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[@cz879]

Great! since i might be the only engineer in Cyprus to use sketchup professionally, when everybody else is using Revit, i will find this helpful in 2023.. Keep it up!

[@AAAAAAndreyAndreev]

why would you use sketchup as an engineer O_O

[@KonaCarey]

This is the BEST upgrade to SketchUp in a long time. Now i can finally shut the haters up and show them what modeling is really about!

[@IlianaMitova]

I have tried importing a revit file following your instructions, but once the import starts after a few seconds a windows appears saying that: The version of the Revit file is not supported.

[@Woodbrew]

I upgraded to the Studio version to access this, however it doesn't import .RFA (revit) files. In my experience, 90% of product databases have their files available in a .rfa format not .rvt. Is there a way to import .rfa without having to own Revit as well?

[@JoshuaTays]

Yeah, Aaron, do you know if this is in the works? RVT support is awesome for working with consultants, but RFA would be incredible for assets, especially ones that companies haven't seen value in creating .skp files. Would be happy to even have to do some manual editing afterward just to have the function.

[@kikidocinho]

that's great! I used to export my revit's file to dwg (3D) and then import to sketchup. This way is really better!

[@johnocheche4687]

How do you convert it to dwg in revit pls?

[@suyeshgawade3243]

But when i try to apply materail by ifc file then , material is not applying on my mdel ?

[@enriquemartindelpomarleon]

I did it with Revit 2024 version and Sketchup 23.1.340, this error appears: Revit File: C:\Users\AV\Desktop\Project.rvt The version of the Revit file is not supported.

[@islandjason]

I learn so much from your videos. Thanks.

[@chriswhalen1847]

When I attempt to import my Revit file it imports about 5 elements and then says "This file is not supported". Any thoughts on this? Currently using SU Pro 2023 and Revit 2024

[@Oddpaatuben]

I would certainly get the studio subscription if it was available for Mac and also adressed proper ifc and dwg handling.The renderers and all the other stuff I dont care that much about, but ok, I would pay for them as well, and a revit importer I would use from time to time, if ifc and dwg got fixed. Ifc layers into sketchup, and 2d dwg "tags to layers" out of sketchup.

[@SketchUp]

Alas... Revit Importer, just like Revit, is a Windows only tool.

[@TheHornoxx]

hmmm - meanwhile I'm running SkUp 2024 (so I skipped the 2023 version shown here) but I can't find this Revit importer ??

[@kavencournoyer748]

This really needs to be included as a pro feature. What is the reasoning to only put it as studio feature?

[@kavencournoyer748]

I'm seriously asking what the reasoning is. I work with architects and engineers who use Revit exclusively. And having them share their models with me exporting as another file format, IFC or dxf is a hack trying to sort everything out. I don't understand why only a studio user would benefit from this? Why not a pro? I think after 8 years of running sketch up it might be time to look else where. Very very disappointing. I think free versions should be geared to hobbyists. People who aren't interacting with others through there models. Pro is for, well, pros. People who are doing interactive work which involves people who use different software. So importing a file type should be a feature for a pro user. I can understand scan essentials and vray as studio only features as each is a robust and geared to a specific task that not everyone will have a need for. But c'mon importing a file type that almost all pro users at some point need to deal with, That sketch up is handling, in it's native format, much better then a converted file. Seems to be a money thing.

[@jsnock]

Money.

[@maximumselfish]

Waiting for import/export STEP format natively.

[@bobmccarter4135]

It would be nice if this was a standalone application. And, how about some love for Mac users

[@SketchUp]

Alas, Revit does not run on Mac, so we can't make the importer work there, either!

[@paulhanusiak4291]

This is awesome! Thanks. Now can you find a way to have the text from AutoCAD files import into a SU model?

[@seattlecp]

why not an .FBX import option? I can't think of any situation where I would want to import an entire revit model, or even could import one as large as ours typically are. 3ds Max does has an fbx importer and it works fine.

[@vectorchizu]

awesome, when is it coming on pro

[@aaronallen7789]

Is there a way to import Revit family, (RFA) into Sketchup Studio? If so, I can't find it. It would be helpful as a lot of manufacturers provide revit family files.

