# How to convert a civil3D 3D model into a Revit family **URL:** \ **Category:** Revit\ **Tags:** revit, python, dynamo\ **Created:** [March 23, 2023, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-convert-a-civil3d-3d-model-into-a-revit-family/87713 "2023-03-23T06:09:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![k-horiYJ27A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@k-horiYJ27A](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/k-horiYJ27A)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 6:09am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-convert-a-civil3d-3d-model-into-a-revit-family/87713/1 "2023-03-23T06:09:13Z")
Hello everyone! 😁 I was previously taught how to convert a Civil3D 3D model into a Revit family using a sat file, but I have found the following problem. ・The shape of the 3D model is broken if it is a complex shape. ・How to get the coordinate values from the sat file and reflect them in the Revit family. I am trying to find a way to convert civil3D to Revit as a family other than using a sat file. However, I can’t find a good way because I am not very knowledgeable about Dynamo and I don’t have any knowledge about Python. Does anyone know of an innovative way to do this? (Can you handle DXF or DWG files within Dynamo?) In the attachment, I upload the original civil3D data, Dynamo, and Revit converted data picture layer. 🙌 ![1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/c/b/cb52ce484f45e4b09374dbab809eec436a4802a6.png) ![2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/7/7/772545cf13fac68b4e46baebef43139b3d6bdf58.png) ![3](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/2/f/2f9547e5d625df209abbaefb4c03f2355c208682.png) ---
**Author:** ![jacob.small](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/jacob.small/32/161030_2.png) [@jacob.small](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/jacob.small)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-convert-a-civil3d-3d-model-into-a-revit-family/87713/2 "2023-03-23T11:34:26Z")
Best to look into Civil Connection: [GitHub - Autodesk/civilconnection: CivilConnection enables the exchange of information between Civil 3D, Dynamo and Revit.](https://github.com/Autodesk/civilconnection) ---
**Author:** ![k-horiYJ27A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@k-horiYJ27A](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/k-horiYJ27A)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-convert-a-civil3d-3d-model-into-a-revit-family/87713/3 "2023-03-27T03:45:04Z")
Thank you very much! 😆 I’ve just implemented it and after doing some research, it looks like I can indeed pass corridors, TIN surfaces, point clouds, etc. to Revit, but I couldn’t find a node to convert 3D solids. I am using Revit and Civil3D b version 2020 for business reasons. Is it possible to convert 3D solids with civlconnectionn? ---
**Author:** ![jacob.small](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/jacob.small/32/161030_2.png) [@jacob.small](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/jacob.small)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-convert-a-civil3d-3d-model-into-a-revit-family/87713/4 "2023-03-27T04:21:59Z")
> [@k-horiYJ27A](#): > > Is it possible to convert 3D solids with civlconnectionn? I believe so. Double check in the documentation. > [@k-horiYJ27A](#): > > I am using Revit and Civil3D b version 2020 for business reasons. Note that these will be unsupported pretty soon as the current + 3 proceeding versions are supported and 2024 is around the corner, so it’s advisable to upgrade. ---
**Author:** ![k-horiYJ27A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@k-horiYJ27A](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/k-horiYJ27A)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 6:07am UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-convert-a-civil3d-3d-model-into-a-revit-family/87713/5 "2023-03-27T06:07:49Z")
I have looked around and civilconnection2020 apparently does not have a 3D solid conversion. 😱 There was an ImportGeometry in the node, so maybe it could be done, but I thought it was impossible because it requires Geomtry input. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/dynamobim/original/3X/3/2/322b825c15d8826c35a1f88d069568eb6053bd57.png) ---
**Author:** ![jacob.small](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.dynamobim.com/jacob.small/32/161030_2.png) [@jacob.small](https://forum.dynamobim.com/u/jacob.small)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.dynamobim.com/t/how-to-convert-a-civil3d-3d-model-into-a-revit-family/87713/6 "2023-03-27T12:56:10Z")
That node goes the other way. Look closely at the documentation of the civil connection package including examples and workflows.