DiRoots

3rd Party Application(s) to help with Preparation of IFC-SG Models (DiRoots)

DiRoots Plugin

(Free Plugin)

  • DiRoots is a free plug-in to export BIM data (Model and Annotation Categories, Elements and Schedules) from Revit to Excel or Google Spreadsheets, and import it back to update the model. 

DiRoots plugin

DiRoots Workflow

* Note user interface may differ for different versions of DiRoots

Step 1
DiRoot-Step1

S2 – Fig 39


Step 2
  • Ensure that selection is ‘Whole Model’
  • Go to ‘Schedules’ and select the schedules accordingly (e.g., Wall, Beam)
  • The values in the ‘Schedules’ are default parameter values which are automatically generated and referenced from the name that is set in the schedule header.
DiRoot-Step2

Step 3
  • ‘Export’ schedule to Excel or Google Sheet. There’s a completion bar that tracks the exporting progress.

DiRoot-Step3

S2 – Fig 42


Step 4
  • Design Engineer provides the design inputs (i.e. project-specific parameters) into the exported ‘Schedules’ Excel.

DiRoot-Step4

S2 – Fig 43


Step 5
  • ‘Import’ the updated ‘Schedules’ Excel back into DiRoots, and the parameters will be updated accordingly.
DiRoot-Step5

IFC structural schedule

S2 –Fig 45 & 46

Link:

IFC-SG Resource Kit

DiRoots Sheet Link Tutorial