Session 1.4
Revit with Rhino and Rhino.Inside: Enhancing Design and Documentation
Synopsis:
Modeling complex geometry in Revit can be frustrating, but Rhino can allow architects to unleash their creativity and create truly stunning designs. However, how can we document Rhino geometry within Revit? Rhino.Inside makes it easier than ever to transition between Rhino and Revit, expanding the possibilities for design and documentation.
Learning Objectives:
1. Learn how to use Rhino.Inside.Revit to translate Rhino geometry into Revit
2. Learn how to use Rhino.Inside.Revit to translate Revit elements into Rhino
3. Learn how to use Rhino SubD tools to create complex geometry
4. Explore case studies and the benefits and limitations of a workflow that utilizes DirectShape in Revit
Body:
Modeling complex geometry in Revit can be a frustrating experience, but with the power of Rhino and Rhino.Inside, architects can unleash their creativity and create truly stunning designs.
Until relatively recently, it wasn’t easy to translate geometry between Rhino and Revit. Workflows to do so were clunky and nearly impossible for the average user to navigate. Now, Revit allows for linking/importing Rhino files into Revit, but this comes with significant limitations. To make Revit and Rhino work together seamlessly, our firm has utilized Rhino.Inside to make geometry translation a snap. We’ll show how, with a bit of Grasshopper knowledge, we can translate:
a) Rhino geometry into distinct, categorized, schedulable Revit elements
b) Revit elements to Rhino for geometric modification
On top of typical NURBS modeling, Rhino 7 introduced SubD, allowing designers to produce complex forms quickly. SubD has helped us enhance our conceptual modeling and coupled with Rhino.Inside, move into production faster than ever.
We will demonstrate these tools and step through case studies of how our Rhino-Revit workflows have allowed us to elevate our 3D design potential in architecture and interior design. Benefits have included, but are not limited to:
• More interesting design work firm-wide
• Ability to maintain existing Revit documentation workflows
• Designers feeling more creative and less restricted by Revit
• Additional visualization options: rendering from Rhino and better translation to illustration software and 3D print
We will also discuss how we have improved Rhino skills throughout the firm and gained its adoption into our workflows. Despite challenges along the way, we’ve gone from having virtually no Rhino users on our staff to it being widely used.