Rhino Inside Revit with Ehsan

On this episode of BIM After Dark Live Ehsan Iran Nejad returns to the show to talk about Rhino Inside Revit. You've probably heard of Rhino (Rhinoceros 3D) and it's freeform modeling capabilities. And, of course, you've probable heard of Revit (duh). Well, have you tried using them TOGETHER?

The truth is, for a long time it kind of sucked to try and use them together... That is, until Rhino.Inside.Revit came along.

And who better to have on the show to talk about it than one of the creators himself?

Ehsan, like you, is a tinkerer and maker. Curiosity is his power; and making things better, his purpose. With many years of experience as an Architect designing spaces, he now spends his time getting better at Architecting software at McNeel. His main focus is supporting the integration of Rhino/GH ecosystem into Revit.

Sit back, relax, and let's geek out!

Links Mentioned:
Rhino Inside Revit BIM 360 Lock -

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
04:48 Welcome Ehsan Iran Nejad
08:15 What is Rhino 3D?
12:37 Using Rhino inside Revit - Example - Bringing Revit Walls into Rhino
19:30 Using Rhino Inside Revit - Example - Converting Rhino Geometry to Revit
24:00 Opening Rhino Model and Using it to Create Revit Geometry
31:10 Rhino Inside Revit Example - MEP Hangers and Racks
39:23 How to Deploy Rhino Inside Revit
44:32 Must Know Links and Resources

Here are some links to all of the hardware and software I use:

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Thanks for watching " Rhino Inside Revit with Eshan "

[lightpoint]

Thanks. Just used inside to split ceilings into parts for cnc in rhino.
Great stuff

[DanielGarciaArchitect]

i love watching these at 1.5 speed - -you guys are brilliant, but at 1.5x you're genius!!!!

[AussieBIMGuru]

Awesome! Keep up the great work on both fronts.

[harryist]

I still finds Grasshopper and dynamo ..Architect still struggling to learn this scripting ..hehehe..but its a awesome plugins anywhere ...hopefully grasshopper will make it more user friendly and refined to the user in the future...Thanks Mate it was a brilliant episode to start with ...

[robertoaconsegura]

I was struggling rendering with Vray from Revit with some models exported from Rhino and I have found a way to preserve Rhino´s materials when you import a cad to revit: Skecthup format file. Is not a native way to interact but when you where asking when someone gives you a model of Rhino.. It gives you at least the colours.

[VidarrKerr]

Open a model of a building that was modeled in Rhino (not even with complete construction details, just what you would have for walk-thrus and rendering), feed it thru Grasshopper into Revit; make some schedules for simple stuff like doors, windows, fixtures too. Make that video. I don't think anyone can, or will do that ever.

[ScottValentine]

If there's a way to manage information across BIM 360 files then that would be amazing. Start with the basics, Project information or something and then go up from there. Eg, pull the project info to check for consistency then push back edits.

The biggest struggle I'm having running 30 different files (projects) in one project is trying to manage them all to check and keep consistency. Ehsan do you think that's possible?

Thanks!

[VidarrKerr]

Seriously, I would rather import the Rhino model into Revit and retrace/draw/insert what I had to with Revit components, then sit in Grasshopper all day(s) searching for the right boxes to drag around and hook to each other; for Every Single Piece of model, there are like at least Three Boxes to drag in and hook up. That example was hardly 1/1000 of a finished building (what you need for CDs) and look how complex the Grasshopper diagram was. My gawd, a complete building would be a Grasshopper nightmare. This would be handy for drawing the things in Rhino that you cannot in Revit, but that's about it--- and you don't even need Grasshopper for that, really. If Grasshopper had AI that could recognize building components in Rhino (like if something looks like a window, or door, it makes it a window, or door) this would be a whole other story.

[KervinCalero]

Is rhino inside more applicable for the architectural discipline or also MEP? Thanks

[jonomichi]

Does this mean grasshopper is pushing dynamo out of business ?

[santiagojaviergarciamanso]

Does anyone know if there is blender inside revit? I think it would be good to use with geometry nodes and transform into native revit objects

[samarhariz]

will Rhino and Revit survive after AI softwares take over

[BIMSupportru]

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