Revit Roof On Point Cloud

Use a section box to zero in on the area you re working on.

Revit roof on point cloud.

Click modify floors tabshape editing paneladd point. The points are used by the shape modification tools to change the element geometry. About point clouds you can use point clouds to provide the existing condition of a building or site. Prepare your roof point data into a csv file in the numerical format of e value n value z value.

Image courtesy of imaginit point clouds are the product of 3d laser scanning. Offers a decimation slider so that you can choose how many points are used to make the new surface element for either high accuracy or high speed depending on your requirements. The elevation edit box displays on the options bar with a relative check box next to it. Work directly in autodesk revit with pointcloud instances to create topo floor and roof elements that accurately match the original pointcloud data.

Select the floor or roof to modify. Insert a point cloud file insert an indexed point cloud file into a revit project or convert a raw format point cloud file to the rcp and rcs indexed formats. Point clouds are great but they can slow down your revit session especially if you re navigating in 3d and your point cloud is quite large. Find xyz to roof on the add ins tab and click the button to load csv into xyz to roof it will create a new structural roof that accurately matches your point cloud image.

This technology is especially useful for scanning large areas quickly and effectively but specialized software is required to turn them into useable information. You can use the add point tool to add singular points to the element geometry. Use this information as the a starting point for the revit model. If you select relative new points will be.

Change colors for a point cloud.