Import Settings Dialog for Revit Files

Provides options for Revit file import.

• Application Menu > Import > Select File To Import dialog > Files Of Type drop-down list > Choose Revit importer (*.RVT).

Select Revit View

Use the drop-down list to choose the Revit camera view to load.

Revit files can contain multiple camera views, but when you import a RVT file, you must choose a single camera view.

Combine Entities

Use this drop-down list to choose the way in which Revit entities are combined. Combining entities can reduce the number of objects in your 3ds Max scene, and improve performance.

• Do Not Combine Entities (The default.) Imports each Revit entity as a single 3ds Max object.
• Combine By Revit Category Revit entities that have the same Category become a single 3ds Max object. The object has the name of the Category and is placed on a layer that also has the name of the Category. The Family and Category appear in the 3ds Max Scene Explorer.

  Multi/Sub-Object material information is retained.

• Combine By Revit Family Type Revit entities that belong to the same Family Type become a single 3ds Max object. The object has the name of the Family Type and is placed on a layer that also has the name of the Family Type. The Family and Category appear in the 3ds Max Scene Explorer.

  Multi/Sub-Object material information is retained.

• Combine By Revit Material Revit entities assigned the same material become a single 3ds Max object. The object has the name of the material, and is placed on a layer that also has the name of the material. Revit metadata (Family and Category) does not appear in the 3ds Max Scene Explorer.

  Multi/Sub-Object material information is lost.

  Note: If the Revit scene does not contain material assignments, the geometry is imported as a single object, and this option becomes comparable to the As One Object option.
• As One Object Imports the entire Revit drawing as a single 3ds Max object, with the name of the camera view. The object is placed on a layer that also has the name of the camera view. Revit metadata (Family and Category) does not appear in the 3ds Max Scene Explorer.

  Revit materials are combined into a single Multi/Sub-Object material.

  Tip: This option is useful if you are doing a massing study such as a shadow animation.

View Detail Level

Use this drop-down list to choose the level of detail you want to view. Options include:

• default
• coarse
• medium
• fine.

Objects group

Chooses which kind of geometry to import from the RVT file. Objects include:

• materials
• cameras
• daylight system
• lights
• RPCs (Rich Photorealistic Content including people, trees, plants, etc.)
• Export BIM Info (Building Information Modeling data).

Geometry group

Curve Objects Detail

Controls the number of segments (the resolution) of curved objects. Default=8.

Simplify Mesh

Lowers the polygon count by reducing coplanar triangles.

Extruding Detection

Creates a shape extruded along a path as represented in Revit, creating smoother, editable geometry; as opposed to creating an editable mesh with non-editable, tesselated geometry.