{"id":21035,"date":"2025-04-15T12:07:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T09:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bimsolutions.ge\/eng\/?p=21035"},"modified":"2025-04-15T13:11:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T10:11:39","slug":"interfaces-with-rfem-6-autodesk-revit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bimsolutions.ge\/eng\/blog\/interfaces-with-rfem-6-autodesk-revit\/","title":{"rendered":"Interfaces with RFEM 6: Autodesk Revit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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General Information<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The interface with Autodesk Revit is part of a wide range of formats for data exchange supported by Dlubal Software. Hence, if Autodesk Revit and the associated plug-in are installed in addition to RFEM 6 or RSTAB 9, the interface is available to you and you can exchange data between these structural analysis and CAD programs.<\/p>\n

Please note that the installation differs from that for RFEM 5 and RSTAB 8, where the interface with Autodesk Revit is automatically installed during the installation of RFEM or RSTAB. For RFEM 6 and RSTAB 9, on the other hand, manual installation of the plug-in is required. To do this, you need to navigate to the folder shown in Image 2 and run the .exe file to install the direct interface.<\/p>\n

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Dlubal-Relevant Structural Objects in Revit<\/h2>\n

Autodesk Revit offers extensive visualization options and special tools for creating an analytical model which once transferred to RFEM 6 or RSTAB 9 can be adjusted and optimized, and a structural analysis can be carried out. Since RFEM\/RSTAB is based on an object-oriented structural model and Revit Structure is based on parametric structural modeling, the intelligence of the objects is not lost during data exchange.<\/p>\n

In this way, you get an equivalent object in both Revit and RFEM\/RSTAB and not just a collection of lines or surfaces. The Dlubal-relevant structural objects currently implemented in Revit are shown in Image 4. This list is under construction and will include loads in near future.<\/p>\n

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Dlubal Parameters in Revit Interface<\/h2>\n

There are some parameters which are specific to RFEM 6\/RSTAB 9 and do not exist in Revit by default. For this reason, the Revit objects can be supplied with additional information, which RFEM\/RSTAB then reads out accordingly. This can be done via \u201cDlubal Parameters\u201d in Revit, which are only enabled after activation in various dialog boxes (via “Add Parameters” \u2192 “Start”).<\/p>\n

In this way, the RFEM\/RSTAB-specific information can be stored in Revit. When exporting from Revit to RFEM 6 or RSTAB 9, this information is then correctly interpreted in RFEM\/RSTAB.<\/p>\n

Since this part of the interface is still under development, only the following Dlubal parameters can currently be defined (marked red in Image 5):<\/p>\n