Datasmith Exporter for Revit - File size:
- 30 MB
- Date added:
- Aug 19, 2022 | Last update check: 1 minute ago
- Licence:
- Freeware
- Runs on:
- Revit 2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023
Datasmith Exporter for Revit (formerly Twinmotion Direct Link for Revit) enables interoperability between Autodesk Revit and Epic Games software: Unreal Engine and Twinmotion. The add-in allows direct one-click synchronization of geometry and BIM information from your Revit model to Twinmotion. Organization and hierarchy are retained, while native surfaces and 3D objects are automatically substituted for Twinmotion objects that react to the environment. Revit models can be exported to Twinmotion 2021.1, 2022.1 and 2022.2.
Features:
Dynamic Link features:
- Synchronize your Revit model directly and in real-time to view it in Twinmotion.
- Make changes to the model or materials, and see those changes immediately in Twinmotion.
- Standard materials, People, and Trees are automatically converted in Twinmotion materials, People, and Trees.
- BIM information are send to Twinmotion and can be displayed in BIMmotion – Model optimization to reduce the number of polygons.
- Temporary mode and cameras view are managed in Twinmotion and cause changes with each synchronization.
Export features:
- Export models, materials, and textures via Datasmith file.
- Model optimization to reduce the number of polygons.
Typical workflow:
- Navigate to a 3D view in Revit.
- Export your content to Unreal Engine/Twinmotion. Go to Datasmith toolbar. There are two workflows:
Direct Link method (Twinmotion only)
- Start Twinmotion, to start a Direct Link. You have to open your Revit and Twinmotion project together. Twinmotion should automatically detect your Direct link.
- Click on the “Import” icon, go to the “Import Direct Link” menu. You can see that your source file (Revit project) is automatically detected. “Collapse” option allows you to decide how you want to organize your material.
- Go back to Revit and click “Synchronize”.
- In Twinmotion, you can go to the “Scene graph” and see all the content that is brought in.
- Every time you want to make changes to your project, you just need to go back to Revit and click on the “Synchronize”.
Export Datasmith file
- Export a Datasmith file form Revit (.udatasmith file format).
- In Unreal Engine/Twinmotion, import a Datasmith file. You can import more than one Datasmith file.
- Click on the “Import” icon, go to the “Geometry” menu. Click “Open”. Find Datasmith file that you already saved. In “Options” you can choose how you want to organize your material.
- Click “OK”, than it’s going to bring the content in Twinmotion.
- To update your project, you have to export a new Datasmith file and either click “Refresh” or “Relocate” (if you change the file name).
About Twinmotion
Award-winning Twinmotion is a real-time 3D immersion software that is changing the way designers and engineers interact with their models. Twinmotion is the only solution on the market capable of creating high quality images, panoramas and standard or 360º videos for fully-immersive 3D VR exploration. A simple interface and icons make Twinmotion extremely easy to learn and use, regardless of the size and complexity of the project, the materials, the user’s IT knowledge or their preferred BIM modeler. Direct synchronization with Revit allows users to move from the BIM model to a VR experience in only 3 clicks.
Epic Games acquired Twinmotion from Abvent in May 2019. They made it free to download until November 2019, and free to use in perpetuity.
About Epic Games
Epic Games, the developer of Unreal Engine, acquired Twinmotion from Abvent in May 2019. The company announced that it’s absolutely free to download until November 2019, and yours to keep using indefinitely after that.
Since 1985, the Abvent Group has offered innovative image and design solutions for CAD professionals in the fields of architecture and design (Artlantis), and photography.
Founded in 1991, Epic Games is the creator of the Unreal, Gears of War and Infinity Blade series of games. Today Epic is building Paragon, Fortnite, SPYJiNX, and the new Unreal Tournament. Epic’s Unreal Engine technology brings high-fidelity, interactive experiences to PC, console, mobile, the Web and VR.
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Datasmith toolset in Revit. ©Epic Games
©Epic Games