What Revit Wants
This is a Geometry Gym demo, showing the use of the baketoifc and importifc tools:
via
Advanced #IFC workflow. http://t.co/uY06ywGqJY Users need to demand more from software for improved collaboration and efficiency. #openBIM
— Geometry Gym (@geometrygym) April 1, 2014
Daniel has created a useful post describing how IFC Link works in Revit 2015. Here are some key points from his post, as well as some of my own:
 |
| Image from danielgijsbers.blogspot |
Read the whole post:
http://danielgijsbers.blogspot.nl/2014/03/revit-2015-and-ifc-linking.html
They are significantly better in 2014, example shown below.
Revit 2013 import of an ifcZIP
Import same file to Revit 2014 – better geometry + category definition
Import to Revit 2014, export as ifc 2×3, then Import to Revit 2013 – a better geometry result
(note 2×2 is worse, the forms are faceted / triangulated)
You could also try the ifc2x4 importer for Revit 2013 from Geometry Gym
… which you can download at:
http://geometrygym.wikidot.com/downloads
If you find yourself in a mixed Revit 2013 / Revit 2014 environment, here is one way to get IFC data through Revit 2014 and into Revit 2013 and Navisworks 2013, along with coordinate translation (if the received IFC is not on the project coordinate system).
Another point to consider – you could theoretically get some data through this process (if you have the needed extensions):
As we all expected, with its 2014 version Sketchup is increasing its BIM capability, including object classification and IFC export.
Get it at:
Download SketchUp | SketchUp
Heads-up:
http://www.formfollowsperformance.com/2014/03/sketchup-goes-bim-with-ifc/
“Check out these post on the new version of SketchUp 2014:
http://www.bim-me-up.com/sketchup-goes-bim/
http://bimadvisor.wordpress.com/2014/03/04/sketchup-2014/”
From Geometry Gym downloads page:
Geometry Gym IFC text tree viewer, Unblock zip (right click Properties) and then unzip into a folder of your choice.
ggIFCTreeViewer.zip (4th February 2014)
via https://twitter.com/owensharp/status/430502199429300224
EDIT Updated link as of 26 March 2014
http://geometrygym.wdfiles.com/local–files/downloads/ggIFCTreeViewer.zip
You can also view the embedded coordinate information in the IFC, for example:
Interesting post by Ben a while back on the impact of Revit view settings when exporting to Navisworks. In most cases, this is “logical” – if you can see it, it will get exported, but if you can’t see it, then it won’t.
However, this doesn’t quite hold true for model lines. Have you ever wanted to export model lines (3d) from Revit and import these into Navis? Ben suggests this workaround:
Model lines will not be shown in your 3D Navisworks file when brought through from your Revit project. One way to combat this would be to export your Revit file as an .IFC and then bring that file into Navisworks. .IFC brings through model lines but not detail lines through the { IfcAnnotation } Parameter.
via
http://bimopedia.com/2013/11/25/view-settings-from-revit-into-navisworks/
Its already across the Twitterverse, but in case you missed it:
I am loving Navisworks more with every passing day. A job doesn’t have to be a fully collaborative / coordinated project in order to get benefit from Navis. Here is a collection of recent information and resources relating to Navisworks. Hope you find something interesting!
Firstly, a link to the Navisworks updates page.
Navisworks 2014 support for BIM 360 Field http://t.co/SLXs67e1T3
— Autodesk Navisworks (@Navisworks) August 13, 2013
On Revit – Navisworks implementation generally:
“… contractor will import the Revit model into Navisworks and use Navisworks to ‘virtually construct the building’, creating construction sequences to ensure every element slots into place, almost like a jigsaw. Linking the model to packages like Microsoft project will allow digital construction monitoring against the project schedule. This is happening all over the world…”
via
http://revitst.blogspot.in/2013/08/revit-collaboration.html
Using Catalogues in Navisworks Quantification:
http://beyonddesign.typepad.com/posts/2013/08/using-catalogues-in-navisworks-quantification.html
Coordinating Models stored in Vault using Navisworks:
Up and Running with Autodesk Navisworks 2014
by Deepak Maini
I have been reviewing this book and I really enjoy its content. It is detailed, comprehensive and easy-to-follow. Highly recommended for those who are learning Navisworks or those who want to increase their proficiency and efficiency when using Navisworks… More on this book in a future post.
Downloads (via this):
Table of Contents
Tutorial files
Australia / NZ purchase page:
here
Amazon page for the Up and Running book:
http://www.amazon.com/Up-Running-Autodesk-Navisworks-2014/product-reviews/1482605279
Training course by Deepak:
http://www.cadgroup.com.au/community/blog/cadblog/index.php?showentry=330
4D IFC Importer for Navisworks Manage 2014
At this point in time, you can’t create products in Navisworks from the API, but if you import the IFC using the native importer (IFC2x3 only), then you can run my IFC enhancer (plugin can be downloaded from http://www.geometrygym.com/downloads ) which can generate the timeliner tasks and identify the ifc products by their unique identifiers.
Download:
ggNavisIFC2014x64 v0.0.02.msi (18th October 2013) Navisworks 2014
New plugin to extract 4d information from IFC files and convert into Navisworks timeliner.
Read more:
http://geometrygym.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/navisworks-4d-ifc.html
2013:
IFC Exporter 2013 (v2.15.1):
http://apps.exchange.autodesk.com/RVT/Detail/Index?id=appstore.exchange.autodesk.com%3aifcexporterforrevit%3aen
IFC Export Alternate UI for Revit 2013 (v1.13):
http://apps.exchange.autodesk.com/RVT/Detail/Index?id=appstore.exchange.autodesk.com%3arevitifcexportalternateui%3aen
2014:
IFC Exporter 2014 (v3.7.1):
http://apps.exchange.autodesk.com/RVT/Detail/Index?id=appstore.exchange.autodesk.com%3aifcexporterforrevit2014%3aen
IFC Export Alternate UI for Revit 2014 (v2.5):
http://apps.exchange.autodesk.com/RVT/Detail/Index?id=appstore.exchange.autodesk.com%3arevitifcexportalternateui2014%3aen
via email
Some up-to-date info on data exchange between Tekla and Revit, including IFC and SDNF workflows (from revit structure blog):
The main purpose of the IFC import into Tekla is to allow the fabricator to accurately build a model from the consultants Revit model. However, you can convert certain objects from the IFC file to native Tekla objects such as beams, columns, footings etc. This is clearly useful rather than building a model from scratch. I tried this on a few beams and columns and again found no discrepancies with the original Revit Structure 2014 model, however, as you would expect the stairs translated to a bounding box. See the below image including the report.
…
I also imported an IFC model from Tekla to Revit with some fairly good results that are fine for coordination purposes. I would imagine that this may be better in a product such as Navisworks…
…
The best way to incorporate the analytical model from Tekla to Revit is to transfer the model as CIMsteel (Note that you will need to install the SDNF Import/Export for Autodesk Revit 2014). This gives you the option of transferring the analytical model
Read more:
Revit Structure 2014 and Tekla Structures 19.1 | Autodesk Revit Structure
