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Compare the CAD to Excel converters: Revit®, IFC and DWG, side by side

This page compares all five converters. Each one reads one format and writes the same table shape: a row per element, a column per property. Only have AutoCAD DWG drawings? Go straight to CAD Drawing to Excel.

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build 2.0Windows 10/11 x64runs offline

Compared

Five converters, what each one reads and writes

Converter	Reads	Writes	Command line	Test runmedian of 3, open file	Download
Revit to Excelno Revit needed	RVTRevit 2019 to 2027, RVT and RFA	GLB JSONL IFC XLSX	RVTconverter.exeSetup.exe or portable ZIP	36.2 s, 9,618 elements	75 MB download, Revit to Excel
RVT to IFCno Revit needed	RVTRevit 2019 to 2027	IFC	RVTconverter.exeSetup.exe or portable ZIP	69.8 s with IFC4	75 MB download, RVT to IFC
Revit to GLBno Revit needed	RVTRevit 2019 to 2027, RVT and RFA	GLB JSONL	RVTconverter.exeSetup.exe or portable ZIP	same run as Revit to Excel	75 MB download, Revit to GLB
IFC to Excelno a BIM tool needed	IFCIFC 2x3 and IFC4, IFCZIP	XLSX JSON	IFC to ExcelPortable ZIP	11.6 s, 11 sheets	34 MB download, IFC to Excel
CAD Drawing to Excelno AutoCAD needed	DWGDWG R13 to 2018	XLSX CSV JSONL DXF SVG	dwg2excel.exeSetup.exe or portable ZIP	222.1 s, 99.8% converted	20 MB download, CAD Drawing to Excel

DDC Converters 2.0, Windows 10/11 x64. Test run: Intel Core 7 150U laptop, 32 GB RAM, NVMe SSD, 2026-10-21; method and scope notes on the benchmark page. Community licence: personal and research use.

Real output

The same table shape, whatever the source

Real excerpts from three converters. Revit rows carry parameters by name; DWG rows are keyed by the entity handle; IFC keeps the property set in the column header.

XLSXelements.xlsx189 × 182

Revit sample as an Excel table: 6 of 189 rows and 6 of 182 columns.
#	ElementId	Category	Type Name	Level	Area	Volume
2	308865	Walls	brick 10" wall	BASE	19.32	5.40
3	312480	Walls	brick 10" wall	BASE	2.01	0.56
4	313699	Walls	brick 5" wall	BASE	7.97	1.22
5	314039	Walls	brick 5" wall	BASE	9.38	1.43
6	457399	Floors	tiles	BASE	4.06	0.70
7	457096	Floors	tiles	Level 7	3.29	0.56
183 more rows, 176 more columns in the file

Fig. 1. Real converter output from home1.rvt (MIT licence, Sudhir Yadav), converted with RVT Converter 2.0.1. Shown: 6 of 189 rows and 6 of 182 columns, values as written by the converter.

XLSXDDC-Sample-House.xlsx8,435 × 95

DWG sample as an Excel table: 6 of 8,435 rows and 7 of 95 columns.
#	handle	type_name	layer_name	x	y	block_name	text_plain
2	400	INSERT	A-GLAZ	1400	0	WIN_2010x365
3	41D	INSERT	A-GLAZ	4300	0	WIN_1260x365
4	503	INSERT	A-DOOR	6910	9125	DOOR_1010_B
5	14D0	TEXT	A-ANNO-TEXT	3369.1	-6446.1		GROUND FLOOR PLAN
6	ED1	TEXT	A-ANNO-TEXT	35052.5	3545		Garage roof, extensive green roof
7	8B7	LINE	A-GRID	245	-3280
8,429 more rows, 88 more columns in the file

Fig. 2. Real converter output from DDC-Sample-House.dwg by DataDrivenConstruction. Shown: 6 of 8,435 rows and 7 of 95 columns, values as written by the converter.

model_190.xlsx, NormalizedMeasures sheet: Qto_WallBaseQuantities of two walls with path, unit kind and SI value; tabs Objects, Properties, Quantities and eight more — IFC: GNI BIM Dataset model 190 (CC BY 4.0), written by IFC to Excel 2.0.0 as one workbook with 11 sheets. Shown: wall quantities in SI units on the NormalizedMeasures sheet.

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Not supported

Downgrading an RVT to an older Revit; see Revit versions.
RVT to DWG, DWG to IFC.
3D geometry from DWG.
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Find your converter

Choose input and output

I have

RevitIFCAutoCAD DWG

I need

Revit to Excelelements.xlsx with one row per element, plus GLB, properties JSONL and IFC4. Revit 2019 to 2027, no Revit needed.

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By downloading you agree to the Terms of Use and EULA. Community licence: personal and research use.

Beyond the converters

Other ways to use the same converters

DDC Excel add-in
Opens RVT, IFC and DWG data inside Excel and adds QTO, parameter checks, duplicates and dashboards.
n8n workflows
Nine MIT-licensed workflows that call the converters, validate the output and write reports.
What's new in 2.0
CAD Drawing to Excel, tested on 504 real drawings with 95.9 % of records converted.
Guides
Commands, options and scripts per format, including batch conversion with Python.

Questions

Questions about choosing a converter

Short answers, including the ones that are no. Where we do not do something, we say what works instead.

All questions

Is there one converter for all CAD formats?

There is one converter per input format, with the same output shape: one row per element, one column per property. Install only the ones you need; the Revit pages describe the same RVT Converter.

Can you convert RVT to DWG?

No. We do not convert RVT to DWG or between other CAD formats. We extract data and write GLB and IFC4.

Which converter gives 3D geometry?

The Revit converter writes GLB with node names equal to the element IDs. The IFC converter writes data tables only, and the DWG converter data plus DXF and SVG drawings, no 3D.

Can I run them on a server?

Yes. Each converter has a command line (Windows). Use in a company, including on a server, needs the licence.

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