Export CIS/2 file for import to Revit

[benmay]

I am setting up some complex steelwork framing in ASD where I am setting out my steelwork by using a insertion point offset to acheive setout by either the top or bottom of the member.

But what I have found when I import the STP file into Revit all the framing is moving in the z axis so that the centroid is at the top of the member where I have modelled it in ASD

Is this a limitation of ASD, do you need to only model elements at the centroid?

If I export to ACIS solids, everything works fine.

Also, is the only option when using the STP file to have the elements created in revit as bracing members?

Thanks,

Ben

[mhr]

I've run into the same problem. The only solution i have found is to modify individual beams in ASD and lock the insertion point as required. If you use revit extensions in lieu of CIS/2 you will be able to go back and forth between revit and asd. After you lock the insertion point in ASD, everything should work fine. I have heard of others using Robot as a go between for revit and ASD, but i am not sure if the z direction problem is eliminated.