![]() The whole Data Exchange Connector concept seems to reflect what advanced customers have been doing for quite a while through applications such as McNeel’s Rhino.Inside, Speckle () and Proving Ground’s Conveyor. Proving Ground also develops Tracer, which can be used to connect BIM tools to Microsoft PowerBI. The workflow demonstrated in Autodesk’s video for Rhino Connector Public Beta appears to strikingly similar to the workflow of Conveyor. The software integrates / extends ‘’ by adding a user-interface, which is Rhino-based (not Grasshopper-based, as comes). Proving Ground, a US software development and consulting company, has developed Conveyor, a plug-in that allows users to import Rhino objects into Revit as native elements. is free to use but you will need a full license of Rhino on your machine. ![]() In addition to the geometry there is also parameters that are stored/exchanged with the Rhino files.” Rhino files alongside other formats that need to be used in a large project. “You could look at this as a way to share and store other types of files within your Revit construction project. Scott Davidson at McNeel explains how contrasts to the transactional nature of Autodesk’s Data Exchange Connector, “ is quite a bit different in that it is a live integration of Rhino and Revit as someone is working on their desktop. also makes it easier to apply Grasshopper scripts to Revit geometry and read the recipes for each and every object. This means that whatever Revit creates, Rhino can read, and whatever Rhino creates, Revit can read, communicating through their APIs. ‘ ’ specifically allows an unprecedented level of integration between Rhino and Revit, enabling Rhino to run in the same memory space as Revit. The workflow can be seen in the video below.Īutodesk’s latest development follows on from McNeel’s own application connector, ‘Rhino.Inside’, which is a range of plug-ins that embeds Rhino into other 64-bit Windows applications. The Data Exchange is published to ‘Autodesk Docs’, the cloud-based common data environment, where data can be stored and accessed from Revit or any other application with an available Autodesk Data Exchange Connector. To use, install the Rhino Connector into Rhino, select the geometry that needs to be shared, and create a Data Exchange. Autodesk says this new Connector offers a step forward for interoperability and collaborative work, and better syncs Rhino and Revit workflows for more seamless design development. This keeps project designers on the same page and aware of the latest changes to levels, grids, floors and (curtain) walls.Īutodesk claims that without its Rhino Exchange Connector, sharing data for consumption by other applications can result in lossy or incomplete translation, requiring time intensive workarounds or third-party plug-ins to capture the full extent of the information being shared. The new connector allows users to move geometry and property data from Rhino to Revit – or from Revit to Rhino. With its generative Grasshopper capability, Rhino is one of the leading conceptual design tools in AEC, used for anything from simple massing models to complex façades. Autodesk is now adding another connector to the exchange ecosystem, to include the highly popular McNeel Rhino. The connector comes with some pre-defined workflow template examples for the Power Automate platform, helping those who are project managers, VDC managers, or BIM managers. In essence, collaborators can share subsets of design data with a wide number of applications like Excel, generate insightful PowerBI dashboards, as well as get notifications with Microsoft Teams, Slack etc. It meant all users could work on the latest data and there was less hassle when creating specific files.Īutodesk then expanded the Data Exchange Connector to include Microsoft Power Automate, a popular tool for building automated business processes that can be used to share data between hundreds of apps. This made it easier for Revit users to share specific subsets of data with Inventor and combine architecture model with fabrication elements that will appear in the building. To specifically help improve the flow of data between Revit and Inventor (Autodesk’s 3D CAD tool for product design and mechanical engineering), Autodesk developed a plug in for the Forge Data Exchange Connector component. ![]() With the release of the Data Exchange Connector for McNeel Rhino public beta, Autodesk is aiming to make it easier to share data between the popular concept modelling tool and RevitĪutodesk has long been trying to improve data flow between its disparate applications.
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