Revit DB Link

[KayMan]

Is any1 exporting/importing Revit data throu to MS Access???? or even Excel

Ive been told by our IT department that this is impossible for us as we are running 64bit OS but only running 32bit MS Office therefore the ODBC drivers are not compatible.......Is this right????

Help

[MikeJarosz]

Autodesk offers a DB link in their subscription site. At the time I looked into it, it couldn't work with 64 bits. I have heard that it has been upraded to 64, but I haven't had the time to investigate. I have talked to people at my user group and they have been using it. But I suspect they are using the 32 bit version.

There is however a 3rd party software house that has a promising Revit/Excel link program. It's bi-directional, claims 64 bit compatibility, is cheap and has a trial version. What more could you want?

I plan to check it out someday. I have a project coming up with the GSA that is numbers driven.

Check these guys out. They are in Minneapolis:

http://www.tenlinks.com/news/PR/ctc/022311_revit_excel.htm

[MikeJarosz]

This month's AUGIWORLD has an article by Paul Crickard on just this topic. Check the top of the forum on how to download it.

[KayMan]

Thats what has spicked my interest. Good article.

I'll check to see if our IT department had downloaded the 64bit version of the extensions pack. Im assuming they have as its on my Add-in within Revit tab. I figure that the 32bit version wouldnt install within the 64bit Revit......

Anyhow......
Im reluctant to look at 3rd party software as you generaqlly have to pay upgrade fee's every time a new revit is released........maybe we have little choice.

Thanks