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MaeDae315

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I am running Revit Architecture 2012.  Currently I am working on a trainstation. 

I got in the attached ACAD file from a subcontractor of the platform.  Of course I can link this file into my Revit model and it works, ok.  But, I need this 3D object to be a floor.  I need it to host benches and other platform equipment.  I also need to get the square meters from it and to schedule it.

Any ideas?

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This article may be helpful for what you are trying to accomplish.

http://autodesk-revit.blogspot.com/2007/11/importing-3d-dwgs-into-revit.html

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MaeDae315

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Thanks for the link.  I have actually already read this post. :-)

I have done just what the author suggests.  However, I cannot skin the model with a floor.

I can make it into a roof or add walls but no floor.  It wants to make floors within the volume.

I know I could go in an make all the families I want to host to this object into roof hosted familes, but that is silly.

Any other suggestions?  Thanks! :-)

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quinn

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You already try sketching the floor of the profile first, then use a in-place model void to carve out the bottom of it? When your done you can group the void and floor together so they move as one.

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