this kind of export.

+2 Vote up Vote down

Brent · 529 weeks ago

Has anyone figured how to get the exported file to keep the project phasing?
Everything comes out as New Construction.

+1 Vote up Vote down

Brent · 529 weeks ago

Has anyone figured how to get the exported file to keep the project phasing?

0 Vote up Vote down

Lauren · 528 weeks ago

Help! I'm trying this process but I have an existing building and when I export my 3D view, some of my demo'd elements appear in the new exported file. The phase is set correctly when I export but when I open the exported file, some of my demo'd walls and elements are there. Anyone experience this problem?

0 Vote up Vote down

Rodrigo · 477 weeks ago

Is there anyway to do this and have the project base point and survey point remain the same as the original file? I´m doing some tests and the new file has both points at 0,0,0 regarless of where the original file has them.

Here´s what´s happening: https://www.dropbox.com/s/nzzi9vhcuxk8t2e/REV%20E...

Post a new comment

Comment as a Guest, or login:

Tweet this comment

Connected as (Logout)

Email (optional)

Not displayed publicly.

Submit Comment

Subscribe to

Comments by IntenseDebate

Recent

Tutorials

Excavation Begins… And We Hit Ledge! (North Wing Part 10)
Construction is officially underway on The North Wing—but we’ve already run into a classic New England challenge: ledge! In this episode, I walk... Readmore
Section Box Tips and Tricks in Revit + Only 1 Day Left!!!
In this Office Hour Session I riff on section boxes in Revit, share some short cuts, tips, and tricks! This is one of the more common ques... Readmore
How to Detail in Revit ... Like a Pro! (w/Brian Mackey) - Replay
Well then... you know your guest has been dropping some great nuggets when the Paul Aubin has this to say in the chat: "that's friggin coo... Readmore
Construction Documents in Revit - Modern Barn (Episode 04)
In Episode 04 of our modern barn series we start making construction documents in Revit... Because, well... we HAVE to get this barn built... Readmore

Trademark

This site is not sponsored or endorsed by, or affiliated with, Autodesk, Inc.

Autodesk Revit is a product that is wholly owned by Autodesk. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Refer to Autodesk's own web site and product pages for specific trademark and copyright information. Autodesk represents a great many products and every attempt will be made to respect their ownership whenever one of these other products is mentioned on this site.

Thursday, March 20, 2014