The 3D Connection tool is a means of transferring two sets of information between CAD and your 3D models: Similarly, before you can import a 3D model into CAD, you'll first need to export it to the 3D COnnection Cloud from SketchUp, Rhino, or Revit. Before you can import your CAD design into 3D, you'll need to export it from CAD into the 3D Connection Cloud by following the steps below. The Land F/X 3D Connection is based on exporting and importing your site design. We support SketchUp versions 2019 and newer. Please note that we no longer support SketchUp 8. We do not support the free version of SketchUp. We are only able to support these editions because our 3D Connection is based on the Ruby platform and requires an edition of Sketchup that supports the Core Ruby API and Extension Warehouse. The Land F/X 3D Connection supports the following editions of Sketchup:

This means you have access to an ever-growing library of publicly available SketchUp 3D symbols. SketchUp also has a large support community of users. While no 3D software is 'easy' to learn, SketchUp is considered by many to be the easiest to use of the available options. Planting F/X is not compatible with Revit LT because LT doesn’t allow add-ons. Planting F/X for Revit works on full versions of Revit for Windows, but not on Revit LT. We apologize for the inconvenience and encourage planting design users to push their team for a project model version upgrade to use better BIM tools for all disciplines. Version compatibility before 2022 is now discontinued due to the incompatibility of updated Planting F/X add-in features with these older versions of Revit. Planting F/X for Revit is maintained on the latest three versions of Revit: 2024, 2023, and 2022. Power Tip: The Planting F/X for Revit Plugin Supported Revit Editions For information on matching your units between CAD and SketchUp, see our Setting the Units in CAD & SketchUp documentation. The units you set in your 3D model must match the units you've set in the associated Land F/X project and CAD drawing. If you open CAD, SketchUp, Rhino, and Revit on the same computer, only one license will be pulled for the whole computer. All licenses are floating, so your office will only need as many licenses as you will have people using the plugin at once. If you already have a license, no additional purchase is required (other than the desired 3D software to install our plugin onto).

It also allows you to bring a 3D model, and an associated project, from SketchUp, Rhino, or Revit into CAD.Īll Land F/X plugins use the same Planting F/X or Irrigation F/X licenses as CAD does. Accessed in CAD, this feature allows you to bring a CAD design and an associated Land F/X project into a 3D model. Your installation includes a seamless connection between CAD and the 3D modeling programs SketchUp, Rhino, and Revit through our 3D Connection tool. The 3D Connection and User Coordinated Systems (UCS).Importing Plants, Site Amenities, and Lighting Equipment from 3D to CAD.Exporting Plants, Site Amenities, and Lighting Equipment from CAD to 3D.Transferring a Design Between CAD and 3D.

Why are there so many weird triangular-ish Lines from the import in SKP? I did select and make sure the 'Merge Coplanar Faces' are checked.Īnyway for this, I will create another thread. Check: 'Smoothing Groups' when prompt under Geometry, for me it makes no difference but let's just keep it checked for now.ģ) Export the imported file from 3D Max as 3ds Format (no idea why SketchupPro doesnt import OBJ format file as well).Ĥ) Open the 3ds file in SketchUp. So we still need to use the Twinmotion FBX method.Ģ) Open the Twinmotion-FBX in 3D Max. The problem is, the native Revit-FBX exported works well ONLY with 3D Max, but after exporting from 3D max to 3DS, the 3DS file won't show the materials on SKP. THIS METHOD WORKS WELL BECAUSE IT EVEN KEPT THE COMPONENTS / GROUPS FROM REVIT COMPLETELY INTACT EVEN AFTER GOING THROUGH SO MANY PROCEDURE!! So basically what I do is:ġ) Export Revit using Twinmotion Revit-FBX extension to their twinmotion-FBX Format from Revit itself. the stupid me just realised my university has got 3d max installed.

Export from revit to sketchup