Free Honeybee[+] V0.0.3 for Grasshopper and Dynamo

From the Grasshopper website:

Honeybee[+] 0.0.3 Release Notes for Grasshopper and Dynamo

August 23, 2017
By Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari

Dear Ladybug community,

After more than a year of development, we are very excited to finally have a public release for Honeybee[+]. As most of you already know by now, Honeybee[+] is one of our [+] developments, which is an attempt to make Honeybee platform-agnostic, cloud-compatible, scalable and more flexible for development. It currently consists of a core python library  and the plugin libraries for Grasshopper and Dynamo.

You can download the plugin for Grasshopper from food4Rhino and install the Dynamo plugin from the package manager. You must install the latest version of Radiance to use Honeybee[+].

This current release introduces Radiance-based workflows for daylighting simulations and supports the following simulation types:

• Point-in-time illuminance (a.k.a grid-based)
• Point-in-time luminance (a.k.a image-based).
• Daylight coefficients (both grid-based and image-based)
• Three-Phase Method (grid-based implemented, image-based to be added soon)
• Five-Phase Method (grid-based implemented, image-based to be added)

Video – Convert Grasshopper To Revit Geometry with Free Project Hummingbird

From the EvolveLAB website:

Convert Grasshopper To Revit Geometry

May 22, 2017
By Bill Allen

During this Vlog, I will go through the process of converting grasshopper geometry to REAL revit components using the Add-in Hummingbird as the "broker" talking to both programs.  We will look at creating Structural Beams, Grids, Adaptive Components, Floors, and Curtainwall in Revit from Grasshopper geometry.  Enjoy!

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Project Hummingbird is brought to you by Mario Guttman. It's free.

This add-in is compatible with Revit 2018, 2017, 2016, and 2015.

There's more information available on the EvolveLAB website, and on the Project Hummingbird website.

Free Grevit 17 Jul 2017 Release

From GitHub:

What is Grevit?

Grevit allows you to create Revit or AutoCad Architecture BIM models directly in Grasshopper or SketchUp easily.

New in Grevit: Face Walls, Selection Sets, Vertical Voids and Revit 2018 support. Get latest version at https://t.co/iV8G9UP1li pic.twitter.com/EanNAEzzWa

— Grevit (@grevitdev) July 17, 2017

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 There's more information available on GitHub.

Video: Reuse Grashopper Scripts in Revit Via Flux

From YouTube:

Flux Bi-directional Rhino to Revit brep exchange

Sending Revit reference brep geometry to Rhino, running a Grasshopper script to generate a handrail detail, sending this item back to Revit also as a brep geometry via Dynamo.

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Here's a link to the Flux website: https://flux.io/

Grevit: A Free Grasshopper to Revit App

Grevit allows you to create Revit or AutoCad Architecture BIM elements directly in Grasshopper and send them to your target application.

Unlike other Grasshopper Revit Links this one supports multiple programs, no further files are created and the configuration is very easy. Assemble your BIM Model in GH with simple BIM elements. A Send component serializes the BIM elements and sends them via TCP/IP to localhost or a remote Revit/ACA instance where the Model is assembled automatically. The Revit/ACA Model can also be updated according to geometry changes in Grasshopper.

Grevit is free for use and requires a current Rhino and Grasshopper version and Revit 2014 UR1 or AutoCad Architecture 2013.

For more information, see the Grevit website.

Further reading: Grasshopper-related add-ins.

Lyrebird: A Free, Open Source Grasshopper to Revit Add-in

LMN, an architecture firm that I proudly called my home away from home for the 4 years between 2007 and 2011, has an integrated design technology studio named LMN Tech Studio, or LMNts for short. Tim Logan and others in LMNts have been developing free Revit add-ins and I'll be posting about them here over the coming days. 

First up is Lyrebird, a Grasshopper to Revit interoperability tool. 

Excerpted from the LMNts website...

Lyrebird...create[s] intelligent objects (families) in Revit so that when we use Grasshopper as a computational design tool, we structure the data in Grasshopper to make it easier to instantiate those Revit objects.  This isn’t so much about translating geometry between programs but instead translating data between them.  With Lyrebird we have attempted to think through all of the possible ways we may want to translate between Grasshopper and Revit, and work within the constraints of both of their API’s to make sure the resulting elements are still user friendly and can be easily manipulated either in Revit or through Grasshopper.

The interface we’ve created is still pretty simple; there’s only one Grasshopper component that we hope has enough inputs and options to handle everything without being overwhelming.  On the Revit side, there are four commands added to manage Lyrebird and the elements that it creates.

Lyrebird plugin commands

We’ve tried to simplify the interaction between the programs, especially when it comes to mapping the Revit object to Grasshopper.  With our previous plugin that data was structured into a simple data tree, and then sent as a 2D array over to Revit where the data was mapped to a Revit family type, and then each list item was matched to a particular construction parameter (location point or rotation angle) or Revit parameter.  With Lyrebird this all takes place back in the Grasshopper interface so you’re seeing why the data is organized in a certain way immediately.  The process of sending information is also more intuitive, rather than clicking a button in Grasshopper, switching to Revit and activating another command, and then mapping all of the information, now you just click the button to send in Grasshopper and Revit automatically reads the incoming information and asks you if you want to create or modify the elements.

