We have received a Revit file, what is the best way to import into Rhino in the year 2026 
, is it possible even ? No we don’t have Revit, or Rhino Inside Revit etc etc. Is there a file converter we can use ? tia
Not much you can do with an .rvt. You can ask the sender to export a DWG (solids vs mesh recommended). IFC works as well, there are import plugins available for Rhino.
There is a Data Connector plugin as well, where you can exchange via the Autodesk plugin.
How big is the file? What is the continued workflow like? Will they be sending updates?
Hi Japhy, thanks for the reply. Its just one file which will not be updated, we just need to pull out sections through some columns, as always a pretty big file, around 200mb
https://www.rhino3d.com/upload
Can you provide details on what you need extracted? All structural, or certain area for example. Rather not convert the entire project.
Download and install “SketchUp Studio” (Windows) and use the Revit Importer to turn the Revit-file into an SKP file, you can open directly in Rhino. I think you have 7 days free evaluation in SketchUp.
You can select which 3D-View to import + One or more Phases + One or more Elements.
In this example, I have skipped the materials, imported One Phase and all of the elements.
The Import Result is created in less than a minut on a typical project.
You can test in Rhino to see if this is usefull or not for your project. NB Levels in Revit will be Sections in SketchUp, but they will not be imported to Rhino and recreated as Clipping Planes.
RevitImporter_2026_House.skp (2.6 MB)
Without Furniture and Gutters the SKP-file is much smaller. The filesize will increase to 6 MB in Rhino 8 or 9 BETA. If you include everything the filesize will increase to 66 MB in Rhino 8 or 9.
That will result in meshes when exported, but that might be OK?
When you open an SKP file in Rhino you have the option to import as Meshes OR Trimmed Planes. It will be facetted since SketchUp does not support NURBS, but any semi regular orthogonal building design will import very nicely as Trimmed Planes, which is an OK compromise compared to Meshes.
Won’t those planes be exported from SketchUp as meshes?
Noup. Everything from Revit is organised as Closed Polysurfaces in Nested Blocks. It you add a ClippingPlane in Rhino and assign a SectionStyle to the ClippingPlane, you can generate nice presentations in Rhino as you can see in the result. NB Only the furniture imported as families in Revit end up being Meshes. The filesize is to large to share here (ca 66 MB) for the full project.
Nice workflow, thanks for sharing!
If you open a file containing only the ClippingPlane and a BoundingBox of the SketchUp-file, you can use the Named Positions and corresponding Named Views and just Import the SKP on top. Without the furniture the house and ClippingPlane including all the Named Positions is 6 MB.
Volume+SectionStyle_v9.3dm (401.6 KB)
Volume+SectionStyle_v8.3dm (401.5 KB)
RevitHouse+SectionStyle_v9.3dm (5.3 MB)
RevitHouse+SectionStyle_v8.3dm (5.3 MB)
interesting workflow, many thanks for sharing, I’m sure this will be useful in the future too, its probably only once/twice a year we receive rvt files in this manner
hi Japhy, for now we have what we need, but thank you for your imput, mush appreciated.
It would be nice if there were some sort of Rhino plugin to assist with converting/inserting revit files, I’m sure its not as easy as it sounds, and there are also clashes with Autodesk licensing maybe ?
Bricscad BIM indicates support for Revit files. The cost is far less than a Revit license.Haven’t used it myself though
yes this could be worth looking at in the future, thanks for the input.
really we should have native ability to import, it is the year 2026
I did a little research, they are doing this via BimRv SDK | Open Design Alliance which we are a member of. I’ll create a feature request for a .rvt, .rfa import plugin.
that would be super useful 
, thanks 