Important: The Revit Integration is currently only available to Beta users.

Install the Acelab Plug-in

Download the .exe file given to you
Open the file to install it
Accept the License Agreement
Click Next, and Finish

Sign-in

Open your project in Revit
Once the plug-in is installed, an Acelab tab will appear in your Revit workspace
Click on the Acelab tab
Click the Sign In button
- This is the only active button until you sign in

Add your Email and Password (or choose to sign in with google) and click Sign in
- Notice that after signing in, you have the option to sign out, and the other features have been enabled

Link Revit to an Acelab Project

Click Select Project
From the dropdown menu, select the project to which you want to assign products saved in Acelab's Materials Hub
- Note that the dropdown menu includes all projects you've joined in Acelab
Click Next
A message that the project has been successfully linked will be displayed, click to Close it

Map Acelab Products to Revit Family

Note: You can map Acelab products to Revit families or materials. The steps below focus on mapping to families. To see the steps for mapping Acelab products to materials, jump to the next section.

Click Map Materials to link a product in the Materials Hub to a Revit family
Select the appropriate schedule from the drop-down menu

Note: All products saved to that schedule in the Materials Hub will appear, but placeholder products will not appear

To choose the product you want to link to an asset, click the Link Revit Asset button next to the product

Choose the asset by first selecting a Category
Select a Family Name
Click Select to choose a specific asset type, or Select All Types to choose all types available for that asset
Repeat the the last three steps above until all assets have been selected
Click Apply

The product you selected is now linked to the asset you chose
Click on the eye icon to see all assets linked to the product

Map Acelab Products to Revit Material

Note: The first 3 steps below are the same whether you are linking an Acelab to a Revit Family or Revit Material.

Click Map Materials
Select the appropriate schedule from the drop-down menu
To choose the product you want to link to a material, click the Link Revit Asset button next to the product
- All products saved to that schedule will appear, but placeholder products will not appear

Instead of selecting a category and family name, click on the Map to Revit Material button at the top-right corner to switch from family selection to material selection

Select the material Class from the drop-down menu

Click the Select button next to the material
Click Apply

The product you selected is linked to the chosen material in Revit
Click the eye icon to view the material selected

View Acelab Product Information in Revit

Information from Acelab's database will be imported to Revit for all the products linked to a family or material.

View information linked to a family

Select asset
Click Edit type

In the Type Properties window, a scroll down to Identity Data
Information from Acelab's database will be displayed

View information linked to a material

Open the Material Browser
Select the material
In the Identity tab, information from Acelab's database will be displayed in the Product Information section

Sync with Acelab's Materials Hub

Click the Sync button from the top bar, or the Sync with Acelab button in the Mapping window

You will get a message when the sync has been successfully complete
Navigate to the Materials Hub, select the project you integrated with Revit
Go to Schedules and choose the schedule containing the materials you mapped to Revit
Add the Revit fields (columns)