Open your Spacemaker proposal as a model in Revit within minutes and pick up your work there.
For designers needing to add a greater level of detail to their Spacemaker proposals, we're happy to announce the latest iteration of our "Send to Revit" functionality. Send to Revit converts your Spacemaker proposal into a developed BIM, including terrain, buildings, site limits, and buildable area.
This release adds the ability to preview the Spacemaker proposal before loading it. the last time it was updated, and a plan thumbnail. We've also enhanced element creation methods with the option to "Create Generic items for all other elements" and improved mass family creation methods by dividing buildings into more sensible pieces that are more resistant to creation failures. We've also fixed a few bugs in topography creation, building creation, and made the add-in align with standards for adding quick launch tools.
These improvements are now available as an optional update. Users with the previous Beta version can continue using the older capability and the previous add-in, but they will not have access to the above feature enhancements and bug fixes.
NOTE: this update will be mandatory for any Send to Revit workflows starting January 2, 2023
To get the latest version, go to the list of your proposals in the left-side panel and click on the three-dots menu of any proposal thumbnail, select Revit > Download Revit add-in. The download will also be available from within Revit once the user runs the Load command with their existing add-in installation.
For more detailed documentation on how to use Send to Revit see the online help here.
Release Highlights:
New:
- A load dialog with a preview of the Spacemaker project that has been sent to Revit, Name of the proposal, the people currently viewing and editing the proposal, last time updated.
- Imported elements can now be created in Revit 2022 and revit 2023 with the "Create Generic items for all other elements" option.
- Added procedures to sensibly divide Mass family buildings along vertical separations and join identical floorplates vertically.
- Loaded projects are now placed in a more predictable and consistent manner. The lowest level created from Spacemaker floors is aligned to the Revit project's zero elevation. If no levels are generated, the lowest building pad, surrounding building or existing building is used. If only the terrain is loaded, the point in the center of the terrain is located at Revit's zero elevation.
- Future updates will display links to release notes from the Revit UI.
Fixes:
- Enhancements to Mass family creation identified above reduces the number of failed instances of Mass family creations seen in the previous version due to bad join geometry events.
- Crashes due to badly formed topography have been reduced. Every loaded terrain is now inspected for duplicate points.
- Spacemaker addin functionality can be added to the Revit quick access toolbar.
