How to Export from Revit to Sketchup – EASILY Export Any 3D Model from Revit and Import to Sketchup

The fastest way to easily export a Revit model to Sketchup. Learn how to speed up the export/import process from Revit to Sketchup with shortcuts. Exporting from Revit to Sketchup is an easy task to perform, but some users get stuck on one or two vital settings that need to be configured. Let’s learn how to export from Autodesk’s Revit to Google’s Sketchup.

First of all, open up your Revit project to a 3D view. You can only export a model from Revit if you are in a 3D view.

Next, understand that anything in your 3D view will be exported, and will be shown in Sketchup. That includes any unwanted annotations, level markers, section boxes and anything shown in the 3D view.

When exporting from Revit and importing into Sketchup, it’s best practice to break the model up into several components. Group and layer your model to make life a bit easier for yourself. Isolate walls, floors, ceilings, furniture etc into separate groups.

It could also be worth setting up a reference plan to make things easy to move around in Sketchup.

After cleaning up the 3D Revit model, we can configure the file type settings of the export. Go to file → export → export options (dwg) → solids → ACIS Solids.

Configuring your Export task to a have an assigned shortcut key can save some time. Go to File, options → user interface → keyboard shortcuts (configure) → type “dwg” and assign a keyboard shortcut to it.

Now use that shortcut to open the export task.

Make sure you’re exporting as AUTOCAD 2007 DWG. This is very important and Sketchup won’t import the file if another file type is used.

Once exported, open Sketchup and hit file → import.

Import the file into Sketchup. Fin.

I hope you have found that helpful and can successfully export your model from Revit to Sketchup.

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[tanyaforrest]

This is brilliant! I’m a landscape designer using SketchUp and this has saved me having to model the house as the builder can now sends the 3D Revit file thanks to your video. Thanks heaps !

[arq.luiseduardovazquezruiz]

Thank you very much, I had not succeeded in exporting from revit into skp, I watched too many videos and yours was the best. I appreciate it

[jmartlncln]

Thank you!! That was so much cleaner exporting as ACIS solids rather than mesh. Everything used to get fused together in Sketchup, but this keeps elements separate as groups!

[usmanrabiu]

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[kitjohnson]

Excellent! Clear, short and easy. Thanks for sharing your wisdom!

[shreyarane]

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[dianafrancishayden]

Hello! This was extremely helpful, thank you! I want to better understand the model capabilities when you move your Revit model into Sketchup. When you import your Revit model into Sketchup, am I able to edit the model as I would any other model built in sketchup from the ground up? I want to make sure that when I import my model from Revit to Sketchup, that I can add/delete lines, apply materials and render using Enscape. Thanks!

[alicjakozak]

It doesn't work. ;/ after click "import" there is no dwg file to choose. I can import only an image or texture into sketchup. When I choose "all files" and try to import my dwg file there is an information that "it is not skp model". I have sketchup 2017.

[arnaudebin]

Good tutorial but i try it and i see that the curvening objet are rift geométrie in sketchup

[ranamatary]

thanks that was very helpful! one thing though my model had curves and it was kinda broken do u know how i can fix that?

[jimcindyremodelinsedona]

Hi Kyle, I have a 3D Revit file but no Revit software and I'm run Sketchup Pro on a Mac. do you know anyone how can do the translation? I'll pay for it. This is a one off thing for me