[@DanielGarcia-nt3oc]

Which plan include this?

[@GastonVicioso]

Hi, great and long waited feature. When is going to be available for Sketchup for MacOs? Thanks

[@SketchUp]

Hi Gaston, Trimble is a publicly traded company, so we can't talk about unreleased features. We'll note your interest, though. Thanks!

[@hafsamirjan9708]

If it works!!! Trust me you will be the HERO

[@philiph7611]

Nice one, Aaron. I can emphasise how easy the import process is, and unlike sometimes with the AutoCAD import process, the Revit import function flys through without hiccups or items being ignored. At least that was my experience during the Beta testing for SU2023; I put it through the rigours of 15 Revit files for one complex building, totalling over 2GB, and with 100% success imported them all into Sketchup 2023 in just under 20 minutes. Bravo! That helps my workflow a lot. The thing as always to be wary of, make sure the person or company who sends you that Revit file, really understands CAD coordinates and where the building origin needs to be .... Sketchup can't correct that for you if it's wrong already in Revit.

[@WhoLetDadPlay]

Does this import material through as well?

[@troelsnielsen2848]

Exterior in interior walls should be on seperat tags and windows also. like when you removed the walls all the windows in the upper floors were removed thel the ones in the first floor wasnt

[@damien.digital]

Is it possible to link the Revit file? That way any changes made inside Revit could be updated easily in Sketchup.

[@SketchUp]

Not at this time. Reading and writing Revit models is tricky business and we are limited to importing at this point.

[@damien.digital]

@ ok! Thanks for replying, I appreciate it.

[@faresjawad3096]

Is there any option to modify subscription plan to be like sketchup pro plus rvt importer only , that would be great .

[@SketchUp]

The Revit importer is only available in Studio, but we'll pass your feedback on to the product management team. Thanks!

[@simonspencer2855]

What does Outliner look like after import, Aaron? Does it look as good as how Tags have worked?

[@SketchUp]

Hi Simon, check out the free Studio trial and test it for yourself - www.sketchup.com/try-sketchup

[@simonspencer2855]

@@SketchUp Sounds like a plan! Thanks, guys and girls!

[@simonspencer2855]

@@SketchUp OK. That's not working. Just clicked on the link above and it's telling me that my '30 day trial has ended'... I'm assuming that must have been for SU Pro 202O which I had on trial, I think, before I bought the Pro package. Any chance you can reset my settings so that I can try Studio, please?

[@oliviafeng9100]

@@simonspencer2855 there was a trial reset for this year so you can sign up for another 30 days trial. And test it out yourself.

[@oliviafeng9100]

And all the revit families will be converted to Sketchup components and tagged properly in the outlier. It looks near and clean.

[@sheikhsadi8605]

awasome

[@alvarogzz7]

Can you reload the revit file and reload on skp without missing changes?

[@jubronaljoan]

Good stuff.Might make me buy a SU Pro license now. Heading off to DL the trial now. I have a couple of old Rvts that Revit won't upgrade poroperly (elements get deleted and the upgrade fails) and I want to see if SU can parse the files.

[@MilenNedev-je5xk]

No, you need SketchUp Studio for this - 700$ /yr subscription!

[@SketchUp]

Remember, Revit importer is a part of the Studio offering... not available in Pro!

[@agradoville]

@@SketchUp This is my big problem with sketchup. I pay a premium for PRO and CAN'T get this kind of upgrade. Stupid policy

[@oliviafeng9100]

@@agradoville why do you think you pay premium for Pro ? It’s the cheapest CAD software out there in the market for professional users.

[@agradoville]

@@oliviafeng9100 I'm saying I'm paying for it....over the free version. Youd think paying for software would get you upgrades like this. Why limit upgrades to certain versions? Why not make upgrades like this available to ALL paying customers?

