Basic Interoperability Rhino & Revit

This course will cover basic interoperability between CAD and BIM systems Rhino and Revit, as applied to the design process of Schematic Design deliveries from Snøhetta on the new headquarters for Banque Libano-Française (BLF) project.

What you'll learn
Description
In collaboration withWhy take this course?
On this course, you will learn the basic interoperability between CAD and BIM systems Rhino and Revit, as they were applied to the design process of Schematic Design deliveries from Snøhetta on the new headquarters for Banque Libano-Française (BLF) in Beirut, Lebanon.
Why is it important to have interoperability workflows in place? Most projects today don't follow a sequential order in terms of platform usage and rather integrate different ones since the early stages of a project to communicate properly with all the different parties involved in the project.
In this particular case, the design team had more experience with CAD (Rhino) than BIM (Revit), most of the design especially the facade and landscape was designed with non-standard geometries using Rhino. However, at the same time, there was the need to coordinate the placement and nature of building data in a synchronized database (Revit) both in-house and with collaborating architects and engineers.
Therefore it the usage of both platforms was crucial from the beginning.

30% time savingsBy effectively implementing interoperability workflows you can save up to 30% of the time spent in design phases.
Setup and file formats
Learn the most important aspects of an interoperability setup, like file formats, units, coordinate systems, orientation and export settings.Geometry exchange from Revit to Rhino 3D
Learn how to bring back and forth geometries from Rhino and Revit, export settings from Revit to DWG, setting up export views and how to bring geometries into Rhino using layers and work sessions.Geometry exchange from Rhino 3D to Revit
Learn how to interact with imported Rhino Geometries (3dm,SAT) in Revit, how to display them in different ways, mimicking the behavior of materials.
Scripting mass import in Dynamo
Learn how to mass-import huge amount of geometries from Rhino in Revit with Dynamo and Spring Nodes. Create a script that will auto-import SAT-files and make Revit families from them.

Overview

Lecture 1 Setup

Lecture 2 Revit to Rhino

Lecture 3 Rhino to Revit - Part 1

Lecture 4 Rhino to Revit - Part 2

Lecture 5 BLF Facade Buildup

Lecture 6 BLF Facade Cladding

Lecture 7 Further Interoperability example