PAULGA Rhino to Revit
Get Rhino layers into Revit without an export and import round.
Group the Rhino layers you need into a card and send it to the open Revit model. No intermediate file to save, link or clean up.
How it works
Three steps, no intermediate file.
Connect both programs
Install PAULGA Studio, sign in, and connect the Rhino and Revit plugins from inside the app. Keep both programs open on the same Windows PC.
Group layers into a card
In PAULGA Studio, put the Rhino layers you want to move into one card. The card follows the live model, so it always sends the current objects.
Send it to Revit
Open the card's send menu and pick your Revit model. For more control, add a mapping node that sets a Revit category, type and creation mode for each layer.
What arrives in Revit
What you get on the Revit side.
The send copies geometry once. Here is exactly what the Revit model receives.
DirectShape in a real category
Each object lands as a DirectShape. Its category comes from the mapping you set, or from the layer name when it matches a Revit category (a layer called Walls goes to Walls). Everything else becomes Generic Model.
Blocks as family instances
Rhino blocks placed without rotation or scaling can arrive as Generic Model family instances built from solids, so they carry volume and a type. Other blocks fall back to DirectShape.
Native elements where they can be verified
When a layer name and the shape agree on a simple wall, floor, roof, ceiling, door, window, column or beam, Revit tries to build that element from a type already in your project. Anything it cannot verify stays DirectShape.
Curves as lines
In a mapping node you can send curves as model lines or detail lines instead of geometry.
Know the limits
- Most objects arrive as DirectShape: they sit in the right category but are not editable walls or floors with Revit's own tools.
- Curved Rhino surfaces are converted to mesh on the way, so they arrive faceted.
- It is a one-way copy, not a live link. Sending again imports a fresh copy rather than updating the last one.
FAQ
Rhino to Revit, answered.
Anything else? Ask the guide chat in the corner.
Will my Rhino geometry become editable Revit walls and floors?
Only in simple, verifiable cases: a wall, floor, roof, ceiling, door, window, column or beam whose layer name and shape agree, using a type already in the project. Everything else arrives as DirectShape or a Generic Model family instance in the category you chose.
How is this different from exporting a SAT or DWG and importing it?
There is no file to export, save, link or re-import. You pick layers in a card, and the app sends them into the open Revit model with their category assigned. Blocks can come through as family instances instead of one imported object.
Do Rhino and Revit need to be open at the same time?
Yes. Both programs run on the same Windows PC and connect to PAULGA Studio through its plugins. The app reads the card's objects from Rhino and writes them into the open Revit model.
Does sending between programs cost anything?
PAULGA Studio is free to download from the Microsoft Store or as an installer. Credits are only for AI image and video generation.
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