Add-Ins functions in FRBL
Revit > Add-Ins > External Tools
The above functions will perform automations in Revit depended on parameters given in Excel input.
They are described in short below.
INPUT FRBL Excel.xlsm
Open the Excel input.
ICDAS FRBL User's Manual
Step by step input description for the tutorial model installed in subscription.
ICDAS FRBL Family Images Catalogue
Contain over 300 images and type numbers of family files for walls, doors, windows, floors, columns, railings, furniture, planting and so on that you can use for your model. Enter the type numbers of the above components in the Excel file then you will get it in the template ICDAS D2021.rvt. You can also use your own Revit project template but it is restricted in the family files you have loaded in the project. You can of course also create your own user-defined numbers for your loaded families (unlimited). We will implement that for you when you have an ICDAS subscription.
ICDAS FRBL Material Images Catalogue
Overview of Revit & 3ds Max materials for all components ready for selection? It includes also path of materials in
C:\Program Files (x86)* and in C:\ICDAS*. The manual shows image of each material and its resolution for fitting to
a specific model.
ICDAS FRBL Create Walls
Creation of external walls in Front, Right, Back and Left side in any Revit view. It is best to design one side a time
without door/window by option DWF=DWR=DWB=DWL=0.
ICDAS FRBL Create Dimensions
Creation of dimension for each external wall along the Front, Right, Back and Left side.
ICDAS FRBL Create Internal Front Walls
Creation of internal wall FX and FY along the Front side of the building, with/without door, in any Revit view.
An internal Front Room is automatically created when the external and internal walls form a closed contour.
ICDAS FRBL Create Internal Right Walls
Creation of internal wall RX and RY along the Right side of the building, with/without door, in any Revit view.
An internal Right Room is automatically created when the external and internal walls form a closed contour.
ICDAS FRBL Create Internal Back Walls
Creation of internal wall BX and BY along the Back side of the building, with/without door, in any Revit view.
An internal Back Room is automatically created when the external and internal walls form a closed contour.
ICDAS FRBL Create Internal Left Walls
Creation of internal wall LX and LY along the Left side of the building, with/without door, in any Revit view.
An internal Left Room is automatically created when the external and internal walls form a closed contour.
ICDAS FRBL Create Any Internal Walls
Creation of any wall of every two points input for the start and the end of a wall, with/without door,
in any Revit view. Any wall can also be used as external wall e.g. on the top floor design.
ICDAS FRBL Create Beams and Columns
Creation of beams and columns for every two points input, on each level, in any Revit view.
ICDAS FRBL Create Floors
Creation of one floor using the wall curve at each level, no input needed for position, option FloorArea=0.
This option is standard for the structural storey partitions. Floors design by points are added to automate
any floor by input its points, its type, vertical offset and structural/non-structural option.
ICDAS FRBL Create Roof
Creation of a roof using the wall curve on top level, no input needed for position, option RoofArea=0.
Roofs design by points are added to automate any roof by input its points, its type, slope of angle and
vertical offset.
ICDAS FRBL Create DimFrontElevationSouth
Creation of dimensions of walls which are separated in the Front side. The dimensions are given in both of
horizontal and vertical directions, measured the distances from the edges of the wall to a door, a window
or a hole.
ICDAS FRBL Create DimRightElevationEast
Creation of dimensions of walls which are separated in the Right side. The dimensions are given in both of
horizontal and vertical directions, measured the distances from the edges of the wall to a door, a window
or a hole.
ICDAS FRBL Create DimBackElevationNorth
Creation of dimensions of walls which are separated in the Back side. The dimensions are given in both of
horizontal and vertical directions, measured the distances from the edges of the wall to a door, a window
or a hole.
ICDAS FRBL Create DimLeftElevationWest
Creation of dimensions of walls which are separated in the Left side. The dimensions are given in both of
horizontal and vertical directions, measured the distances from the edges of the wall to a door, a window
or a hole.
ICDAS FRBL Create Walls Schedule
There are three options for schedules of parameters of a wall
Schedule = 1: All walls in continued order (default)
Schedule = 2: All walls after element type
Schedule = 3: Filter walls with volume only
Open the schedule.html in Excel we can e.g. calculate the total price of façade external walls based on
standard price input. Together with Automatic Thermal Energy Report (TER) one can evaluates which
façade type and price matched a desired TER.
ICDAS FRBL Open and Save *.jpg in Paint
This function opens and resave a series of *.jpg images. The new size of an *.jpg reduces more than 50%
keeping the same resolution and quality of the origin. This function is useful for creation of animation with
thousands of *.jpg images in resolution 1920x1080 (1K) or higher.
ICDAS Dynamo Manual
Manual for Dynamo graphs, scrips and input descriptions. The Dynamo files can be used on any ICDAS model,
or any existing Revit model as well.
Below are further descriptions of some add-ins.
