BIM Apps

Boost Your BIM - Blog and Revit Add-ins

I just found out that Harry Mattison who is an expert Revit API developer has been running a very prolific blog called Boost Your BIM dedicated to developing on top of the Revit API. This is a good complement to the great The Building Coder blog run by Jeremy Tammik. Harry has also got a free Revit Add-in on Autodesk Exchagne Apps called Image-O-Matic. (Any product with "O" in the name is worth a look-see if you ask me.) Check it out and tell us what you think.

 

Revit 2013 IFC Exporter Update

New versions of the Revit 2013 IFC Exporter (v2.7)  and IFC Exporter UI (v1.7) are now available.

If you're not familiar with the open source IFC exporter for Revit you can learn more in a previous post. The project is located in SourceForge.

IFC Exporter New Functionality

• Consistent support across elements of Name, Description, and ObjectType overrides. Added a Tag override and some entity specific parameter support (e.g. CapacityByWeight, CapacityByNumber, LandTitleNumber, SpaceElevationWithFlooring).
• Consistent usage across element types of ApplicableOccurence and ElementType overrides.
• IFC property names can now be localized, based on the language of the Revit project file. See PSet_WallCommon as an example.
• Support better interface for inputing IFC File Header and Postal Address data. This is in conjunction with v1.7.0 of the UI.

IFC Exporter Bug Fixes

• Fix issue for some slabs that had their inner and outer boundaries reversed.
• Include IfcSite boundary information when there is only one Revit Site element.

New In IFC Export UI

• Added new "FMHandOver" view configuration.
• Added UI for specifying FILE_HEADER and IfcPostalAddress information. This infomration is used by Exporter v2.7.0.