We are pleased to announce a major update to our Revit® converter that provides more power and flexibility in CAD (BIM) data management!
🆕 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘄:
▪️ The free version now includes support for Revit® 2024
▪️ Introducing flexible category-based conversion with three levels:
▫️ Basic: 309 Revit® categories
▫️ Standard: 724 Revit® categories
▫️ Full: 1209 Revit® categories
🛠️ 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲:
Custom Category Selection Create your own custom.txt file with the specific categories needed for conversion, giving you full control over the data extraction process.
Conversion with different category levels is available in three options: ▪️ using the UI, ▪️ terminal version, ▪️ as a plugin in Excel
📊 𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗮𝗰_𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗰_𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲_𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁.𝗿𝘃𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲:
𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲 (𝟯𝟬𝟵 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀):
▪️ Original RVT Size: 19 MB
▪️ Time to create XLSX database: 15 sec.
▪️ Number of categories retrieved: 88
▪️ Items extracted: 1 382
▪️ Parameters retrieved: 863
𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲 (𝟭𝟮𝟬𝟵 𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀):
▪️ Original RVT Size: 19 MB
▪️ XLSX database creation time: 30 sec.
▪️ Number of categories retrieved: 165
▪️ Extracted elements: 8 298
▪️ Parameters retrieved: 1 120
Inside Revit® there are a total of 1209 categories (full list can be found in the comments below the post) that you partially use in your projects. And in each individual case it will depend on which categories, which elements and parameters you want to use.
💡 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁?
By treating project data as a database, you open up a new level of analysis and decision making. More data, when handled properly, allows you to solve data processing and automation problems faster and more efficiently.
Remember: The quality and quantity of data directly impacts your ability to automate processes and solve complex problems.
Take control of your data and let it work for you! 🚀
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