Tutorial - Revit to Ecotect (Revitology)

Very simple and watered down tutorial about how to export your building information model from Revit into Ecotect...

• Click here to view the tutorial.

With the onslaught of "Green" packages integrated into the BIM process and workflow, many users do not realize that the essential part of the data starts from the model itself. Of course you need a model to dictate your outcome in Ecotect or Green Building Studio, but the way we manage and set up our model needs to be refined prior to our exportation. By setting up our model at the very early stages of our design, we ensure that our readings in our sustaibable packages are accurate and reliable.

For this blog, we will focus on integration with Ecotect and Revit Architecture 2010. Listed below are the steps accompanied by images to aid in the process.

Green Templates - Ecotect

Great couple of posts about Ecotect and the vast amount of information you can pull from it.

• Green Templates: Part 1 - Indoor Analysis and Glazing
• Green Templates: Part 2 - Revit Architecture and Ecotect

These go along perfectly with the Analyzation step of our Revit Classroom Workflow.

Greg at Revit3D.com is an authorized reseller for Ecotect.  Please contact him if you are interested in purchasing and let him know you heard it hear!

Autodesk - Ecotect

There are quite a few environmental analysis programs out there for Revit and BIM.  My personal favorite is Integrated Environmental Solutions because of its integration with Revit (I will introduce I.E.S. in the upcoming posts).  

First, here is a quick intro to Ecotect:

ECOTECT is a complete building design and environmental analysis tool that covers the full range of simulation and analysis functions required to truly understand how a building design will operate and perform. It finally allows designers to work easily in 3D and apply all the tools necessary for an energy efficient and sustainable future. Check out its features to learn more.

Once again, Ecotect is completely free for students who belong to the Autodesk Student Community.  I think what I will do is introduce the three major environmental analysis programs within the next few days.

After all of the introductions I will personally compare and contrast the three programs.

Links for Ecotect:

• Ecotect Website
  
• Training Material
• An Introduction to Ecotect
• Great Tutorial Showing Integration with Revit

At the end of this software introduction series I will connect the dots with the Revit Classroom Workflow Chart.