3D Line Extrusion

[tyler.wandschneider160323]

Is it possible to have a beam profile follow a 3 dimensional line created in ACAD that I import into Revit? How do i get started to learn how to do that?

Thanks.

Tyler

[mabrey]

Make an in place framing family (Modeling Tab > Create) with a solid sweep. Pick your imported ACAD lines as the path for the sweep and pick a profile.

-Jon

[tyler.wandschneider160323]

It wont let me pick the path. Do I need to do something with the imported object in order to use it as a path?

[Andre Carvalho]

It wont let me pick the path. Do I need to do something with the imported object in order to use it as a paths?

Which kind of entity is the line you are trying to pick? Is it an spline? Is it in a different plane?When creating the in place family, try selecting the DWG and exploding, then you can pick the entities that usualy you can't pick, like splines.

Andre Carvalho

[mabrey]

I forgot that you can't explode a 3D dwg file, so you are going to have to draw model lines by picking the imported lines in Plan/Section/3D views. I would set up workplanes at each line you want drawn for the sweep so you won't spend a lot of time moving the lines to the correct plane after drawing in elevation views for example. Once you have model lines traced over your imported line, then create your in place sweep, and Revit will let you pick them for a path. I know it is a pain, but until they let us explode 3D dwg entities, I don't know of any other way.

HTH,

-Jon

[jcharpentier]

Make an in place framing family (Modeling Tab > Create) with a solid sweep. Pick your imported ACAD lines as the path for the sweep and pick a profile.

-Jon

Rather than create an in-place family, I would use the beam tool tool itself. Most anything you can pick for a path, you can pick to create a beam.

[Steve_Stafford]

What isn't obvious in your question (at least to me) is whether this AutoCAD 3D line is a single segment whose first and second points are at different elevations or if it is multi-segment with different elevations at each point.

Regardless you could just sketch a beam from point to point and offset the elevation of the end(s) of the beam to match each point elevation.