Learn about the various methods for using Inventor and Revit data together to achieve your design goals.
| Direction | Name | Data Management | File Types | Associative | Type | What | Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inv to Revit | Simplify to Revit Export | User Managed | RVT | Yes | Project (think layout) |
Geometry, Categories, Properties, Placement | Designers can export a Revit Project for collaboration. |
| IFC | Yes | Geometry, Categories, Properties, Placement, & MEP Connectors | |||||
| DWG, STEP, SAT, STL, DWF, DXF, OBJ | No | Geometry and some Properties | |||||
| Inv to Revit | BIM Content (Inventor) | User Managed | RFA | No | Product (think CC part) |
Geometry, Properties, & MEP Connectors | Designers can export static models as Revit families. |
| ADSK | No | Geometry and some Properties | Revit 2026 no longer imports ADSK (used for Plant 3D). | ||||
| Inv to Revit | Informed Design | Forma Data Management (formerly ACC) | RFA | No | Product | Geometry, Categories, Properties, MEP Connectors, Behaviors, & Parameters | Designers can publish Inv/iLogic models used to create and insert configurations as Family Type instances directly in Revit. |
| Inv to Revit | Data Exchange | Forma Data Management (formerly ACC) | Exchange | Yes | Project or Product | Geometry, Categories, and some Properties | Designers can export Inv models for collaboration and use in other apps such as Revit, Tekla, Power BI, etc. |
| Revit to Inv | Import | User Managed | IFC | Yes | Project | Geometry, Classes (Categories), and Properties | Designers can reference the Revit model into their Inventor assembly for coordination. Cannot import RFA into Inventor. |
| RVT | Yes | Geometry, Classes; no properties | |||||
| STEP, DWG | Yes | Geometry and some properties | |||||
| DXF, OBJ, SAT, STL | No | ||||||
| Revit to Inv | Data Exchange | Forma Data Management (formerly ACC) | Exchange | Yes | Project | Geometry and all properties from Revit | Designers can export Revit models for collaboration and use in other apps such as Revit, Tekla, Power BI, etc. |
We've added a topic that shows the various interoperability approaches you can use with Inventor and Revit - Inventor & Revit Interop Solutions.