[@daliboroslav]

Fantastic🎉

[@SatyamGupta-kq4hg]

Hello ,I imported a revit file in SketchUp by saving revit file into ifc file format as skecthup doesn't show .rvt format while importing ,so when I imported revit IFC file in SketchUp it got imported but the problem is the materials I applied in revit are not showing in SketchUp if I want to manually apply in SketchUp it is not possible as the whole model is acting as a simple block So my ask is 1)How to unblock the model in different elements 2) or is there any other way while importing revit model in SketchUp with safely importing the material in it

[@susel_vazquez_acuna]

Life saver!

[@KostureDesign]

Instead of importing you should have the possibility to link Revit files to Sketchup.

[@S.Zandi23]

Can't wait for the MAC version....Thanks

[@nirverber3607]

Can it work with additional BIM software? As All Plan etc.

[@JaredWhite-p5i]

What coordinate system does it come in on? There are multiple coordinate systems in Revit...

[@SketchUp]

The units in SketchUp are whatever you set it to, regardless of imported data. The assumption is that imported Revit models are created 1-to-1. The bottom of this article walks through using Revit projects with coordinate systems: help.sketchup.com/en/revit-interoperability/revit-to-sketchup

[@trevorgroeneveld6362]

Will importing revit families ever be possibility? I do some HVAC design and would like to bring in models of equipment which is primarily in a RFA file format

[@hjohn2]

OMG, this is awesome! One of my main contract draftsman uses Revit almost exclusively, as he's fastest with that program. It's always been a struggle to converge our models into the same drawing set, as I use SU. THIS SOLVES EVERYTHING! (hopefully, haven't tried it yet) Now, if we could just agree on a layering system. LOL. Edit: Wait, is this feature only available in Studio? I'm a one man office, and studio obviously doesn't make much economic sense. Hmmm...

[@SketchUp]

That is great to hear, John! Love it when different plans come together. Give the 30-day trial a shot and see if it works for you. With Studio, you can also import point cloud data, and it comes with a V-Ray license for rendering. You can find more info here: www.sketchup.com/plans-and-pricing/sketchup-studio

[@islandjason]

When I bought Pro2023 today and went to download it it gave me Studio options for download. I forgot about the Revit Plugin, is it too late to get it. Should I just reinstall?

[@HoracioBacarreza]

can you import a Revit 2025 model with Sketchup 2024?

[@lapx1]

Does it import link files with it?

[@Christensendesignstudio]

Soooo awesome🎉 TY

[@noohrayoubi3153]

Hello, Im trying to import to sketchup and its giving me an unsupported version. Both the Programs are up to date. what could the issue be?

[@YolandaB-s6j]

Unfortunately I discovered after having bought SU STUDIO 2024 you can't import Revit 2025 into Sketch up 2024! I have bought the more expensive version Sketch Up Studio instead of SU Pro only because of the ability to import Revit. My Gold (!) reseller didn't mention that only until version 2024 could be imported. So, I paid € 350 ex. more and I have got nothing!!

[@TheHornoxx]

Prima! - remain component instances imported from Revit, e.g. the same windows or the shown bundles of columns, then also component instances from each others within SkUp?

[@SketchUp]

The best way to see how the importer works with your Revit files is to download the trial and give it a shot yourself - www.sketchup.com/try-sketchup

[@TheHornoxx]

@@SketchUp 😉 Because of ScanEssentials I actually have running a SU Studio version, so a trial is not necessary. What I don´t have is a revit file for testing 😉 so how about an answer to my question since you had already opened this Revit file?

[@oliviafeng9100]

Yes.

[@TheHornoxx]

@@oliviafeng9100 thanks!

[@HoracioBacarreza]

does this affect the original revit file at all? or are they completely unlinked?

[@SketchUp]

Unfortunately, we have no way to write back to the original file. This is an import only.

[@dcube589]

is the geomerty of imported .rvt triangulated?

[@oliviafeng9100]

Yes, and optimised to get a lighter file for better performance!

[@DanielGarcia-nt3oc]

Wich plan includes this?

[@SketchUp]

Studio! www.sketchup.com/en/plans-and-pricing/sketchup-studio

[@Mfingo818]

Are you able to link the Revit file?

