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Load the CSiXRevit Plug-In
- Start the Revit application
- If prompted about whether to load the CSiXRevit plug-in, click the Always Load button.
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Prepare Your Structural Model for Analysis
- Open your Revit project containing your Structural model.
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The CSiXRevit plug-in does not export the physical elements in your structural model. You must create a structural analytical model with analytical elements to be exported by the plug-in.
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- Close the Analytical Automation tool.
- The Analytical Automation tool will have created analytical bars (shown as orange lines) for all the selected column and beam elements.
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- Boundary Conditions
- Loads
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Send Your Revit Model to ETABS
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- The first time you run CSiXRevit after installation, you will be asked to sign in using the email address that you provided to the Global AEC teaching team to add you as a Cloud License user for CSI software. Enter your email address and password to login and authorize your computer to use the software.
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- If you have selected some elements in Revit and wish to only export those elements, check the Revit Selected Elements Only checkbox near the bottom of the form.
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- Once the process is complete, click OK.
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If your Revit project is saved as a Revit Cloud Model, when exporting, adjust the file paths to select a local folder for the export files that the tool creates.
- The file will be given the extension .EXR.
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Import the EXR file into ETABS
- Open the ETABS application and import the EXR file.
