We bought Revit Arch. '09 as a part of Autodesk's "Arch. Suite '09", which sounded pretty promising, since it included AutoCAD Arch. '09, which you'd think would interface with Revit.
Unfortunately, when I try to import AutoCAD Arch '09, into Revit '09, it gives me a message that says,
"Some elements were lost during import. Active X and some proprietary components cannot be imported.Try exploding the file in AutoCAD or setting Poxygraphics to 1."
Then it tells me "Import detected no valid elements in the file's Model space. Do you want to import from the Paper Space?"
I tell it "Yes" then it brings in nothing.
If I set the proxygraphics to 1, then I still get nothing.
If I explode the file in CAD then it flattens the whole model and turns it into a 2D drawing.
I've tried the IFC export, which sort of works, but none of the components belong to any Revit Families, so they're not editable.
Any idea how I use information I've generated in AutoCAD Arch in Revit Arch?
You'd think they'd be compatible if they came in the same AutoDesk Suite, right?
Am I expecting too much? Or did I buy a bill of goods?