Terrain, cadastre, orthophotos and planning maps arrive in your Revit project correctly positioned and with just a few clicks. The data is loaded directly from official geodata services. No more manual downloading, converting and fitting.
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Geodata straight into Revit
Geo Catalog
The Geo Catalog is the heart of the module. In an interactive map you choose country, provider and topic. Then you define the area:
- drag it on the map,
- enter dimensions from the base point,
- pick it directly in the Revit model
- or take it from an existing element.
One click on “Insert data” creates the result in the project. Depending on the topic, this is a toposolid, detail lines and annotations, filled regions or an image in the view. Optionally, the image can also be created as a material for renderings.
Available data:
- South Tyrol:
- digital terrain model (0.5 m and 2.5 m)
- cadastre with parcel boundaries, parcel numbers and cadastral brackets
- orthophotos from more than 30 flights from 1982 to 2024
- zoning plans
- landscape plan and hazard zone plans
- ski slope plan
- architectural and art monuments
- buildings as 3D volumes (height derived from surface and terrain models)
- Tyrol:
- orthophoto
- Bavaria:
- orthophoto (DOP20)
- terrain model (DGM1)
- buildings as LoD2 CityGML
- Baden-Württemberg:
- orthophoto
- terrain model (1 m and 0.25 m)
- buildings as LoD2 CityGML
The project position (coordinate system and X, Y, Z of the survey point) can be viewed and changed directly in the window. The terrain elevation can be queried from the elevation service at the push of a button.
Smooth Contours
This command replaces the angular contour lines of toposolids in plan views with smoothly rounded lines, giving you a professional-looking site plan.
- Areas under buildings, floors and walls are automatically left out.
- Major and minor contours get their own line styles.
- Running the command again updates the lines after a terrain change.
Map Importer
The Map Importer inserts your own georeferenced raster images into a Revit view in the correct position. Supported formats:
- JPG, PNG and TIF with world file (.jgw, .pgw, .tfw and more)
- GeoTIFF with embedded georeference
You can select a single file or scan an entire folder. Before inserting, a preview shows resolution, extent and rotation. Alignment to project north is automatic.
Read GeoTIFF/TXT/CSV
Read GeoTIFF
This command turns a digital terrain model in GeoTIFF format into a Revit toposolid. First it shows all key data of the file:
- bands, value range and NoData value
- pixel size
- coordinate system (EPSG)
- extent
Level and toposolid type can be freely selected.
Read TXT/CSV
This command creates terrain from survey or point data in TXT, CSV, XYZ and ASC format.
- Columns, delimiter and header row are freely configurable. Decimal commas are recognised correctly.
- For large point clouds, sampling reduces the number of points.
- “Check position” displays the extent in advance as a box in the model.
- Finally, the toposolid is inserted.
