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Improve Site Modeling and Landscape Design: Edit mode ; Include Fill on Excavate tool; Auto Embankment

Improve Site Modeling and Landscape Design: Edit mode ; Include Fill on Excavate tool; Auto Embankment

The topography plays a major role in architecture, and we should be able to modify it with a mode natural workflow, without having to deal with the subelements interface while controlling not only excavation, but also fill. Also, it would be great to have a tool to adapt the topography to changes applied to it with auto embankments.

 

1 - Edit Mode:

In Revit, you often press ESC a bunch of times to exit a tool. With Sub Elements, this habit causes you to deselect the toposolid and require it to be selected again and re-enter edit mode. Instead of "Modify Sub Elements", which is difficult to deal with, there could be a edit interface similar to that which existed in Toposurfaces, where you have every point (and lines now), but need to click a dedicated button to exit.

 

2 - Include Fill on Excavate tool:

 

This is quite simple. The Excavate tool emulates a Building Pad, so why not have it also fill under the Floor (or other element)? Could be an option just like "Attach Top/Base" Where you can have 2 selection boxes and control which will happen (Cut / Fill / Cut & Fill), because it makes sense to only cut and don't fill sometimes.

 

3 - Auto Embankment:

 

I think this is the most complex, but also the most benefitial time-wise. After using the "Fill/Excavate" tool, you would select a ratio (like in Civil 3D) and generate embankments. This way, the floor (or other element) would act as a feature line. It would greatly improve site study and design within revit, and be an absolutely game changer for landscape design.

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This is something that is really needed working with toposolids, the excavation tool is awesome but it's really missing the fill option, modifying the toposolid to create fill is not the best way of doing things.

Mark_Engwirda
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@pedruccioli  Only 24 votes for this one, that is scary!

This must reflect that most revit users are don't get involved in sites when they do their modeling or they are doing some big workarounds.

 

I would like to also see

  • a tool for toposolid to attach to the soffit of concrete stairs
  • stop the error warnings when building components intersect part of a toposolid or at least have the ability to turn them off.

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