In this example I am going to show you how to use Sketchup content within your Revit families. It won’t be parametric, but it will help enhance your Revit presentation projects. A word of warning before we start, some Sketchup geometry can be rather heavy, so keep it simple and light weight. If you haven’t got a copy of Google Sketchup, you can download a free copy from the following address
http://sketchup.google.com/download.html (remember that the free version of Google Sketchup is for personnel use only :-) ).
Content can be downloaded from the following address http://sketchup.google.com/bonuspacks.html in this example I have downloaded the Component Library for People.
We are going to use one of the 2D people from Sketchup to create a silhouette for use within Revit.
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Once you have Sketchup installed and the component library downloaded, start Sketchup and browser to the following locations:- C:\Program Files\Google\Google SketchUp 6\Components\People\2D Silhouettes
Open up the component called “Silhouette_Man_Hands_Pocket.skp” Save this component to a suitable location on your hard drive so that it is easily accessible from within Revit.
Next start up Revit. Then go to the File pulldown menu>new>family>Entourage.rfa This will open up the family editor with an Entourage template.
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Next load your “Silhouette_Man_Hands_Pocket.skp” directly into the empty Entourage family. To do this go to the File pulldown menu>import/link/CAD formats. The Import/Link dialogue box will appear. ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicqyQYiDZ6STrwWtiZ_fiOqoUt8YcAynBI4nGkJYSx5NPIxCqM_4VJBYFwT1BpFv-RETJU12ni7kbigVpvST6s7Rh2BSrPVE-0MMryyisf6qb38-d5kkAMh5darYX5HjXpYucI/s320/4_revit+import.png)
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Make sure you have the following settings selected:- change the file type to Sketchup File SKP, positioning should be centre to centre, Layer/level colour should be set to black and white, Scaling units, set to Auto-Detect.
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Import your “Silhouette_Man_Hands_Pocket.skp” into the family. You may need to be repositioned your man so that so is on the centre of the two reference lines in the family. Next go to a 3d view to make sure he has imported in correctly.
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Next save the new family with a suitable name, in this instance I have just called him sketchup man.rfa.
Your newly created content is now ready to use. Load your new family into a new project. Next go to components in the Basics design bar and place your man in a plan view. If you now go to an elevation or a 3D view you will see him.
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1 comment :
Many thanks - I've been trying to figure out how to do this for ages.
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