Revit cells not working

[Eric Milberger]

I have to create seating for a sports areana.  Typical theater seating.  A number of vendors but only one in the US has Revit files.

None of the others have anything and none in Europe even come close.

When I copy even one of there files into the Archicad model it shows great but cannot be plotted or translated into an IFC file.  I am at a loss and dead in the water and losing a client.

I need help quickly but don’t know where to find help.

[Eric Milberger]

IT will take a while however - I do not practice in a Revit world but have to live in that world.

The element is created in Revit as that is typical for anything.

IT works in Revit without issue and in this case to 5000 instances

It is a Compound Cell/Compound component if I talk to the vendor

So it is to them that I need to ask questions for a solution

[Laszlo Nagy]

Name of custom content in various applications:

Microstation - Cell

Autocad - Block

Revit - Family

Archicad - Library Part

[Eric Milberger]

And for Microstation AECOSim - Compound Cells

These compare to the cells Revit Families

My issues is I cannot find my key elements.  Common items yes but not the ones that area special to a project.  Overhead doors, Concert Seating, etc.  I find a lot of things from overseas but those I cannot order and many don’t look like what we have available here.  Many of these Items I try and set up before design as I know I need them as I go.