Are space/room features from Revit models available in ArcGIS Pro

CherylTrine — Sun, 11 Nov 2018 19:19:20 GMT

So, I was all excited about the fact that ArcGIS Pro can read Revit models and upgraded ArcGIS Pro and my Server to test it out!

One of my jobs is space inventory, so in the past I have had to get my rooms/spaces for GIS from CAD drawings created by Revit... and keeping them updated has been a nightmare. We figured that with the ability to read .rvt directly,

the room/space data could be stored in Revit (our Revit guru thought this would be best) and we could simply reference it from GIS. Just so you know, we are currently doing 2D, not 3D GIS.

Of course, nothing is a simple as it seems it should be, and I am no longer sure this is even going to be possible. I've run into two problems right of the bat.

1. When I bring a .rvt model into Pro, there does not appear to be any layer/feature class that corresponds to or contains rooms/spaces, even though the Revit model has an area plan created. Are rooms/spaces not supported in ArcPro?

2. Within a discipline, such as Architectural, the feature classes are drawn in alphabetical order and I cannot seem to be able to change this order. Thus, doors are drawn on top of floors which are drawn on top of walls, so I can see the doors, but I can't see the walls without turning floors off. I am guessing it is my lack of knowledge about Pro (I'm still quite new to it), but how do you change the layer order. If I bring other layers in I can move them up and down in the Drawing Order pain by drag-and-drop, but these don't seem to budge.

Thanks,

Cheryl

Re: Are space/room features from Revit models available in ArcGIS Pro

DonKuehne — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 19:40:28 GMT

Cheryl,

The first release of the direct read of Revit data in ArcGIS Pro 2.2 focused on 3D representation of features. Future releases will improve the experience for the 2.5D data that is useful in workflows that include floor plans and spaces, rooms etc...

In the interim exporting to IFC and going through the data interoperability extension is an option for now. We definitely recognize the need and it is on our road map.

Re: Are space/room features from Revit models available in ArcGIS Pro

mrmark — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 19:03:30 GMT

Just to follow up on this - 2.4 supports rooms (and works great).

topic Are space/room features from Revit models available in ArcGIS Pro in ArcGIS Pro Questions

Are space/room features from Revit models available in ArcGIS Pro

Re: Are space/room features from Revit models available in ArcGIS Pro

Re: Are space/room features from Revit models available in ArcGIS Pro