Revit link buttons in the ribbon, Export and Import, Mapping dialogues during Export

The Revit link options

The Revit link is installed to Revit ribbon named CADS. There are four main parts. Quick buttons for Export and Import, Mapping tables, Options part and Help part.

What can be exported

Not all elements in Revit are supported for export. It is mainly structure elements and some kinds of loads. Only analytical model is exported, no architectural elements are supported.

Supported elements are (find more in Revit link help):

Item in REVIT	Item in SCIA Engineer
Column	1D member (column)
Beam (Frame)	1D member (beam)
Brace	1D member
Structural Floor	2D member
Structural Wall	2D member
Truss	1D members
Beam system	1D members
Floor	Slab/load panel
Holes in slab or wall	Openings in 2D members (with or without panel option)
Holes in beam web	Openings in 1D member
Isolated foundation	Fixed nodal support/foundation block
Wall foundation	Fixed line support
Slab foundation, Usage	2D element/slab+subsoil/line or point support depending on structural element support
Boundary conditions	Support
Free line load	Free line force
Free point load	Free point force
Free area load	Free surface force
Hosted point load	Point force in node
Hosted line load	Line force on beam
Hosted area load	Surface force
Load cases with load nature "dead", "live", "wind", etc.	Load cases with load groups using appropriate load type
Load combinations	Load combinations
Grouped Revit Structure objects	None
User defined families or frames or columns	Cross-sections according to user mapping/general cross-sections/numerical cross-sections
Composite floor	Composite slab
Floor with metal deck	Metal deck
Levels	Stories (only from SCIA Engineer to Revit)
Slab reinforcement	Reinforcement 2D (only from SCIA Engineer to Revit)
Reinforcement in frames and columns	Reinforcement (if exported to SCIA Engineer it is always as Practical reinforcement automatic design)

 

Holes in slab or wall can be exported as a pure opening in 2D member or as panel opening in 2D members. It is possible to set in the options:

 

Export and Import buttons

Export - means export from Revit to SCIA Engineer
Import - means import from SCIA Engineer to Revit

These buttons start export or import immediately. There are no settings. The dialogue with exported elements appears.

There is a part where all elements display their status. The log part is displayed in the text-box under it.

The log file can be saved after the export is done. Use the button on the window bottom.

The two steps on the bottom show the status of exporting process.

1 - means loading elements

2 - saving R2S or opening SCIA Engineer

The dialogue for material and cross section definition

When some material or cross section is not recognized according to the mapping rules, user has to define it manually during export/import. The special dialogue appears and user has to select the proper material or cross section in it.

General and Numerical cross section

The dialogue allows to define the cross section as a general cross section or numerical cross section. Only geometry of the cross section is exported to SCIA Engineer. This cross section is editable in SCIA Engineer.

This new rule is automatically saved to the User table.