for autocad, i've always done it from sketchup: export a dwg. then revit can import a dwg. mabye???

You're doing it the right way, I think. I've done it before successfully, but I'm trying to remember how. You need to do it under Create Mass or Create Family and it comes in as a family. Maybe your sketchUp file is too confusing for Revit?

Oh, also...you need Revit 9 or newer to do it. It's only since last summer that you've been able to import SketchUp into Revit, so if you're working with 8.1 or something, it won't work.

Check out the video tutorial.

http://revitrocks.blogspot.com/2006/09/sketchup-with-your-revit.html

http://www.cadclips.com/Revit9-Detailing.asp

using 9.1

thanks ill check out those links when i get to work

ive herd there is some sort of plug-in for revit...anyone ever here of that

ive herd there is some sort of plug-in for revit...anyone ever here of that

nothin' - what a bummer - tried a number of tutorials and websites...but nothin'...is everyone sure they dont know how to do this...come on - i know you archinectors can pull something like this off!

I've been having the same problem...Revit crashes as soon as I try to import the Sketchup model. The problem seemed to be an incompatibility between Revit 9.1 and Sketchup version 6. If I saved the SU file down to v5, it imported flawlessly.

huh! - ill have to try that tomorrow...thanks!!!

yeah that worked but for only a real generic model - the more detailed model i tried to insert wouldnt insert b/c some objects could not imported - Revit said
"Some ACIS objects could not be imported. To import them, use AutoCAD to convert them into polymesh objects and reimport."
what the hell is a polymesh object? i searched acad and found nothing. and revits help is a whole new jargon for me so ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

link do not import, just link:

Make sure

all layers are as one

everything is white

sketchup is saved as v8 or less

explode everything 

polymesh as far as i can tell is accessible in revit and not sketchup. dunno y

This thread was dead for 10 years, I'm guessing they figured something out.