Select File
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Sets destination for RFA files, and select files or
folder to be added in the list.
- Destination —
Sets the destination for RFA entries to be created in. The drop down menu
options determine whether you want the
Workset,
Workspace catalog or
Organization catalog.
- Select
RFAs — Lists the files selected for conversion.
- Add Files — Adds
selective files in the Select RFAs list box. When clicked, opens the
Select RFA Files dialog, where
you can navigate to the directory containing the RFA files and select the RFA
file(s) that you want to translate and click Open.
- Add Folder —
Adds selected file folder. When clicked, opens the
Browse For Folder dialog, where
you can select the folder that you want to translate and click OK .
- Remove —
Activated once one or more RFA files are added in the list. When clicked, the
currently selected file is removed from the list.
The list box displays the selected RFA files added to the
Bentley RFA Interpreter.
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Map Categories
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Opens when one or more RFA files were selected and
Next button is pressed. The screen is used
to map RFA categories with Building Designer categories, as well as Mechanical
category and apply valid discipline to each RFA.
Map
Categories screen
The screen also lists errors, if any encountered in reading
RFA data.
The list box has the following columns:
- RFA File — Displays
the name of RFA files. Clicking checkbox of highlighted row enables Add
category and Add Discipline buttons.
- RFA Category —
Displays the name of the RFA category associated with the RFA file. Can be
altered by clicking
Apply Category to selected RFA files.
Use
Apply Mechanical category to selected RFA
files to assign a Mechanical category.
- Discipline —
Displays the discipline associated with the RFA file. Can be altered by
clicking
Apply Discipline to selected RFA files
or by clicking the
Discipline field that opens the drop
down list of disciplines available.
- Building Designer
Category — Displays Building Designer category mapped internally for the RFA
file. Can be altered by simply clicking the
Building Designer Category field and
picking a category from the drop down list provided.
Checking one or more RFA file entry, enables below buttons:
- Apply Category to
selected RFA files.. — Opens a secondary dialog where alternate category can be
picked from the drop down list. Category options, such as Door, Window, Base
plate, Casework, Escalator, etc., are available to select one.
- Apply Discipline to
selected RFA files.. — Opens a secondary dialog where alternate discipline can
be picked from the drop down list. Options such as Architectural, Plumbing can
be selected.
- Apply Mechanical
category to selected RFA files.. — Opens a secondary dialog where alternate
discipline can be picked from the drop down list. Mechanical categories, such
as Accessories, Fixtures, Pumps, Valves, etc., are available
All RFA files must have a Building Designer/Mechanical
category and discipline assigned to them. The Wizard helps you by automatically
assigning the best possible category and discipline to each RFA.
Note: The only time discipline does not fill in
automatically is when there are both mechanical and plumbing connectors in the
MEP RFA. When this happens you need to select a discipline.
Mechanical objects can also have their discipline
set to Architectural, which discards the mechanical connectors and treats them
as a random piece of equipment. When the discipline is set to Architectural, an
architect can place the objects without connectors (sinks, toilets, and other
items) to place them for design and spacing purposes and not for mechanical
coordination.
Tip: So when the discipline for mechanical and plumbing
content (that is used only for Architectural purposes) is changed to
Architectural, that content can now be placed using the Place Object (User
Defined Type) tool instead of the Place Mechanical Content
tool.
Mechanical and plumbing content disciplines can
also be changed for Structural.
When valid categories and discipline RFAs are selected, they
are convertible. The
Next button is enabled, that will lead to
next level of import.
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Select Types
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Selects the types to include in DataGroup Catalog.
You can rename the items to suit your workset requirement.
- RFA Family and Types
— Displays the pre-defined family and types name for RFA and children family
types.
- Name in Building
Designer — Displays the Building Designer family name for the RFA mapped with
RFA family. Click in the field and rename, if needs to alter. The children
family name too follow the same string. You can overwrite the child family name
to read if different.
- Warnings — Displays
warning , say "Already imported" for RFA files that were imported in past
session.
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Map Attributes
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Maps RFA object attributes with Building Designer
Part and Family and assign whether to use RFA materials.
Sort By — Sorts the object list in the
order of Category or Family.
For each RFA, the list has the following fields:
- RFA Object Styles —
Displays the list of the RFA Object Styles in the active RFA file.
- Graphics — Displays
geometry nature of the RFA object -either 2D or 3D.
- Building Designer
Part and Family — Displays the Building Designer Part and Family assignment to
a given object. Clicking in the field opens up a list of part and family
available, that can be further filtered to narrow down and selected a desired
part and family from the resulted options.
- Use RFA Materials —
Keeps the RFA materials versus the materials defined by the part and family.
The Use RFA materials, will only apply to 3D solid surfaces and not 2D
symbology.
The
Next enables once all RFA object styles are
mapped.
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Map Property Names
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Maps Building Designer Properties with that of RFA
properties. The empty or missing Building Designer Properties can be set
manually.
- RFA Parameters —
Displays the name of the RFA parameters for the active RFA.
- Building Designer
Properties — Displays the name of the Building Designer Properties mapped for
the RFA parameter. Clicking in the field opens up a list of Building designer
Properties available, that can be further filtered to narrow down and selected
a desired property from the resulted options —used to map the
Not mapped entries.
The
Create Catalog Entries button appears in
place of
Next.
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Create Catalog Entries
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The Wizard interprets and translates the RFA files,
and reports the result after datagroup entries are created.
Note:
- When you define
property mapping in the Wizard, the Wizard remembers the property mapping
settings by Revit category. For example, if you map properties for a window,
the next time a window is imported, the mapped property settings defined for
the previously imported window are offered by the wizard as the default
settings.
- You can of course
change mapped property settings whenever another window or RFA file is
imported. Mappings that are changed from the default, display in
bold type.
- Mapped property
settings are stored in the directory
\Worksets\<template>\support\dataset\setting\rfawizard.
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Back/Next
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The Back button remains activated in the flow,
allowing revising the settings in the previous screen as required. The Next
button turns active in each state when valid settings are done. When clicked
moves to the next screen.
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Finish
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After the Create Catalog Entries is processed, the
Finish screen appears and lists the result of the interpretation.
Besides the dataset root directory path, the result also
includes list of RFA files processed, and the resultant catalogs being created.
Clicking
Finish dismisses the dialog.
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Cancel
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Closes the RFA Interpreter Wizard prompting
confirming exit. No cancellation is permitted after the Create Catalog Entries
are progressed.
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