Automation of Information Flow from Revit to BSim Using Dynamo
Author
Pavlov, Pavel Georgiev
Term
4. term
Publication year
2016
Submitted on
2016-04-05
Pages
70
Abstract
Denne artikel præsenterer et samarbejde med en studentergruppe fra uddannelsen Indoor Environmental and Energy Engineering med målet at automatisere forbindelsen mellem Revit og BSim, to værktøjer til bygningsdesign og analyse. Automatiseringen består af to trin: først at eksportere bygningsgeometri og anden relevant information fra Revit til et Excel-regneark; dernæst at tilpasse regnearket, så det kan bruges til analyse i BSim (simulationssoftware). Artiklen fokuserer på det første trin. Vi beskriver, hvordan vi designede et Dynamo-script (et visuelt programmeringsværktøj i Revit), der eksporterer den nødvendige information fra Revit til Excel, og vi skitserer udviklingsprocessen.
This article presents work done with a student group from the Indoor Environmental and Energy Engineering program to automate the connection between Revit and BSim, two tools used in building design and analysis. The automation has two parts: first, exporting the building’s geometry and other relevant information from Revit into an Excel spreadsheet; second, adjusting that spreadsheet so it can be used for analysis in BSim (simulation software). The paper focuses on the first part. We explain how we designed a Dynamo script (a visual programming tool within Revit) that exports the required information from Revit to Excel, and we outline the development process.
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