import RVT files?

[Anonymous]

I am new to archicad. I tried search for a way to import REVIT bim objects into Archicad 21. (RVT files), since those are the most common format supplied by product makers.

Is this possible, without having revit installad and converting those to IFC?


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[Link]

Please check page 5 of the Help Guide. It is all explained there.

Cheers,
Link.

[Roopa A]

Hi,
I am not getting the rfa file to import. Where to get and download that.
I downloaded one object from www.bimobject.com but it is in lcf file. Its not importing. How to fine rfa file from bimobject.

Thank you.

[Link]

There are plenty of RFAs there.

Try this one: https://bimobject.com/en-us/aosmith/product/aosmith-hd-tanks

Cheers,
Link.

[Roopa A]

Link wrote:
There are plenty of RFAs there.

Try this one: https://bimobject.com/en-us/aosmith/product/aosmith-hd-tanks

Cheers,
Link.

Hi,
Ya I got this file,I tried this.
Thank you.
But if I want other objects like bottles, plates, dart boards and all it is not there in the bimobjects library, how to get that.
How to know that it is a .rfa file or not.
All the files which are there in the bimobjects are almost the .lcf files only. So is there any other way to get the objects library.
Thank you.

[Roopa A]

Hi,
How to edit the revit file in AC. I installed the BIM6x file and add on to the AC file and imported as you suggested. But I cant change the wall height thickness and all. I made it ungroup also but still its not. Y . How to edit that?

Thank you

[Roopa A]

Hi,
I imported using .ifc format but still am not able to change height and all of the revit file.

Thank you

[stefan]

Mmmm. This was exactly what was my main fear about releasing the RVT/RFA support. Great... but, be sure to understand what is it supposed to do and what NOT to expect.

First, the add-in is well done if you consider the inherent limitations with this. There is no way native Revit elements will behave exactly the same in ARCHICAD. For editability, this is not the solution and even IFC has severe limitations (better ensure you use Design Transfer MVD for that).

The purpose is doing coordination (not touching the geometry) and importing library objects if they are only in RFA format.

@Roopa > if you have an LCF file available from a particular BIMobject, use that. It is a native ARCHICAD library container file. But please read the documentation. The majority of your questions are handled within the RVT/RFA PDF documentation.

[Roopa A]

Hi sir,

But this .lcf file is not importing. I used the same procedure as we import the bimobject to this. There it is not showing the file type as lcf, Its showing only the rfa file. So how to import lcf file.

Then the revit file we can't edit in AC like wall height and all. If I opened the settings it not using the ok button. its greyed!!!

SO is there any option to do the changes of revit file in AC. How?

Thank you.

[stefan]

Roopa wrote:
Hi sir,

But this .lcf file is not importing. I used the same procedure as we import the bimobject to this. There it is not showing the file type as lcf, Its showing only the rfa file. So how to import lcf file.

An LCF file is an ARCHICAD library. You add that via the library manager and than the objects inside the library become available for your project.

Roopa wrote:
Then the revit file we can't edit in AC like wall height and all. If I opened the settings it not using the ok button. its greyed!!!

SO is there any option to do the changes of revit file in AC. How?

Thank you.

Full editing of RVT elements inside ARCHICAD is not possible. They are created differently and behave differently. This only works for plain and simple conversions via IFC. The RVT/RFA add-in is not intended for that workflow. You receive static geometry. They appear as walls, but they don't behave like them.

In that case, the Revit modeller needs to export ideally to IFC 4 using the Design Transfer MVD and the ARCHICAD translator has to be checked for the best import settings.

[James B]

Roopa wrote:
...If I opened the settings it not using the ok button. its greyed!!!...

The RVT file is Hotlinked - you can only place an RVT file via the Hotlink. You can't edit any Hotlink directly. If you no longer want it Hotlinked, you should embed (break) the Hotlink (therefore no longer linked to an external file). This is why the OK button is disabled.