This session illustrates the use of FME and Revit to create data management workflows for AEC firms. Topics include user driven reports, BIM validation workflows, data extraction and collection routines, Revit to GIS workflows, more. See more presentations from the FME User Conference 2014 at: www.safe.com/fmeuc

1. CONNECT. TRANSFORM. AUTOMATE.
All your BIM are belong to us – Revit and FME for
Enterprise Data Management
Greg Schleusner AIA, HOK
Director of buildingSMART Innovation @gschleusner @zoog

2. CONNECT. TRANSFORM. AUTOMATE.

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5. My Job @ HOK
 Architect, Technologies, knew Lat/Lon when
jumped in
 Work with any of the 40+ groups that have
project technology needs ...@zoog
 Databases, City Modeling to Steel Fabrication
 150+ Different Software titles used across the
firm.
 Needed a better Urban Planning workflow
 Started using FME 1 year ago

6. How we use (plan to use) FME
 Crazily convoluted, 5 software Revit to GIS
workflows
 User Driven Reports
 FM BIM Validation workflows
 Data extraction and collection routines
 and more…

7. Better Urban Planning Workflow
 130+ Square Mile New City
 New City the population size of Roma (Rome)
 “...sure we can model all the buildings”
 @#$@#$@$@$@%#@#$%!!!!!!!

8. SMART CODE – Transect Adjacencies

9. Revit Landuse Plan CityEngine Massing Infraworks
Presentation
Model

10. Transect T5
Transect T6
SMART CODE – Transect Adjacences

11. Transects
Social Infrastructure
Road Center Lines (3,4,5)
Generated
Buildings
GeoTIFFs
Shape Files
Terrain
IMX
IMX
Road
Centerlines
(1,2)

12. Transects
Social Infrastructure
Road Center Lines (3,4,5)
Generated
Buildings
IMX
Road Centerlines
LIVE DATA
3d Data
Client
engagement
FME
Cloud
BIM
2d Data
File
management
workflow

13. AutoCAD
From Revit
Hatches from
Revit rooms Attributes
Added
Colors
Set
Image
Rasterizer

14. AutoCAD
From Revit
CenterLines
Attributes
Added
ESRI
Shapefile
created

15. City Engine (remember to ask for reader)
Smart CODE
• Road Creation
• Block Subdivision
• CGA Code (Generates Building Forms)

16. 3ds files
From CE
IMX file created

17. • Uses LandUse
“rooms” to create:
• Coverage Areas
• Water Features
• Planted/Wooded
Areas

18. What we are working on...exploring
 Google Spreadsheet >Mobile>dRofus>Revit <Repeat>
 Space Syntax Like Analysis of Revit Floor Plans
 2D/3D Model Version Compare
 PostGIS Model Version Storage
 Mapping Revit Activity across the firm
 Self Serve File Transforms
 Automatic Clash Detection
 Project Startup – Location Setting > Revit
 Batch Processing
 “Ample Data” Collection
 Data Quality Checking

19. Once we started...
 dRofus (PostgresDb) – Program Management dB

20. Space Analysis (Efforting –
Have Feature Requests)
 Analysis of BIM based Room network without a
network
Autodesk Research

21. 2D/3D Drawing Compare

22. Exploring RVZ to Postgis for Versioning

23. Sync with Central Data

24. Revit to ... Self serve exporter

25. Automation Goals
 Batch Process using RTV Tools
 RVZ, IFC, 2D DWF, 2D PDF, DWG.
 Create Precompiled Data for multi project
analysis
 Server – Self serve for N number of needs
 Automatic reports back to project teams when
they should be sleeping

26. FME Opportunities/ Challenges
 Nearly untapped market for Automation in AEC
 Apparently buildings are on earth?
 Emerging Market for Rule checking, Zoning, FAR,
Inside, outside...
 .....
 Support for AEC Formats
 FBX, CityEngine, Rhino, CGA Shape Transformer...
 Big clumsy files – 800mb IFC, RVZ

27. Thank You!
 Questions?
 For more information:
 Greg Schleusner, greg.schleusner@hok.com
 HOK @ www.HOK.com
 @gschleusner
CONNECT. TRANSFORM. AUTOMATE.