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Technical What’s New
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Export Building Components
Before you export the component, provide all inputs
and selections, and then click Apply Changes.
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To exclude model properties, clear the Model
Property check box. When Model Property is selected,
model properties are exported with the component.
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The model orientation options include ViewCube. The
ViewCube „views“ generate component views when
exporting. When the model is opened in Revit, the
ViewCube positions sync with the Revit ViewCube.
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To redefine the ViewCube origin point, use the triad.
Select a component vertex or work point as input for
the origin point.
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Thumbnail images are the isometric view of each
orientation option. Each orientation option has an
associated image. The images reflect what you see in
the display. Use View settings for shadows, ground
reflections, and lighting to produce a high quality
thumbnail image.
BIM Connectors
Several improvements have been made to BIM
connectors. The connector improvements include:
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Parameters use Inventor unit formatting.
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Parameter values can be included in the parameters
table by checking the box in the fx column.
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For numeric parameters, the Inventor fly out menu is
added providing access to Measure, Show Dimension,
List parameters, and Most Recently Used (MRU)
options.
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Parameters that are identified for export in the model
parameter table are included in the export building
component process.
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Inventor size parameters are associated with the
Revit Length type.
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Connector parameters are included in the Design
Check and display an icon and are colored red when
invalid. If you use Export Building Components
without doing the Design Check, it is run
automatically and reports any invalid connector
parameters. The connector browser icon updates to
note the invalid connector.
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Suppressed connector nodes and text display their
suppressed state.
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Exported connector parameters are accessible in the
iPart Author and can be used as keys in the iPart or
iAssembly.
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Promote Component Connectors enables exposing
the sub-component connectors in the parent
assembly. Connector links are not promoted, but
can be added. Promote Component Connectors is
accessible from the connector folder browser node
context menu.
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After promoting connectors, you can exclude
individual connectors by unselecting Include in the
context menu.
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From a promoted connector you can locate and select
the Source Component via the context menu. The
source component is selected and highlighted.
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Promoted connectors are included in the Design
Check.
OmniClass Table
OmniClass is a classification scheme of international
organizations (ISO and ICIS) for the building industry. It
is under development since 1990. The new OmniClass
Table dialog box provides an improved means of
locating the Revit class for your BIM content. Revit and
AME MvPart types are synchronized. A Look in option
is available to refine category filtering. Table context
menu options control column display.