I have already downloaded Twinmotion directly from Epic Games, and it is useful for Revit, but when I open the menu in Revit “Open in Twinmotion,” it says “Twinmotion is not Installed.” Does that mean I have to download Twinmotion for Revit from Autodesk, or is there another way? I hope I can use this regular Twinmotion, which is compatible with Revit. I’m wondering if I use other BIM applications like Archicad or SketchUp, do I need to download Twinmotion 3 TIMES? Twinmotion for Revit, Archicad, and SketchUp? thank you
This may be an obvious question.. but when you click the Twinmotion button to open.. are you in a 3d View? Plan views, etc. - show it greyed out.. Personally, we do not use built in open in Twinmotion, we find it less stable. My recommendation is to export datasmith files. Also assume you have a Twinmotion account.
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I came here to ask the same thing. I downloaded it through the Epic Games Launcher, and when I try to open a 3D view in Revit (open in Twinmotion), it says “Twinmotion is not installed”. Also says that when I try to export to datasmith file. I really want to use 2025.2, which doesn’t seem available as a version for “Twinmotion for Revit”. Bummer how that’s different.
I’m going to try to download the latest Twinmotion for Revit version (seems like that’s 2025.1.1 right now), and try to go through the datasmith route to open it in 2025.2.
Will report back if that still doesn’t work.
This due to Autodesk, not Epic. In short, Autodesk hard codes the Twinmotion version to activate the buttons inside Revit. In classic Autodesk fashion, Twinmotion for Revit 2025 is NOT COMPATIBLE with Revit 2025. It’s actually looking for Twinmotion 2024 (The Revit version, I believe, not the Epic Games version) to be installed. You must have Twinmotion 2024 installed for Revit 2025’s buttons to be activated. Autodesk refuses to release hotfixes or patches for this. This includes all buttons. Nothing works in the built-in Datasmith tools in Revit unless TM for that specific version of Revit is installed, including even the basic function to export to a datasmith file.
The absolute worst thing Epic ever did was let Autodesk control TM for Revit. It is by far the most backwards integration I’ve ever seen. Since Epic did this, they also no longer release the external datasmith plugin for Revit. There are some ways around this that I think some people have posted a few backdoor fixes.
Please Make Twinmotion for Revit 2025 actually compatible with Revit 2025 - Autodesk Community
