Unified Meshes in Navisworks and Revit

Importing Cintoo Cloud’s Unified Meshes in Autodesk Navisworks and Revit is possible, although you have to be careful about the size of the mesh that is being generated.

• Low mesh resolution (1 to 2 inches / 2.5 to 5 cm) will be preferred for building interiors, walls, ceilings, floors…
• Medium mesh resolution (1/2 inch to 1 inch / 1 cm to 2.5 cm) will be preferred for point cloud sections and slices, building structure (beams) or indoor equipment.
  

The proposed workflow is the following:

• Generate a Unified Mesh in Cintoo Cloud, selecting FBX as a file format.
• Import this FBX file in Navisworks.
  • Colors are kept.
• Export a NWC or NWD from Navisworks, that will reference this mesh.
  • This will have the effect of reducing the size of the mesh.
• Import this NWC or NWD file in Revit.
  • Colors will be lost when displaying the mesh in Revit.

Detailed workflow

• Download your Unified Mesh in FBX format from Cintoo Cloud.
  

• Make sure that the FBX file and the texture maps and materials are all in the same folder (default setting from Cintoo Cloud).

• Import this FBX file in Navisworks using the ‘Append’ tool:
  

• The Unified Mesh is then displayed in Navisworks with its colors:
  

• Publish from Navisworks using .nwc or .nwd as a file format:
  

• Import the NWC or NWD model in Revit using Coordination Model > Add:
  
  

• The Unified Mesh will be displayed in Revit without the source colors: