You will need to re-create these levels once you are inside your Revit project. Remember, these levels exist within the family and will not translate into the Revit project. Best yet, modeling your conceptual designs in Revit will save you a hefty subscription cost! Preparing the mass model for the projectīefore saving and closing the conceptual mass family file, jot down the levels created within the family file. It takes only a few easy clicks and it is far more accurate than the comparable SketchUp workflow. In this post, we will demonstrate how to convert a conceptual mass design into a functional parametric building model within the Revit project environment. We understand the frustration that this is causing, so we are showing you behind the curtain of Revit’s powerful conceptual design tools so that you can make an informed choice before investing in another software subscription. On November 4, 2020-yes, during this pandemic year-Trimble is changing SketchUp from its economical perpetual license to a more costly subscription service. This is an important topic, especially for architects who have been using SketchUp for conceptual design. In our previous post, we introduced you to the fundamentals of conceptual mass modeling in Revit.

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