What Revit Wants
in a project where you want to inherit the properties panel in the “Manage” choose “a color designation schemes,” and in the “Deselect” target checkbox only “color scheme designations.”
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Заметки о Revit и том, что с ним связано: Копирование свойств легенды помещений из проекта в проект
An old (2006) but insightful post by Phil Read:
if Max/SketchUp/etc.understood the intent of what you were modeling, I suspect the translation to Revit would be far more rational. But this isn’t the case. Those tools produce generic geometry. But geometry alone isn’t enough; you have to be able to embed intent. Creating morphic forms is an interesting exercise in design iteration. But making blobs isn’t the same thing as making decisions about construction (or constructibility). Blobs don’t have the same rules as buildings.
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In response to my post about Using RDB Link to Tag Wall Volume, Julien Benoit has posted a few helpful comments. He also referred to his post on RFO.
I previously posted about WhiteFeet tools here. Basically, the Revit Parameter Tools allow you to drive Shared Parameters with object information that is normally concealed from tags, such as Volume. There is a lot more to the WhiteFeet package than this, but certainly this is easier than having to go out to RDBLink / Access and back again every time…
Check out screencast embedded below. Thanks Julien!
DWG import and export (free)
Currently, the best way to exchange DWG/DXF with SketchUp is to use SketchUp 7.1 & the DWG/DXF import plugin for SketchUp 7.1 (Free)
As of now, both SketchUp version 7.1 and the optional installer are available for download. Only the Pro version of SketchUp 7.1 is available for download, but that’s OK – it will revert to the Free version after 8 hours use, and you will be able to continue using it.
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Direct links
Google SketchUp Pro 7 Download
DWG/DXF import plugin for SketchUp 7.1 (Free)
Windows
Mac
The DWG/DXF importer isn’t available in Google SketchUp 7.1, however it is offered in Google SketchUp Pro. You can download this optional plugin for Windows or Mac that enables the DWG/DXF importer.
IFC2SKP
Last updated: June 2008
IFC2SKP works inside SketchUp and has the ability to load IFC datafrom popular BIM (CAD) applications such as Revit, ArchiCAD and Microstation. The plug-in will not only load the geometry or object data into SketchUp from the IFC file format but it will also display the BIM data of each imported objects. IFC2SKP has been updated to work in SketchUp 8.
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Direct link:
Download IFC2SKP Program File
OBJ importer
If you need an .obj importer plugin for Sketchup, you can check out FluidImporter.
FluidImporter is super fast (entirely written in C++) and completely free.
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Older OBJ importer:
View topic – [Plugin] Import OBJ with Materials v1.9 20110223 • SketchUcation Community Forums
Various Sketchup resources and plugins:
Resources – SketchUp Sage
I’ll admit it – I’m a bit excited about MeshMixer. I downloaded it today and was very pleased at how easy it is to sculpt things. A few years back, we worked on an aquarium project with another architect, and it was suggested that it would be great if Revit could generate freeform rock formations that looked realistic. At the time, I played with Blender and a little add-on called ‘Blender World Forge’.
However, I think MeshMixer can also do the job. After installing the program I was very surprised that it is actually called Autodesk meshmixer – anyone tell me what is going on here?
Anyway, to see me create some organic-looking rocks and bring them into Revit, check out the video:
Basically, this was my workflow:
Here is the download link again:
MeshMixer
Heads-up via http://labs.blogs.com/its_alive_in_the_lab/2012/03/software-makes-me-look-20-years-younger.html
I previously posted about how to get the average RGB colour of a sample and put it into Revit. Revit Learning Club Blog today shows a nice, simple way to obtain the RGB values of any color on your screen (under the mouse cursor):
For an example of how to use Colorette with Revit, save the EXE to your Desktop and run it. Find a web page with the color you want to find, like http://www.jameshardie.com/homeowner/colorplus-palette.shtml , hover your mouse over the color on the screen and press Space on your keyboard.
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Revit doesn’t let you tag Wall Volume by default, so Avisotskiy puts RDBLink to good use – he uses Microsoft Access to update a Shared Parameter with the wall Volume data, and then simply uses a tag to grab the manually updated and manually created Volume data.
This is not a ‘live’ link, but it shouldn’t take too long to round trip the project to update the Volume information prior to document transmission or printing.
From his blog:
Revit does not allow to directly make a mark in the volume of the object.
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Make sure that Update Release 2 has been applied prior to adding the hotfix. Verify that the build number of Revit 2012 is 20110916_2132.
The Readme contains the latest information regarding the installation and use of this update. It is strongly recommended that you read the entire document before you apply the update to your product. For your reference, you should save the Readme to your hard drive or print a copy.
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Revit2012_Point_Cloud_Hotfix.zip (zip – 3810Kb) |
Over at blog.gayarre.eu, there is a post that compares some of the main features of Allplan and Revit. Judging by the review, it seems that Allplan has better PDF integration than Revit (which isn’t very hard).
I think some of his description of Revit is quite good:
Revit, Autodesk, is American.
After Archicad and Allplan, Revit was the last to arrive. Is a product of Autodesk and that, in principle, gives confidence. We can imagine that if we use AutoCAD, BIM from the same company it will be easier to learn. There will be many surprises. And it is. The learning curve is very fast. It’s very intuitive.
I like your work philosophy: everything is done in 3d and then generates the planes. This is not to make a BIM or so and then end up drawing in 2D as if we were in Autocad. It is demanding but more consistent. It requires but rewards.
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It must be hard to make money as a Revit application developer – because there are some cool free add-ins getting around. From revit-app.com, check out these three free utilities:
Easy Family Loader
It will filter the path name, then the file name, and it’s quite easy to use.
Materials batch delete tool
This little tool will help you a lot when you want to delete multiple materials.
Download them all, for both Revit 2012 and Revit 2011, at:
Revit Applications – download center
