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. However, you can change the layer settings from Trimble® SketchUp® to improve the results.

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 About 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.