Revit File
How to open
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The Education and Research arm of the Building and Construction Authority
Revit File Open
*Open Revit application first, open file/ model
* Don’t open double click the file/ model
Revit
Application Menu
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The Education and Research arm of the Building and Construction Authority
Revit Application Menu
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1. New
Project Template Project/ Assembly Area
Family Template Family/ 3D Components
2. Open
Always need to use to open the file/ project
Interoperability Collaboration different
platform
Sample File Reference (Study)
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC)
About the IFC File Format
The Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) file format was developed by the International Alliance of Interoperability (IAI).
IFC provides an interoperability solution between different software applications. The format establishes international
standards to import and export building objects and their properties.
IFC improves communication, productivity, delivery time, and quality throughout the life cycle of a building. It
reduces the loss of information during transmission from one application to another, with established standards for
common objects in the building industry.
Revit and IFC
Revit provides IFC import and fully certified export based on the latest IAI IFC2x3 data exchange standard. When
you export a Revit building information model to IFC format, the information can be used directly by other building
specialists, such as structural and building services engineers.
For example, building information models developed with Revit are saved to the RVT file format. You can export the
building model using the IFC format to an IFC-certified application that does not use the RVT file format. The
drawing can be opened and worked on in the non-native application. Similarly, in Revit you can import an IFC file,
create a RVT file, and work on the building model in Revit.
IFC uses architecturally meaningful containers to describe real-world building objects. Those containers include
parameters that have meaningful values. Many standard Revit elements have corresponding IFC containers. These
do not require any specific user action to export them. (For example, Revit walls export as IFC walls.) Other Revit
families (such as escalators) require that you map them to IFC containers before exporting.
Revit makes available the following IFC-specific files to assist you:
IFC Metric Template .rte. This file allows you to create new projects that are already set to the IFC standard.
IFC Parameter Upgrade.rvt. This file enables you to upgrade an existing project to contain IFC parameters by
reading the instructions contained in the IFC Parameter Upgrade. rvt file.
IFC Shared Parameters.txt. This file contains the shared IFC parameters if you want to manually update an existing
project to contain all or some of these parameters. Note It is recommended to use the IFC Parameter Upgrade .rvt
file instead, for performance reasons.
4. Save As
Project file to create the “project template”
5. Export
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Interoperability
Revit (RVT) IFC
Auto CAD (DWG) DWF
Exchangeable Format
No Format 2D or 3D Software Organization
1 .dwg 2D and 3D AutoCAD, Revit Autodesk
2 .dwf 2D and 3D AutoCAD, Revit Autodesk
3 .dgn 2D and 3D AutoCAD, Micro station Bentley
4 .sat 3D Invertor, Solid work, Revit
5 .dwf 2D and 3D Design Review, Revit Autodesk
6 .dwfx 2D and 3D Design Review, Autodesk 360 Autodesk
(Web based)
7 .adsk 3D and Report Revit, Internet Browser
8 .nwc 3D Navisworks Autodesk
9 .gbxml Analysis data Green Building Studio (Web
based)
10 .ifc 3D All BIM software Building Smart
7. Print
Note :
Cannot be directly printed out or exported to PDF format.
Should be install cute pdf or pdf complete software for
converting PDF format.
8. Licensing
Export
Exercise
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The Education and Research arm of the Building and Construction Authority
Exercises
No Software Export Remarks
1 DWG 1st Storey Plan CP 83
2d Storey Plan Auto CAD
3rD Storey Plan
Roof Plan
2 DGN 1st Storey Plan Microstation
2d Storey Plan
3rD Storey Plan
Roof Plan
3 SAT 3D Veiw
4 DWFx 1st Storey Plan Design Review
2d Storey Plan
3rD Storey Plan
Roof Plan
3D
5 IFC 3D View Revit/ BIM Software
