Piranesi and Autodesk® Revit® 2011 and 2012
Our EPix add-in lets you export a 3D view from Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 and 2012 to a Piranesi EPix file. Piranesi 6 Pro is required.
Add-in for Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011
Add-in for Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012
FBX® Converter
We recommend that you also install the FBX Converter from Autodesk: this will improve the naming of materials in the EPix file so that material locking works better.
The FBX Converter for Windows can be downloaded from the Autodesk FBX website.
Export an image file (optional)
If you want your EPix file to use the colours rendered by Revit, first use Export / Images and Animations / Image to save the 3D view to an image file. Set the image size to the EPix file size you want, and choose PNG format for high quality.
(without an image file, the EPix file will be rendered by Vedute with arbitrary colours)
Export to an EPix file
- Select a 2D view so that the External Tools button is enabled
- On the External panel on the Add-Ins tab, click the "External Tools" button then select "Create EPix File":
(if the Add-Ins tab is missing, check the add-in is installed;
if the button is greyed out, select a 2D view).
The add-in options will be shown:
- Select your 3D view from the dropdown list
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If you saved an image, select "Use image" and browse for the image file.
Otherwise, select "Use Vedute rendering" and choose a width and height for the EPix file.
If you have installed the FBX Converter, select "Use Converter" and click Find to locate FbxConverter.exe.
This pathname will look like "C:\Program Files\Autodesk\FBX\FBXConverter\2012.1\bin\FbxConverter.exe" or may be in "Program Files (x86)"
- Click Export to create an EPix file from your 3D view and automatically open it in Piranesi.
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