If you aren’t using Keynotes in Revit, you probably should be. They are often one of those ‘hidden gems’ that people discover after using Revit for years…
Update: this version added some comprehension of IfcElementAssembly. What this means is that your converted IFC may end up with a subelement, and then a duplicate of it inside an IfcElementAssembly. If you are trying to do 1:1 item count comparison between Revit and Tekla BimSight, you will have to selected and hide or delete the IfcElementAssembly components.
You can use this filter to isolate them and then delete select them to delete:
Significant improvements added thanks to CADQ (see release info below).
We have upgraded the 2015 Open source IFC project to version 15.4.0. Changes include: (15.4.0) IFC for Revit 2014 v15.4.0.msi IFC for Revit 2015 Source v15.4.0.zip General:
Special thanks to CAD-Q (http://www.cad-q.com/) for their contribution of this improvement to the Open Source. Their contributions will be marked with (CADQ) below.
The installer has been updated to once again work with Revit LT.
New Export Functionality:
(CADQ) Ability to export only schedules whose titles include “PSet”, “IFC” or “Common”.
(CADQ) Added option to use the active view to generate the exported geometry. Note that this can have unexpected effects if used in a non-3D view.
(CADQ) Added an export progress report to the status bar, similar to how Link IFC displays progress.
(CADQ) Allow export of multiple loaded exportable projects. Note that for phasing, the list of available phases will be based on the current project only. If a phase other than the default phase is chosen, it will be used for all projects assuming that they have the same phase with the same element id. If multiple projects are chosen, default names will be used for the created files in the chosen folder.
(CADQ) Split walls and columns by level now also splits duct segments by level.
(CADQ) The “Advanced” tab tessellation level of detail controls now also apply to pipe fittings. In addition, instead of being a checkbox, there are now four options: “Extra Low”, “Low”, “Medium” and “High”. The default setting is Low, which is slightly higher than the previous setting.
(CADQ) When splitting elements by level, if the splitting operation fails, use the original solid.
Added a setup for the IFC4 Design Transfer View MVD. This is still a work in progress and is intended for advanced users to experiment with. The bulk of the new functionality is around using the IfcAdvancedBRep to generate non-faceted geometry and topology on export.
Added support for properties with friction loss and linear velocity units, both for standard Revit properties and user defined property sets.
All properties for PSet_ZoneCommon are prepended with “Zone” to distinguish them from Room properties. See the wiki for more information.
Export Bug Fixes:
(CADQ) IFC2x3: PSet_ZoneCommon now correctly exports “GrossAreaPlanned” and “NetAreaPlanned” properties (instead of the IFC4 GrossPlannedArea and NetPlannedArea).
Allow export of IfcElectricDistributionPoint (IFC2x3) and IfcElectricDistributionBoard (IFC4) entity types.
Allow export of DirectShapes in certain categories that were previously ignored.
Allow export of some infill elements in host objects. Infill elements are created when a host object has an opening that is not in the currently exported phase.
Exporting schedules as property sets will now include room elements.
Fix orientation of some floors exported as containers.
IFC2x3: Allow export of type properties for elements whose corresponding IFC entity doesn’t have a type in user-defined property sets assigned to “IfcElementType”.
Significantly improve the export of walls with openings in the corners. Both the wall profile and the opening geometry have been improved to reflect user intent, and fewer clip planes are used.
Switch between the IFC4 IfcBurner/IfcBurnerType and IfcSpaceHeater/IfcSpaceHeaterType and their IFC2x3 counterparts depending on the schema version.
New Import Functionality:
Always reload a linked IFC file if the importer version is different than the one used to originally link the IFC file.
Better handling of IFC color information when scaling is involved.
Create the log file earlier, allowing for logging of more general failures.
If the default log file is locked, create a log file with a temporary name in the same directory.
Log an error if no template file could be found to generate an IFC file.
Log an error if the IFC file contains a zero length vectors used in local coordinate systems.
Process IfcPresentationLayerAssignment for grids.
Store IfcProject, IfcSite and IfcBuilding parameters and GUIDs in Revit Project Information if no element was created for them.
Import Bug Fixes:
Correctly rotate projects whose true north deviates from project north.
Correct unit scaling and symbol display for friction loss, linear velocity, luminous efficacy, thermal transmittance, and volumetric flow rate.
Include units when displaying material thicknesses in the IfcMaterialList parameter and in some log messages.
Import extruded geometry whose profile is a single, unbounded, closed curve (e.g., a fule circle or ellipse).
Improve creation of geometry in cases where a Solid couldn’t be created, and we reverted to Mesh geometry instead.
Improve material assignment for geometries where the material was attached to the first argument of a Boolean operation.
Properly scale IfcVertexPoint input.
Stop displaying irrelevant property sets in the IfcPropertySetList parameter.
Unifi 1.6 is out today, with support for Revit 2016. If you want to automatically update Unifi before you open Revit, simply add a Unifi shortcut to Windows Startup, like this:
Note: depending on your currently installed version, it may be more appropriate to launch from: “C:UsersUSERNAMEAppDataLocalINVIEWlabsUnifiLauncherUnifi.exe”
The next time you open Revit, Unifi will already be nice and updated and ready to go.
