With Autodesk Inventor, the BIM Exchange tools provide a purpose-built workflow that allows users to simplify their models and creates a custom user coordinate system. What’s more, they don’t have the capabilities to transfer physical and visual characteristics of the model over to Revit. However, what they don’t offer is the ability to provide connection points when exporting.
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Other 3D software packages offer tools to simplify model geometry with the ability to export, but only to a neutral file format with limited component metadata. Those include architects, engineers, contractors, and facility owners. It also strengthens their relationships with different parties. Therefore, it preserves a longer aftermarket relationship with their customers. This BIM data is accessible throughout the entire lifecycle of a project. By providing BIM compliant models and data, their products are more likely to become specified by architects and engineers during construction planning. As a matter of fact, a majority of product manufacturing companies are being pressured into making their products readily available in an RFA file format. An RFA or (Revit family file) is a feature based parametric file that can be directly loaded into a Revit project.Ĭurrently, Revit is the industry standard tool for AEC (Architecture, Engineering & Construction) and BIM (Building Information Modeling). In Inventor, you can “save as” or “export” a model to multiple file formats including ADSK, DWG, SAT, STEP, etc., but not to an RFA file. Inventor to Revit: Significant Business Benefits It’s called the “BIM Exchange Environment” within Autodesk Inventor 2016. How do I get an Inventor model into Revit? How can I easily transfer models from Inventor to Revit? Am I able to open up an Inventor model in Revit and save it as an RFA file? Can I export an Inventor model to an RFA file? Can I save as my Inventor model to an RFA file? I receive these types of questions from customers on a weekly basis and there is a solution.