A new command Update File has been introduced in FEM-Design. It is accessible from the main menu: Edit → Update File.
The Update File command gives a possibility to update elements that were initially imported from struxml to FEM-Design with the changes that have been made in Revit afterwards:
- Material change
- Section / Thickness change
- Geometry change
Changes in material/profile/thickness/geometry properties are detected in the file containing the updated model in relation to the elements that are exported to FEM-Design at the moment. After the initial model is imported to FEM-Design, it has to remain at the original coordinates exported from Revit. Otherwise, the update of the model with changes performed in Revit will not be successful.
Procedure:
The procedure to update a model in FEM-Design is as follows:1. Export the updated Revit model into new .struxml file.
2. Open a FEM-Design project containing the model that has been originally imported from Revit.
3. Go to Edit → Update File.
4. Select the new .struxml file containing the updated model and press Open.
Limitations:
The functionality of the Update File command at the current state of development has some limitations concerning elements that have been deleted in the updated Revit model or in FEM-Design:
- If an element has been deleted in the updated Revit model, after using the update command, this element will not be deleted from FEM-Design model.
- If an element has been deleted in FEM-Design model (but not in updated Revit model) and then updated with other changes made in Revit, it will reappear in FEM-Design.
