When you are ready to continue detailed design and documentation in Revit, you can export your Forma Building Design project as a native Revit (.rvt) file. The export creates a geolocated Revit model complete with site context and native Revit families for walls, slabs, windows, and roofs.
Workflow
- In Forma Building Design, click the Actions menu in the top toolbar, then choose Export to Revit.
- Choose the Forma Building Design elements to be included in the export.
- Choose Building Elements.
- This will convert the Forma Building Design buildings into Revit building elements.
- Uncheck the Toposurface and Generic Models checkboxes.
- Exporting those layers can make your Revit project very large and difficult to work with.
- In the next module, we’ll use a different method to import that contextual data directly into Revit as coordination models.
- The export process will begin. Depending on the size and complexity of your model, this may take from a few minutes up to 30 minutes for larger projects.
- When the export is complete, a notification will appear in the top menu bar within "Items" - "Exports".
- Click the notification to save the .rvt file.
- You can choose to save it:
- Locally on your computer, or
- To Autodesk Docs (cloud storage)
- Open the saved .rvt file in the Revit application to continue developing your design.
What is Included in the Exported Revit Project?
The exported Revit project includes these elements:
- Walls — exported as native Revit wall families
- Floors/Slabs — exported as native Revit floor families
- Roofs — exported as native Revit roof families
- Windows and doors — exported as native Revit families
- Balconies — exported as Revit groups and includes floors and railings
- Geolocation — the project retains its geographic coordinates
- Terrain — exported as native Toposurface
- Ordered data — exported as Generic model
The Revit project also contains a Sheet for each floor of the exported buildings.
Why Does My Design Take So Long to Export?
- In this early release of Forma Building Design, curtain wall elements drastically increase the time required to export your project.
- This may result in the export process taking up to 30 minutes.
Continue Developing Your Design in Revit
You can further develop and detail the model using standard Revit tools and workflows.