SketchUp to Revit

To reply to the original issue in this thread - we just released Helix v2.14.4, which contained a bug fix that may help resolve the OP’s issue. You can see the release notes here:

[edit: Updated the above link, which was previously incorrect]

If you have a chance, give it a try and let us know if it resolves that issue!

Hi!
I have a large Sketchup model that we need to move to Revit. I think that the grouping and tagging is set up in a way that will facilitate this, but am not a Sketchup user, so am not 100% sure.


When I tried to send it to Revit, this is all that came through:

There is also a lot of electrical distribution equipment in the Sketchup model, but it looks like that is not currently supported with Helix. How should it be grouped and tagged to at least push the geometry into Revit?

Hi Ben, any update on this? Perhaps we can jump on a phone call?

@Tecture

We believe that Helix v2.14.14 may have fixed the issue you were having. You can check out the the release notes and download this version from this post:

I previously mentioned this in this comment above, but I included the incorrect link to the release notes. I have just fixed that, so now the link in this and that post should now be correct.

If I recall, you mentioned you had switched to Revit 2025 - we are still working on adding Revit 2025 support to Helix, but will post in the forums when that’s released as well.

@Bmor thanks for posting!

There could be a few causes. I’d recommend checking that the mappings and SketchUp exporting are working correctly. When you are in SketchUp, You can expand the Helix window so that you can see a 3D version of what Helix has exported so far. As you keep selected things from your SketchUp model and mapping, they 3D preview should update every time you click ‘Send to Revit’. Here’s a short gif of that process:

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If the 3D preview looks correct, then it could be an error when importing into Revit. For that, when you import, do you see any errors pop up when the import is complete? After the Revit import, what do you see in the Status Report window? Are there a lot of elements and a lot of failures, or only a few successful elements?

As for loading the electrical distribution equipment, I’d recommend mapping them to a Mesh (DXF) to bring in the geometry, as you are correct that Helix doesn’t support converting them to native Revit electrical equipment families yet.

Here’s a few more posts about importing different types of geometry into Revit using this method:

Let me know how it goes, and if you’re able to make some progress!

Thanks,