Saturday, 10 March 2012

Inventor Part to Revit Family

Digital prototyping and Building Information Modelling are the two most hot topics in today's digital AEC industry. Autodesk has two flagship tools in these areas, Autodesk Inventor and Revit. So how do we share data between the two? Let's take a look at the possible solutions.

Traditionally, 3D components have been exchanged using either .SAT or .DWG file formats. Since 2010 (correct me if I am wrong) Autodesk has introduced a new file format called .ADSK.

How different .ADSK is from traditional .SAT or .DWG file formats? Lets take a look at the quick comparison matrix below.





So .ADSK seems to be better choice than .SAT or DWG file formats. Let's find out how to export .ADSK file from Inventor and use it in Revit in the following short video.



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5 comments:

  1. Julien BENOIT10 March 2012 at 12:29

    Usefull information. thanks Rahul.

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  2. Rahul Shah10 March 2012 at 17:09

    Thanks Julien for your comments. How do you guys use Inventor information in Navisworks or Tekla BIMSight or Solibri? As 3D DWG?

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  3. Shawn Budden11 March 2012 at 16:42

    Rahul,
    This is great. Since seeing this, I have tried it on a couple of pieces created in Inventor. Even worked on an assembly. Thanks.

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  4. The CAD Setter Out19 March 2012 at 00:56

    Hi Rahul,

    I have been experimenting with Inventor to Revit from the other side of the fence:
    Inventor to Revit interoperability and file sharing: Are you a Revit user? this is your Call to Action!

    If you want to do more experiments - please feel free to get in touch.

    -Paul-

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  5. Julien BENOIT19 March 2012 at 05:01

    Rahul, we are still implementing workflows today in my company. So there's no re-use for now of Inventor parts. But it should happen soon with ADSK format. Thanks again for the head up!!
    Julien

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