[@Simon-Simon-Simon]

I did it few months ago now asks to go to studio ? I have VRAY why go to STUDIO not sure

[@carlosaguila4446]

When the option for Pro subscribers will be available?

[@SketchUp]

Unfortunately, we can't discuss future releases since Trimble stock is publicly traded.

[@johnjlopez]

@@SketchUp plenty of companies from Apple, Nvidia, AMD, Microsoft etcetera etcetera talk about future releases, goals and whats in the pipeline! Most put out official presentations on exactly that topic.

[@sethmoyer130]

Need this in pro …

[@janmartin188]

I have been using Sketchup for the last 4 years to design processing equipment and find it impossible to share Sketchup model with Solidworks users, is there a work around or perhaps like Revit something in development to export to Solidworks.........please help, im sure im not the only Sketchup user that has this issue.

[@orlandorosjr]

Im using skp 2023 and revit 2025, import failed said

[@phooesnax]

Confused. Have SU2023. Pro. Not offered in that version? Please reply.

[@SketchUp]

Revit Importer is a function of SketchUp Studio.

[@phooesnax]

@@SketchUp and that is additional to pro? How? Why?

[@poledkathleen9395]

Hi Can you edit something on sketchup and it will automatically update on revit? Thank you!

[@SketchUp]

This is not a live connection between files, but an importer that allows you to pull geometry from a Revit file into a SketchUp file.

[@mollykindelt]

can you do this on a mac?

[@SketchUp]

No... Revit does not support Mac.

[@georgefabian2858]

Its making me sign up? How to solve this?

[@SketchUp]

Revit importer is a part of the SketchUp Studio subscription. An active Studio subscription is needed to use the software.

[@razern420]

Hey man , sketchup up pro 2022 doesnt work using this method

[@SketchUp]

Revit importer is a function of SketchUp Studio. It is not avialable as part fo a SketchUp Pro subscription.

[@trees3d]

why does my sketchup pro 2023 not have this feature?

[@SketchUp]

As menitoned in the video, this is a feature of SketchUp Studio.

[@justscribeyourthought9855]

Still finding a way to convert a sketchup file in revit fast easy and with materials😥

[@shannoncloete8161]

WHY CAN'T YOU MAKE THIS AVAILABLE ON PRO subscriptions!?

[@krisna.andhita]

It's nice that we can convert from SketchUp to Revit with just one click, but the problem is that the structure rebrar doesn't follow the conversion process. Any one can help me ?

[@ramonmacedo5535]

Add this feature to SketchUp Pro PLEASE!!!!! THAT IS GAME CHANGER!

[@aaroncrowther422]

Can’t help but notice you are using windows. Any particular reason?

[@SketchUp]

SketchUp Studio is a Windows offering.

[@CyrusManesh]

This feature is disable in the trial version. Not a very good advertisement! lol

[@padurariustefan1023]

Sketchup will never be BIM and BIM is the new thing. It become a mandatory requirement for the design practice.

[@Василий-ш9ц5ю]

🎉

[@TheSetevoltas]

It is taking almost 12 hours for a small file

[@johnny5132]

Shame u need Studio for this

[@Ar.Inamurrahman]

wawo good

[@MrThebeeM]

Works NOT in SU Pro!

[@SketchUp]

Correct! As is stated int he beginning of the video, this is a piece of the SketchUp Studio offering.

[@davids4610]

MAC users not welcome.... :(

[@spoon1272]

So I just have to more than double by subscription from about £245 to £549 to use this feature long term... 🤣🤣

[@nukedaddy]

Well now it's a 7 day free trial (and I already own pro). So I tried importing some old Revit files (cerca 2008) and it didn't work. I got a message that the version of the Revit file was not supported. Puzzling.

[@SketchUp]

The importer supports .rvt files created with version 2011 up to the current version - help.sketchup.com/en/revit-interoperability/revit-to-sketchup

[@nukedaddy]

@@SketchUp I got the free trial of Revit and converted them to 2024. It still doesn’t work to import them into Shetchup.

[@nukedaddy]

@@SketchUpthat’s nice and all but I have the current version of both programs and used revit to update the models to 2024. So something is wrong.