In order to update a Revit model:
- In Revit, click Analyze tab
Structural Analysis panel
Robot Structural Analysis
Robot Structural Analysis Link. The Integration with Robot Structural Analysis dialog opens.
- Select Update model to update the Revit model only, or Update model and results if you want to update the model and its associated results.
- Click Update options.
The Integration with Robot Structural Analysis - Update Options dialog opens.
- Specify the scope and transfer options, and then click OK.
- Click OK to start the update.
If you select Update from the intermediate file (.smxx), the Open dialog displays. Use this dialog to select a SMXX file.
Note: If you chose to Update model and results, and if results are already available in Robot, the Update Results dialog opens. Specify the necessary names and descriptions, and then click OK. - In the Update model from Robot Structural Analysis dialog, you can view the progress of the transfer (update of necessary data in Revit resulting from changes made in Robot).
- After the model update is completed, the messages/warnings which appeared in the update process may display on the screen.
- Updating the Revit model with changes in section sizes
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The tool checks the compatibility between the section size from Robot and family types loaded to the Revit project. If it identifies a family type compatible with a Robot section, it updates the Revit model with it.Note: You must load family types to the Revit project before updating it.
If the tool cannot identify the family type compatible with the Robot section among families loaded to the Revit project, it creates a new family type based on parameters of the Robot section and updates the Revit project with it.
- Remarks
- The following structure elements are not transferred from Robot to Revit:
- curved beams and walls
- openings in walls and slabs
- rigid links
- loads defined in Robot.
All changes of columns, beams and bracings in the analytical model in Robot are reflected in the corresponding analytical model in Revit. If the Analytical-to-physical model distance is exceeded, it is reported on the warning list.
The compatibility of the Revit and Robot models is checked, therefore, an accidental update of the Revit model from an incompatible Robot model is prevented.