The purpose of this article is to explain how to use the Kairnial plugin to publish elements from Revit to model and plans area.
The Kairnial plugin allows you to publish the content of a Revit file in the Kairnial platform.
- The 3D model of the Revit format can be published in BIMPACKAGE, RVT and IFC format
- 2D plan views can be published in PLANPACKAGE, PDF and DWG formats
- Sheets can be published in PDF and DWG formats
Note:
- BIMPACKAGE (see also this article): a format specific to the Kairnial platform that allows the visualization and management, in the Kairnial interface, of 3D models from a Revit file in the Kairnial interface.
- PLANPACKAGE (see also this article): a format specific to the Kairnial platform that allows the visualization and management, in the Kairnial interface, of 2D plan views from a Revit file.
Once the plugin is installed (How to install the Plugin (see also this article),the "Publish to MODELS & PLANS AREA" function allows you to publish the content of a Revit file in the Kairnial MODELS & PLANS AREA in different formats (RVT, IFC, PDF, BIMPACKAGE, PLANPACKAGE).
The user is asked to log in with their email address and password created when using the plugin for the first time.
The different elements to be published as well as the formats in which they can be published are displayed in the dialog box.
- Select "Publish to Revit format" to publish the 3D model in RVT format to MODELS & PLANS AREA.
- Select "Publish in IFC format" to publish the 3D model in IFC format in MODELS & PLANS AREA.
- Ifc export configuration to apply when publishing to IFC format.
Note: IFC export only works when a Revit model is published unitarily. Do not use this option when publishing multiple models from a compilation. - Select the name of the file specified in the box to publish the 3D model in Kairnial format (BIMPACKAGE) in MODELS & PLANS AREA.
- Select in "Positioning" the geo-referencing system to be applied when publishing the 3D
Note: the positioning option only works when publishing a Revit model unitarily. Do not use this option when publishing multiple models from a compilation. Leave the "Default" option - Select in "Reference 3D View" the 3D view to be published in Kairnial (Only objects visible in the selected view will be published in the MODELS & PLANS AREA in BIMPACKAGE format).
Note: The option to select a 3D view only works when publishing a Revit model unitarily. Do not use this option when publishing multiple models from a compilation. - Select "Publish to DWG" to publish 2D views and sheets in DWG format.
Note: The DWG export configuration used is not configurable - Select "Publish to PDF" to publish 2D views and sheets as PDFs.
Note: Pdf quality is raster. The plans will not be to scale. - Select the 2D views or sheets that will be exported in PLANPACKAGE format.
- Select the project to which the files will be published.
- Click on "START" to begin the publication process to MODELS & PLANS AREA.