IFC from Rhino through Revit
Tags: IFC, Revit, Rhino 3dGet the Flash Player to see this player.
Software: Rhino 3D, Revit 2010
Description: In this Rhino 3D/Revit 2010 video we will explore the workflow of exporting geometry from Rhino through Revit and exporting as an IFC file. This process is an experimental workflow, so if you have any feedback, suggestions, or comments, be sure to post them below.
Topics Covered:
- Creating Geometry from a Line to Surface to Solid
- Exporting Geometry out of Rhino
- Importing Geometry into Revit
- Creating an IFC file through Revit
- Side-by-side comparison of geometry quantities in Rhino and Revit
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I bet your bottom area discrepancy comes from the meshing of the IFC translation. IFC doesn’t translate nurbs yet. So the Nurbs bottom surface in Rhino would be slightly larger than the translated mesh IFC surface.
It would be cool to use the Revit .net API’s to automate this process, since you can access Rhino with GetObject. But I doubt Revit’s libraries are comprehensive enough.
That’s a good point. I’ll do a test
The wall in Revit will show Area and Volume as well as long as you put it in a schedule.
Why not utilize your Rhino Model as a mass object, then one could apply the wall type (with assemblies and layers) to the surface. This would be more accurate in most situation where a wall is not a solid material and also allow one to join to other walls in the model and floors/roofs, over all a much cleaner model. In the end to IFC you would also gain a greater amount of useful information.