Stacey Conrad wrote:
> But most of the items used in ABS are not ACIS. They are multi-view blocks
> and AEC objects. These items can be brought in to Revit, but do not
> maintain their true shape (cones look like boxes), and do not really exhibit
> massing (don't shade or hide). I think the word "Interporability" is used
> very losely in context.
Actually, if you export your ABS items as solids (which you can pretty
easily do) and then import then into Revit (which again is easy) and
then place them into the building model as a Mechanical Family or
something, you'll get a 3D version of the HVAC system that will appear
in sections, elevations, plans, ceiling plans, and can be used for
collision detection.
It's true that you can't schedule these items, and they won't retain any
of their intelligence that they had in ABS, but you can actually do a
(very small) amount of 'interoperability' between the two programs. Not
by any means the idea that everyone wants, but with a Revit Systems in
the future, there's some very interesting possibilities in the future
that wouldn't be possible with just ABS + Revit or ABS + ADT...
Jeffrey
