Autodesk hopes to simplify data sharing between the well-known concept modeling program and Revit with the public beta release of the Data Exchange Connector for McNeel Rhino.
An area of focus for Autodesk's several initiatives has always been data transfer.
Rhino3D, a popular drawing and conceptualizing tool for architects and industrial designers, now has a cloud-connected connection to Revit, the BIM application used by the majority of architects. This connection between Rhino and Revit, or Revit and Rhino, was made by Autodesk.
The two-way data link for Rhino and Revit has reportedly entered public beta, according to Autodesk. The connector enables architects to flow buildings made in Rhino (in whole or in part) into Revit and vice versa.
The pre-defined process template examples provided by the connector for the Power Automate platform can be used by project managers, VDC managers, and BIM managers. The wildly popular McNeel Rhino connection is currently being added by Autodesk to the ecology of exchange.
Rhino Exchange Connector
The Rhino connector is a creation of Autodesk Platform Services, a developer platform created to connect vertical programs both within and externally while transmitting geometry and data. Forge was previously known as Autodesk Platform Services. The Rhino Connector is the newest Data Exchange component. Connectors to Microsoft products like Slack and Excel can also be linked using Microsoft Power Automate.
Due to its Grasshopper generating capability, Rhino, one of the best conceptual design tools in the AEC industry, can create both complex façades and straightforward massing models. Users may now move geometry and property data back and forth between Rhino and Revit thanks to the new connector. The project designers are kept up to date and informed of the most recent changes to the levels, grids, and floors because of this.
Without the Rhino Exchange Connector, Autodesk warns, data exchange for usage by other applications may result in lost or inaccurate translations, necessitating time-consuming adjustments or external plug-ins to fully capture the range of the information being shared.
This new Connector offers a step up for interoperability and collaborative work by enhancing workflow synchronization between Rhino and Revit for more fluid design production.
Rhino.Inside
The most recent innovation from Autodesk builds on McNeel's own application connector, "Rhino.Inside," a set of plug-ins that integrates Rhino into other 64-bit Windows programs. Rhino can run in the same memory area as Revit thanks to a feature called "Rhino.Inside.Revit," which enables an unheard-of level of integration between the two programs. As a result, using their respective APIs, whatever that Revit builds can be read by Rhino, and vice versa.
Additionally, Revit makes it simpler to understand the recipes for each and every object and apply Grasshopper scripts to Revit geometry.
Rhino.Inside. works, as explained by Scott Davidson at McNeel. The transactional aspect of Autodesk's Data Exchange Connector, "Rhino.Inside," contrasts with Revit.
Proving Ground Conveyor
Conveyor is a plug-in created by the US software development and consulting firm Proving Ground that enables users to import Rhino objects into Revit as native elements.
The program integrates and expands "Rhino.Inside.Revit" by including a Rhino-based user interface (not Grasshopper-based, as Rhino.Inside.Revit comes).