CADLearning have allowed free access to a fairly info-packed ebook. Interestingly, it reads more as a 236 page ‘Introduction to everything about Revit’. Its a pretty detailed document, and the “new” 2016 features seem to be only occasionally mentioned. But its well worth a look…
When saving a group in Revit, the text “Same as group name” is special. Even if you have put in a file path or typed something else in that Filename area, if you then go in and type Same as group name, the resulting RVT group will still adopt the name of the group you have just saved.
This is just one example of ‘special text’ used in Revit dialogs.
From here we could export a list of Element IDs to CSV, make a Selection Set by Elements using Clockwork, or use one of the Select in Revit nodes.
As you can see, to make a string list in a code block, you need to enclose list in curly brackets, divide with commas and use quotation marks around the entries themselves. More about code blocks at: http://dynamobim.com/cbns-for-dummies/
Update use this code to get a discount on your Revizto annual purchase: LUKEJH
Oh, and across devices too. You might say “hey, I’ve heard of Revizto before“. Someone tweeted today “”Even if we could get the model into a game engine, it would be difficult to navigate.” We can. It isn’t.”
Revizto has been providing smooth, great-looking visualizations of your Revit model for a while now. It has some very cool features, like Oculus Rift support (fun!) But its not just about the game-smooth graphics anymore.. I’m excited about something else…
Firstly, the big picture: what does Revizto do? Well, it shares your 3D model with others via the cloud, which is pretty normal these days. But over the past few months (and especially the last few days), it has added collaboration features that make it an extremely useful tool for BIM teams. Some of these are:
intelligent issue tracking
sheet and 3D collaboration attached to the same issue
issue reporting
enhanced Navisworks export, which includes overridden colours (meaning it can be useful for services visualizations where you use the Appearance Profiler in Navis)
If you like videos, maybe start here:
Revizto bridges some obvious gaps in current Autodesk interoperability scenarios, as it allows you to easily:
create and share viewpoints between Revit, Navisworks and AutoCAD
go straight to the 3D viewpoint of an issue in whatever model you have open (using the Issue Tracker addins)
Also, compared to various other collaboration services, it is relatively inexpensive, especially given the level of functionality it provides.
So how do we get started with Revizto? Here’s a quick few steps:
Open a Revit model, or a federated Navisworks model, and upload to Revizto using the addin
Choose a project name
After upload is complete and your model is open in Revizto, share it with others
Start collaborating! Make an issue with + sign in the top bar, then type some words, assign it to someone, start a conversation about that issue.
Once an issue is created, you can easily switch between multiple different representations:
You can also quickly create or export issues to BCF. It uses the bcfzip format, so imagery and viewpoint information is all included.
Issues can be quickly tagged to create custom lists of related issues too.
A few beginner-style tips:
The Viewer is different to the Editor. The Editor is mostly used to create and upload projects.
Go to hamburger (top left) Objects to be able to turn off and select items in the model
You can see the room names in the Map mode (little compass arrow in top of Viewer). When you scroll down to any level you can see all of the rooms, and by clicking to any part of the room you it will take you there in 3D
Grids and Rooms visible in 3D Map view
The recommended workflow is to use a combined, federated model in Navisworks or Revit and then export to Revizto, rather than trying to federate models in Revizto itself
What’s New in 3.4:
Collaboration on 2D sheets, now you will be able to mark up on top of 2D sheet and see them in 3D and all your issues made in 3D will be visible on 2D sheet
Ability to see the 2D sheet on top of the 3D
Invitation in the Viewer, now you can accept invitations to projects you have been invited to right from the Viewer
Revision control, now you will be able to see all your versions of the files you have synced to the cloud right from the Editor and open and review them and/or revert to the version you choose and make it master file for everyone.
You can see what have been updated in the project gallery in the Viewer and open the latest version
Great enhancements in export from Navisworks
ArchiCad support, now you will be able to export from ArchiCad your files and benefit Revizto collaboration
Grid visibility in Revizto, now you will be able to see the grid in the Viewer in 2D Map View.
Ability to set self-luminous material to any object in the scene to be visible in the Viewer and in the Editor after you bake the light maps
What is it again? Revizto is a tool that transforms heavy-weight 3D data into navigable lightweight scene in one click. The resulting scene can be opened with free Revizto Viewer on PC, Mac, iPad and Android tablets or in any web browser with Unity plugin. Revizto Workspace allows users to upload their projects to cloud storage and access them from any point of the globe. Revizto works with the most architectural and 3D-modelling software (Revit, SketchUp and any software that supports FBX export).
Installation screenshot (addins):
Platform includes:
To conclude: give the latest version a go, and feel free to comment with your thoughts. Update use this code to get a discount on your Revizto annual purchase: LUKEJH
Most of these are bug fixes, and some BIM360 Glue integration performance improvements. Details and direct links below: Autodesk Navisworks 2016 Service pack 2 delivers user experience and stability improvements to the Autodesk BIM 360 integration. Service pack 2 also addresses problems identified in other parts of Autodesk Navisworks 2016. Service Pack 2 also includes all of the updates from Service Pack 1. Service Pack 2 can be installed on either the original version or the Service Pack 1 version of Autodesk Navisworks 2016.
