We hadn't even officially launched it, when we noticed the first downloads starting within 90 seconds of us posting it online. We have had downloads from just about every country on earth. WorldCAD Access: What kind of demand have you see for this plug-in?īIM6X: Worldwide. Imported RFA tank and door placed in an ARCHICAD model the curved sides of the tank showing facets from level of accuracy This is a limitation we added deliberately, as the imported symbols are as-manufactured they are not meant to be stretched. Our plug-in is excellent for inserting doors and other elements available only in Revit format, but RFA symbols are not meant to be edited, such as being stretched, as they are no longer parametric. The RVT parameters with which it comes into ARCHICAD can be put into schedules and labels, but they cannot be edited.ĪRCHICAD Door Schedule dialog box showing read-only parameters of imported RFA door Model exported from ARCHICAD back into Revit, showing a single element (roof) selected We can export ARCHICAD models to RVT format, as objects with limited intelligence (such as properties and classifications). A hotlink is like a 3D xref it does not bring in all the data, like IFC would. It is hotlinked, so that when the model changes in Revit, those changes show up in ARCHICAD. It brings in the RVT model file as a group of objects. The RFA is converted to a GDL object.ĭialog box in ARCHICAD for importing RFA symbols The Import dialog box also allows you to give curved geometry different levels of complexity, to control polygon size. WorldCAD Access: What does the plug-in do so far?īIM6X: When it brings in an RFA file, it detects automatically if it is a door, window, or other object. WorldCAD Access: Why are you giving it away for free?īIM6X: It is good for our users, with whom we have been consulting on ARCHICAD sales for over 20 years. Revit model placed in an ARCHICAD drawing We recommend that they still use the IFC workflow for interoperability, because translated RVT and RFA files don't carry much data. The big wish of our customers was to get RFA content into their projects. WorldCAD Access: Why did you decide to write the translator?īIM6X: We provide ARCHICAD sales and consulting in the mid-west. WorldCAD Access: Is your translator based on the work done by the Open Design Alliance? RVT is Revit's file format for its models, while RFA (Revit Families) is its format for sharing objects between projects, such as doors and windows.)
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(The plug-in is free, works only with ARCHICAD 21, and comes in a version each for Windows and MacOS. We spoke with Chris Clark, BIM6x ARCHICAD Solutions Director and Link Ellis, BIM6x ARCHICAD Technical Director. So when BIM6x issued a press release about their Revit translator plug-in for ARCHICAD, WorldCAD Access had to interview them. Although some BIM vendors implemented a Revit translator this year, such as Vectorworks, they have all kept quite quiet about it.
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