The H-Factor

From a customer:

"I started using the Viewbase command, which I learned from the H-Factor
blog.  I love it, it makes pump details very easy to do.  My only
question would be about certain block/details.  A lot of the time I use
Revit models from manufacturers, such as Reliable.  I will download a 3D
valve detail from them in Revit, then export it to a .dwg file.  Then I
will insert it into my detail as a block.  But when I use the Viewbase
command, those items will not show up in the parent model.  They show up
blank.  I didn’t know if you know of a work around this."

From Alan Johnston here at Hydratec:

"You can export the 3D view from Revit as
an ACIS (.SAT) format and import that into HydraCAD.  Then it comes in as
a 3dSolid and Voila…   It Works!!!!"