So I understand that Revit geometry will always be dumpy, but I'm curious if anyone has any tips on making it less dumpy. SolidWorks ProE Creo.Elements Creo.Parametric UG(NX) Catia SolidEdge 3D SketchUp Inventor AutoCAD/ZWCAD AutoCAD.Mechanical AutoCAD. This is 'Using 3ds Max 2018 and the Arnold Renderer with Revit Models' by Autodesk Media and Entertainment on Vimeo, the home for high. Furthermore, the turnaround time is too quick for this kind of workflow. This is what I meant by staying accurate- there's no room for human error if I simply use their geometry. If I manually remodel their Revit model, each time they send me a new one I'll have to go through it and figure out what has changed and manually remodel the new elements myself.

If I maintain a Revit to 3ds Max link, then these updates will occur automatically. I should have made something clear in my initial question: the primary reason for sticking with the Revit geometry is that this is an evolving model (only in SD phase right now) and the idea is to be able to provide them with an updated 'video game' version of their model quickly whenever they send me their updated Revit file all through CDs.

Revit to 3dsmax