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lavendert8

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I am currently working on a project and have been debating if I want to start it in Sketch up and then import it into Revit. If I do it that way will the walls be adjustable and will I be able to manipulate the elements in accordance with levels and other smart objects?

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My main questions would be why?  If your planning on manipulating it then just do it in Revit.  There's not a whole lot you can do once you import it.

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DON'T DO IT!!!!  I recently tried to do a project with a skechup import thinking I could use some of the views that were highly developed.  Because the Architect that did the sketchup did not apply a lot of layer control to the sketchup elements, I couldn't control it in my views.  As the project developed, elements needed to move and to edit the sketchup would have been worthless.

There are no Revit elements in Sketchup and nothing will be parametric, adjustable, tagable or scheduled.  Sure, you can bring sketchup elements into a family and use them in Revit but otherwise, sketchup is worthless in the Revit world.

I know that sketchup is easy but there is a lot of that ability built into Revit.  I'm working very hard here to get our designers to work differently and use Revit like they do in sketchup. 

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Thanks! I just wanted to make sure my suspisions were correct.

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dgcad

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You can do very preliminary design work using sketchup if you are comfy in that environment but you want to import that into revit and redraw it pretty quick and then scrap the SKP file. Sketchup models don't adhere to the REVIT view ranges or cut planes which is the single biggest problem.

I have seen many projects paralelled with an architect using sketchup while the production people use REVIT and it's not fun or pretty but believe it or not it can be done.

There will be no parameteric connectivity of course but you can overlay the two models in REVIT and try to visually recognize the changes. 

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