Limitations of SketchUp Data Imported to Revit

Revit treats the data imported from Trimble® SketchUp® as a large block of geometry that resists being manipulated (in the ways that you can usually manipulate geometry that is native to Revit). However, you can change the layer settings from Trimble® SketchUp®. (For example, to assign colors or materials on a by-layer basis, click Manage tabSettings panelObject Styles, and change settings on the Imported Objects tab.)

When you import a Trimble® SketchUp® design into a Revit mass family and then load the mass family into a Revit project, you can convert mass faces (from the design) into walls, floors, and roofs. (See Importing Massing Studies from Other Applications.)

When creating content in Trimble® SketchUp® for use in Revit, consider the following restrictions:

• Exploding 3D data: In Revit, you will not be able to explode 3D data. If you try this, 3D faces will disappear, and you will receive a warning message.
• Parameters: In Revit, you cannot add parameters to control geometric flexing. However, you can add some controls that manipulate imported data, such as the location of an imported element and its material assignments.
• Visibility/graphics: In Revit, you cannot manipulate the geometry or isolate parts of whole elements with visibility/graphics settings.
• Two-sided surfaces: If a material or color is assigned to only one side of a surface in Trimble® SketchUp®, Revit applies the material or color to both sides of the surface by default. If there is material on both sides of the surface, Revit applies the Face 1 material to both sides. If faces are flipped and painted differently in Trimble® SketchUp®, they may not display the correct material in Revit.
• Properties: The following Trimble® SketchUp® properties are currently not supported in Revit import: Texture Image Maps, Transparency, “Smooth” Curved Surfaces, Text and Dimensions, Raster Images, and saved “Pages”.
• Cut planes: Imports cannot be cut by a cut plane unless imported into a cuttable family category.

  See Cuttable Families.

• SketchUp and massing: Not all Trimble® SketchUp® imports are appropriate to massing. See Suitability of Imported Geometry. Also see Importing Massing Studies from Other Applications.
• Scaling: Groups or components that have been scaled in their entirety with the Trimble® SketchUp® Scaling tool may be incorrectly scaled when imported to Revit. Exploded Trimble® SketchUp® models should import at the correct scale.