Translate Revit files.

Names, parameters, materials and views in Revit families, projects and templates, translated without Revit.

Input
.rfa · .rvt · .rte
Output
Same version
Changes
Text only

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HOW IT WORKS

Three passes over the file. Nothing else is touched.

  1. 01

    Read

    The file is opened as an OLE container and every text record is listed with the number of places it appears.

  2. 02

    Choose

    Content is text you see in Revit. Maybe can be internal names. Auto-translate, or type your own.

  3. 03

    Write

    Only chunks whose text changed are re-compressed. Every other byte is copied unchanged.

GENERAL NOTES

Check the file in Revit before you share it.

Revit’s format has no public spec. These are the limits we know of.

  1. 01Open the output in RevitVerifyChanging a string’s length has not been confirmed safe for every element type.
  2. 02Output stays in the source versionVersion lockFor a newer version, open the translated file in that Revit and save it. Older versions are not possible.
  3. 03One translation per unique stringFile-wideA string gets the same translation everywhere it appears in the file.
  4. 04Auto-translate without an API key is rate-limitedUnofficialIt uses Google’s free web endpoint. Large files can hit the limit; you can always type translations by hand.