Purpose
A tool to dynamically generate 3D Revit planting family components from 2D planting geometry and information in an Artisan CAD environment.
The CAD to Revit tool comprises two stages: exporting content from within CS Artisan (CAD) and subsequently importing content into a Revit envionment. The Import and Export routines use Shapefiles (SHP).
Shapefiles containing exported Artisan Planting Label information can be opened directly in Geographical Information Systems (GIS). The Export to GIS (Export to SHP) tool provides a crucial step in being able to dynamically create Revit planting family components from a planting plan in CAD.
Usage
Type CSA_EXPORTTOSHP to run the Export to SHP command…
Please note that currently SHP files are created in the same location as the original DWG.
Separate Shapefiles are created for
Shapefiles contain the following...
Shapsfiles can be dropped (opened) directly in a GIS environment...
Exported Shapefiles (*.shp, *.shx, *.dbf) for all planting (singlular, linear, area) dropped into GIS...
Geometry and associated attribute data is imported and can be interrogated in GIS. The image below shows a selected area planting with associated attribute data (specification details)...
The exported Shapefiles can be imported directly into Revit, creating CS ArtisanRV dynamic planting family components directly from the original (flat 2D) CAD file (*.dwg).
Revit components created dynamically after importing SHP files from Artisan (CAD).