Best way to create urban site content in Revit

[V_Tahamsebi]

Hi Every one

Is there a way to quickly create many mass surfaces from lines imported from Autocad in Revit to later extrude volumes? When I have to create the "contexts" of my project, I spend a lot of time creating the buildings around them, even if these are simple masses and often have the same height. I have to create the lines belonging to the single building starting from the Autocad lines, create a surface and then extrude. This is repeated for each building. Some colleagues advised me to use Rhinoceros, because according to them Revit is too slow and in Rhinoceros they can select the lines via layers and extrude all the buildings together in a second. Do you know of an alternative and quick method in Revit? I hope I was clear in explaining what my problem is. Thank you.

[ The subject line of this post has been edited for clarity by @handjonathan Original: Creat Urban]

[constantin.stroescu]

you can import CAD files when in Edit Mode directly if the contours of the drawings are closed polylines....have a look of this procedure in case of a Wall while in Edit Mode..

The method can also be applied when in Mass Extrude Editor...

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Create the most basic box family with instance parameters for width, length, height. In plan view stretch them with grips, in 3D assign different heights.

[constantin.stroescu]

 another example as a Generic Model Family... It doesn't work for Masses because they do not allow multiple shapes...

[mhiserZFHXS]

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Create the most basic box family with instance parameters for width, length, height. In plan view stretch them with grips, in 3D assign different heights.

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That is what I use. I also have simple ones with gabled or hipped roofs for more residential type contexts. Even faster than doing it in Rhino.

[V_Tahamsebi]

Thank You very much, but i think you don't undrestand me. I should creat a lot of boxes as buldings in mass with my lines in the dwg I inserted before and each on of them have difrent height.

[V_Tahamsebi]

please watch the video to undrestand me.

[constantin.stroescu]

Maybe is not quite the answer you are looking for, but I can say you how I do it when I have to insert an urban context into my Revit Project:

1. I open Autodesk InfraWorks  , that is part of AEC Collection and chose the site location .
2. then select the Area of interest and Edit the height of buildings by using one direction Scale tool so to fit to reality ..
3.  Share the selected  Area : Export 3D Model as .fbx
4. open Formit Pro (also part of AEC Collection) , import the .fbx and Export the file as .axm (Formit native) , SAT or DWG format
5. once in Revit you are able now to import from  Insert>Import CAD the .axm, ,SAT or DWG files

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You can also import the Revit File into InfraWorks and there to place all the urban Failities...

[handjonathan]

Hi @V_Tahamsebi 

Thanks a lot for posting your question to the forums!   Has the solution suggested by @constantin.stroescu helped with your issue?
 
We look forward to hearing back from you with more information so we can help you as a community!