Importing Revit metadata through Direct Link and accessing it at runtime

Fretzkes
Fri, 18 Feb 2022 02:42:37 +0000
Pipeline & Plugins

Hello everyone,

I am trying to import a model from Revit 2021 into UE 4.27 through Datasmith Direct Link and access the associated metadata at runtime. The model loads smoothly but the metadata, which is associated to each model object’s Static Mesh Actor as “Datasmith User Data” when importing a .udatasmith file, is missing from the Asset User Data tab. I only get the Component Tags.

I am using a Datasmith Runtime Actor Blueprint Class in which I have set the Runtime Import Options node to import metadata.

I also checked to see if it works for Archicad 25, and it does. Compare the screenshots of the Asset User Data of a wall from Revit 2021 and one from Archicad 25. Am I doing something wrong or does the Datasmith plugin for Revit simply not support bringing in metadata through Direct Link? If so, does anyone know if this feature will be added in the future?

A post in the roadmap for UE4.27 states that access to metadata would be added to Datasmith Runtime in this version, but it does not mention for which authoring software.

Lastly, are there any newer versions where this might work, i.e. Revit 2022 and UE5 Early Access?

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!

Regards,

Fretzkes

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