georgie
2014-04-16, 03:00 AM
Hi All,
I have recieved an IFC file from our steel shop drawer for one of our projects and want to load it into our Architectural model for checking. This is the first time we are trying to get genuine interoperability between Revit and Tekla. They have been able to import our Revit model with no issues (I followed the instructions on the Tekla website).
Only problem is, when I import their IFC file the whole thing is rotated in the vertical axis, like a sinking titanic. Of course I could import it into AutoCAD and rotate it, but then I would only be left with dumb geometry, and I want to keep the Tekla / IFC information on beam sizes etc.
I can't rotate it from within its Revit file because the beams and columns have a fixed relationship to the horizontal and won't rotate. I tried linking it and rotating the linked file which also isn't possible, it won't even if I disjoin or copy. It seems that linked files cannot be rotated in the horizonal.
Does anyone have experience with loading a Tekla IFC export into Revit? Is is possible they have exported it wrong at their end?
Any help would be appreciated. This is my first time using IFC files in Revit.
Georgie.
I have recieved an IFC file from our steel shop drawer for one of our projects and want to load it into our Architectural model for checking. This is the first time we are trying to get genuine interoperability between Revit and Tekla. They have been able to import our Revit model with no issues (I followed the instructions on the Tekla website).
Only problem is, when I import their IFC file the whole thing is rotated in the vertical axis, like a sinking titanic. Of course I could import it into AutoCAD and rotate it, but then I would only be left with dumb geometry, and I want to keep the Tekla / IFC information on beam sizes etc.
I can't rotate it from within its Revit file because the beams and columns have a fixed relationship to the horizontal and won't rotate. I tried linking it and rotating the linked file which also isn't possible, it won't even if I disjoin or copy. It seems that linked files cannot be rotated in the horizonal.
Does anyone have experience with loading a Tekla IFC export into Revit? Is is possible they have exported it wrong at their end?
Any help would be appreciated. This is my first time using IFC files in Revit.
Georgie.