Helix
Helix® is here to help you cross the model drop chasm between your BIM tools. Helix® converts your SketchUp® and AutoCAD® files to native Revit® components allowing you to sync your models seamlessly.
- Native Revit Categories Supported
- Walls, Curtain Walls, Floors, Roofs, Ceilings, Pipes, Doors, Windows, Topography
- Features
- Map content by tag or material
- Expose model health warnings
- Track Model updates, where Revit model only updates if geometry changes in SketchUp
- Included Content
- Helix starter families with instance parameter calculation for door & window heights and widths
- Catagories
- Generic Model, Casework, Entourage, Furniture, Furniture Systems, Railings, Site, Light Fixtures, Planting, Specialty Equipment, Mechanical Equipment, Plumbing Fixtures, Columns.
- Features
- Keep meshes clean in Revit without additional triangulation, allowing geometry to be used for documentation and visualisation.
- Preserving components and groups in Revit families with Smart mesh-based family instancing.
- SketchUp materials can be mapped to Revit materials.
- Create Revit materials with textures.
- Features
- Optimise Revit geometry for workable (push/pull-able) output.
- Optimise Revit geometry mesh count for performance while retaining the original form.
- Convert Materials from Revit.
- Map Revit materials to SketchUp materials.
- Convert Revit levels to SketchUp planes tagged as levels.
- Native Revit categories supported
- Walls, Doors, Windows,Railings, Room Separation Lines, Space Separation Lines, and Pipes.
- Features
- Find center line from AutoCAD to drive location of Revit wall and MEP families.
