OpeningDesign's Open Source Revit Template
This thread will be dedicated to various updates associated with OpeningDesign's Revit template, which is hosted here: https://gitlab.com/openingdesign/OD_Library/-/tree/master/BIM
As you can see, we approach our small scale details a little different, in that, they are modeled in 3D instead of 2D (which, surprisingly, is still a very common practice, even in the BIM world).
There are a number of reasons for this, but the main one is that since these details are modeled with simple extrusions and material assignments they can be roundtripped relatively easy via IFC.
It's a small attempt at creating an agnostic library of content that can be roundtripped to other platforms.
As you know, there's a long way to go to fully realize robust roundtripping, but even with a small subset of the IFC schema being roundtripped, there's discernable benefits.
To apply this approach on a practical level, @yorik and I started a company called OpeningDETAIL.com that looks to help architects/engineers model their small scale details.
That is, in our past projects, we roundtrip between and FreeCAD and Revit, and provide the ultimate Revit file to the client. Also, with it's current IFC advancements, BlenderBIM can also used in this workflow as well.
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In general this template is always changing with every project OpeningDesign and OpeningDETAIL.com work on. We would also love other architects to use this template as well. If you do, and have improvements, please send us a pull request via Gitlab, or provide a feature request on the issue tracker here.
All the Best, Ryan
Comments
@theoryshaw I would love to share a link to the template with building technology students here in Denmark, but I fear that sending them to https://gitlab.com/openingdesign/OD_Library/-/tree/master/BIM will jus tscare them. Do you have a more simple place they can get just the file they're interested in?
Very cool. No problem.
Or if they are really looking to have fun, they can use the following instructions to sync the repo. :)
https://gitlab.com/openingdesign/OD_Library/-/blob/master/BIM/Workflow/OD Workflows.md#file-management-on-windows
Best, Ryan
@duncan I also added workflows for cloning and syncing a repo:
https://gitlab.com/openingdesign/OD_Library/-/blob/master/BIM/Workflow/OD Workflows.md#cloning-a-repo-for-the-first-time
It's 'relatively' easy. :)
Wondering how the same details can be modelled in FreeCAD
Take a look at the Freecad files here and here.