Exporting Columns from Pollination Revit to eQuest

[hamzamunawar1050]

Hi
There’s one more thing I have noticed while translating the model to eQuest. When we have structural elements like columns in the model, the model does not get translated into the INP file(I think there comes problems in room boundaries that eQuest INP doesn’t understand). So what I do, for now, I remove all columns from the model and then export the model. Is there a better way to do it?

[mostapha]

Hi @hamzamunawar1050,

If you want to remove them, you can use an area threshold and they will be removed automatically.

An easier way to filter out columns and small holes in Revit export

Hello Revit users! In case you haven’t seen it already, we have added a new input in the first step of the Revit plugin that allows you to set the minimum hole area. All the holes with an area smaller than this input value will automatically be ignored during the export process. [image] This feature is in particular very helpful to remove the columns from the exported model. Until now you had to select these columns and make them not to be room bounding. The screenshot below sh…

If you want to keep them, then you have to deal with the eQuest limitation for including holes in a building footprint. In that case, you have to model them similarly to what eQuest wizard does for a building with a courtyard.

^{Image credit: @tfedyna}