SketchUp & Revit Workflow

4h 14mIntermediate2017-07-05

Authors

Paul J. Smith

Lecturer in the UK with 25+ years in design

Course details

Architects and designers: Discover a new modeling workflow that maximizes creativity and quality. Learn how to use SketchUp for conceptual modeling and move to Revit for refinement. Paul J. Smith also shows how to build massing studies and site context models in SketchUp and import them into Revit, along with many other tips and techniques to enhance your productivity. Plus, learn to take advantage of ready-made objects in SketchUp's 3D Warehouse and import Revit files in SketchUp when you want to take advantage of Revit's strengths for projects such as floor plans and stairs.

Learning objectives
Prepping SketchUp drawings for Revit
Comparing DWG and DXF files in Revit
Using objects from the SketchUp 3D Warehouse
Applying Revit materials and objects styles to SketchUp objects
Creating a Revit mass from a SketchUp mesh
Using SketchUp to create site context models
Importing Revit files in SketchUp

Skills covered

SketchUpArchitectural VisualizationCivil EngineeringRenderingMotion Graphics and VFXGoogle3D ModelingVisualization and Real-TimeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and IllustrationDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you need to know
03 - Using the exercise files

1. Understanding How Revit Reads SketchUp Files

04 - What are the options with SketchUp Make
05 - Preparing your SketchUp files for Revit
06 - Green, red, and yellow boxes
07 - Green, red, and yellow boxes in Revit
08 - Badly prepared SketchUp file
09 - Badly prepared SketchUp file in Revit
10 - Identifying nonuniform scaling
11 - Fixing nonuniform scaling

2. Comparing DWG and DXF Files in Revit

12 - DWG and DXF export options from SketchUp
13 - Importing DWG and DXF files into Revit
14 - Creating a Revit toposurface from SketchUp terrain
15 - Splitting toposurface and applying materials
16 - Replacing SketchUp objects with Revit in-place components

3. Utilizing the SketchUp 3D Warehouse

17 - Downloading the desk from 3D Warehouse
18 - Assigning layers
19 - Ordering the desk parts by layer
20 - Assigning the layers to the geometry
21 - Material application for AutoCAD export
22 - Color by layer
23 - Material by face or material by component

4. Understanding Revit Materials and Object Styles

24 - Introduction to Revit materials
25 - Importing the desk
26 - Eames Desk
27 - Duplicating materials
28 - Creating the black and white materials
29 - Adding material assets to a new material
30 - Creating the desktop material from an external file
31 - Creating the desk drawer material

5. Revit Massing and SketchUp Meshes

32 - One World Tower
33 - One World mass
34 - Completing the One World mass
35 - Adding the mass to the project
36 - Mass design options
37 - Using an in-place mass in Revit
38 - Creating a Revit mass from a SketchUp mesh
39 - Creating the main stack
40 - Slicing off the faces
41 - Forming the entrance recesses
42 - Sweeping the groove
43 - Sculpting the corners
44 - Parapet recess
45 - Mass floors
46 - Adding the mast

6. Using SketchUp to Create Site Context Models in Revit

47 - Site context models
48 - Preparing the toposurface in SketchUp
49 - Preparing the building height data
50 - Creating the Revit toposurface
51 - Adding buildings to Revit toposurface
52 - Splitting the toposurface and applying the materials

7. Revit into SketchUp

53 - Revit to SketchUp DWG export
54 - Importing DWG files from Revit export
55 - Revit plan vs. group from Slice
56 - Stair creation basics in Revit
57 - IFC import vs. ACIS solids

Conclusion

58 - Next steps