Clarification at Exporting from Etabs to Revit: Analitical 2D shells from etabs gets exported as 2D analytical panel in Revit

GJoe · 13 August 2024 05:41

Hello everyone, GJoe here!

Objective: I want to export 2D shell elements from etabs as 3D walls in Revit
Issue: I want to know if exporting 2D shell elements from etabs as 2D panels in Revit is the correct behavior. If so, how to export them as 3D walls?

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bjoern · 13 August 2024 07:54

That is the correct behavior. Communication between Revit and ETABS is on the analytical level. This is also the tidiest way to ensure a clean analytical model / 1:1 with Revit.

For your issue at hand, after receiving your ETABS shells in Revit, you could use the Analyze -> Analytical Automation -> Analytical to Physical for Buildings automation:

This way you’ll get your volumetric represenation while preserving the analytical definition(s).

Let me know if this helps!