Sunday, April 27, 2014

BIM Exchange - Communication and Interoperability in Autodesk Inventor 2014


A native Revit Family file can be exported using Export Building Components in the BIM Exchange environment for Part documents. In addition, Connectors, Properties, Parameters, Orientation, Category and Insertion Point information can be added to the Revit Family file format.
Before exporting a Revit Family file, Inventor users must prepare the model so that model features can be translated into native Revit form features. In Inventor 2014, extrude, revolve and sweep features can be translated. Inventor users can convert an existing model using the BIM Simplify environment, or they can create a compatible model by using only these three features to construct the model geometry.
 Check Revit Features
Displays an HTML report with information on features the model contains as defined in the Revit Family file feature translation rules.
This command is used to determine how successfully the features will be translated when exported as a Revit Family file. The report contains the status for each feature translation and the reason(s) for any unsuccessful translations.

Downstream BIM Workflow

Use the commands in the BIM tab to downstream the workflow from Simplify to BIM Feature Recognize and BIM Exchange. All BIM functions can be accessed from the BIM tab.
After finishing Create Simplified Part command in an Assembly document, you can do the following from the BIM tab in the newly created part:
  • Access a report produced by the Check Revit Features command to check to make sure the Revit Features are copied from the BIM Exchange environment.
  • Access Recognize Revit Features from the BIM tab if you find unsupported features after using Check Revit Features.
  • Access the BIM Exchange command directly from the BIM tab to export the model to an .adsk or .rfa file.

Point Cloud enhancements

Autodesk ReCap indexes Point Cloud scan files, and creates .rcs and .rcp files that you can use in Inventor. You can collect multiple scans into a single Reality Capture Project (.rcp) file, and then attach them as a group within Inventor.
The new Insert at Origin setting allows you to insert the Point Cloud at 0,0,0 of the layout when attaching a Point Cloud. By default, the insert point is an arbitrary point (the pick point on the graphic screen).

Translators

Support for exporting the following versions is added. You can now export:
  • Parasolid version 9.0 through 25.0
  • Pro/ENGINEER Granite version 1 through 8.0
  • CATIA V5 version R10 through V5-6R2012.
Support for importing the following versions is added. You can now import:
  • CATIA V5 version R6 through V5-6R2012
  • NX version Unigraphics 13 through NX 8.0
  • SolidWorks version 2001 plus through 2012
  • Up to Wildfire 5.0, Creo Parametric version 1.0 through 2.0
Revit interoperability sub-component
The Revit interoperability sub-component allows you to:
  • Import a .rvt (Revit Project) file in the Place Component dialog box.
  • Export a .rfa (Revit Family) file in the Export Building Component dialog box. A Revit Family file, is content file in Revit, such as a chiller, pump, air conditioner, furnace, tank, furniture, etc.
You must select the checkbox to install Revit interoperability functionality to interact with Revit models to extract and record building information. If you do not install the Revit interoperability sub-component, you will not be able to import and export the Revit files.

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