Import Revit Linked Model Geometry into Rhino

[Jack_Zeng]

Hi all,
I want to import some linked model’s elements, say vent ducts, into Rhino.
Is it possible? The MEP model is linked from the Autodesk Docs online.
I don’t want to open the MEP model to copy the vent duct, because it takes around 45 mins to open it.
Thanks for any suggestion.

[Japhy]

Hi Jack,

I changed your forum post to the Rhino.Inside - Revit forum Category.

@Japhy

Choose the correct Forum Category for your post. There are many implementations of Rhino.Inside besides Revit, please put ANYTHING related to Revit in the Rhino.Inside - Revit forum category.

You’ll want to see the guide on working with links if the project is using a different location.

Rhino.Inside®.Revit

Here i used the Query Links component to get the particular documents Categories and Queried that Document’s Elements by Category.

Hit the + by Zooming in (ZoomUI feature) to add the Document input.

Also note that some MEP Families are on Subcategories.

[Jack_Zeng]

Hi Japhy, thanks for your reply. Sorry I forgot to set the post to Rhino.Inside category, my bad.
Working on the Revit linked files, can we also pick particular elements on screen using the “graphical Element” component?

[Japhy]

Certainly, right click the Graphical Element component and Set one or multiple linked elements.

[Jack_Zeng]

Oh, cool, thanks very much Japhy~~!!

[Jack_Zeng]

Btw, happy lunar new year!!

[Jack_Zeng]

I have tested it using Graphical Element to bake the linked model’s elements into Rhino, but seems it is not on the right location. Is there a easy fix? Thanks.

Bake linked Revit file elements into Rhino.gh (19.4 KB)

[Japhy]

You can cast the Linked Element to its Document.

Expose the Project input in the Project Location component to get the Linked file locations.

[Jack_Zeng]

Hi Japhy, thanks for your reply.
But I am not quite clear how to cast the Linked Element to its Document.
Should I use the ‘Orient’ component?
I found that the orient component puts the linked vent ducts to the right location,
but I cannot bake it.

[Japhy]

You are casting properly.

After the Orient component they are still Revit Elements, from there you can bake in a number of ways, right clicking on the Graphical Elements component for example.

[Jack_Zeng]

OK, thanks Japhy.

[Jack_Zeng]

Hi Japhy,
For some reason I cannot find the “Set Multiple linked Graphical Elements” anymore…
I remember I have this option previously…

What I want to do is to pick the linked dwg file and bake it into Rhino…

[Japhy]

That isn’t considered a Revit Link, its a Import Symbol

[thomas.lagarde]

That confusion happened to me too, might be a naming problem