A word of warning though, Lyrebird’s Revit plugin is by default in the Off position (there’s a toggle) and you may want to leave it that way when it’s not going to be used.  It’s using the idling events in Revit to automatically trigger when data gets sent, but the idling event can be a resource hog and will cause Revit to use 100% of one of your cores at all times.

We’re also excited to say this is our first project of this nature that we’re making open source.  It’s not something we were actively promoting during development, but we do have the project up on GitHub if you’re curious about how we went about creating the different parts of the plugins or if you want to contribute so that we can make it better.

There's more information available on the LMNts website.

Further reading: Grasshopper-related add-ins. 

TTX: Interoperability Across Multiple Platforms from a Central Database, Including Autodesk Revit and Grasshopper

From the Thorton Tomasetti blog...  

Announcing TTX

April 15, 2013

The Advanced Computational Modeling group (ACM) is developing a new interoperability platform called TTX.  Interoperability is at the core of ACM’s work, and has long been recognized within Thornton Tomasetti as an imperative goal.  In 1990 Charlie Thornton said “We now have to zero in on the key issue, the Achilles heel of [structural] computer programs … compatibility”.

With TTX, all critical project data is moved into a central database, and read/write/sync capabilities are provided across a number of software applications. TTX allows project team members to focus on their respective specialties in the platform of their choice.  Concerns about model synchronization, our long standing ‘compatibility’ issue, are allowed to fade into the background.

So far Grasshopper, Revit and Tekla are all talking to each other via TTX.

TTX Alpha Release

September 5, 2013

ACM is proud to announce that TTX, our new interoperability platform, is in the wild. We’ve released a series of alpha builds for our designers and engineers to use in-house, and have received great feedback from our first round of testers.

One noteworthy test featured a stadium model in Rhino, which had more than 10,000 structural members, that needed to be translated into Revit and Tekla. TTX successfully ported all data into Revit and Tekla. Translation times varied, however, due to API and general application performance (we’re looking at you here, Revit).

The TTX development team will continue to progress the platform over the coming months. We are hard at work on our first beta release, which should roll out for internal testing in late September. A major component of that release is support for SAP2000, a structural analysis package.

 

I've seen several implementations of connecting Grasshopper to Revit, including Chameleon and Project Humminbird. The last architecture firm I worked for, LMN, even developed their own, through their LMN Tech Studio, named Cricket. (Though never actualized as a product, I think LMN still wins for best Grasshopper/Revit-related app name.)

The Advanced Computational Modeling group's strategy of connecting multiple platforms through a central database, allowing designers to use their preferred or task-appropriate platform, is the first holistic approach to building design platform interchangeability I've seen. For that reason, I'm happy to award ACM at Thorton Tomasetti a Revit Add-ons Editor's Choice Award!

Stay tuned to the Thorton Tomasetti blog for more information as it becomes available.

Further reading: Grasshopper-related add-ins. 

Project Hummingbird - Grasshopper to Revit

Mario Guttman (of Whitefeet Utilities fame) and Tim Meador have developed a new geometry importer from Grasshopper to Revit.

David Light describes Project Humminbird very well over on his Revit blog:

"In a nutshell Project Hummingbird is a set of Grasshopper components that facilitate the creation of Revit native geometry. This process utilizes a simplied pseudo-language in Excel to describe all aspects of the Revit BIM geometry. Translating Rhino primative geometry to Revit has been vastly simplied without the need for linking or reference objects. This allows for the downstream Revit model to be modified and adapted for the project duration. This process is not only limited to grasshopper but could also include read/write methods for Robot structural analysis, Processing, Cinema 4d and many others."

There's more information available on the Project Hummingbird website.

Further reading: Grasshopper-related add-ins. 

Chameleon - Grasshopper & Revit Interoperability

Chameleon is a plugin for both Grasshopper and Revit with a focus on interoperability, simulation, and efficient practice workflows. Chameleon’s main advantage is its ability to facilitate easy transfer of geometric data between Grasshopper and Autodesk Revit, but also includes other valuable tools to make life easier, both in Grasshopper and Revit.

There's more information on this free add-in on Hiroshi Jacobs' website.

Further reading: Grasshopper-related add-ins. 

Rhino and Grasshopper to Revit Via IFC Plugins from Geometry Gym

 SSI (Smart Structural Interpreter) is a suite of plugins for Rhino3d and Grasshopper3d that enable BIM and Structure model generation and exchange with Revit via the IFC file format.

The free work in progress plugins are available for download from the Geometry Gym website.

Further reading: Grasshopper-related add-ins. 

Credit: Luke Johnson's What Revit Wants blog.