CS ArtisanRV landscape for Autodesk® Revit®

Welcome to the world of CS ArtisanRV, a groundbreaking Revit plugin designed to revolutionize the way landscape professionals work within Building Information Modelling (BIM). Launched in 2015 as the FIRST web-integrated landscape BIM software for Revit, CS ArtisanRV offers a comprehensive set of features that enable seamless collaboration and detailed planting design within Revit workflows.

The Power of CS ArtisanRV

CS ArtisanRV empowers landscape professionals to fully embrace BIM by offering a range of features that facilitate efficient and accurate planting design. With the ability to place detailed planting in models as individual specimens, hedges, avenues, beds, woodlands, and more, CS ArtisanRV allows users to create immersive and realistic landscape designs within Revit.

One of the key features of CS ArtisanRV is its ability to generate Planting Families on the fly, allowing users to select from user-defined palettes and create model content dynamically in 2D, 3D, section/elevation, and schedule views. Planting is placed accurately in the model and hosted automatically to the topography, floor, region, or area, providing a seamless planting design experience.

Planting Palettes and Mix Libraries

CS ArtisanRV offers users the ability to create and manage Planting Palettes centrally via the integrated CS Web App service, known as CS Helios. Organizations can create project-specific palettes by selecting from extensive planting libraries or adding new content via the Custom Plants utility. Additionally, Mix Libraries enable users to create and manage planting associations by defining components and percentages, providing flexibility and customization options for planting design.

The Plant Browser feature in CS ArtisanRV allows users to manage planting model content efficiently, with intelligent edit and substitution tools. The Plant Browser panel provides a structured list view of all planting model content, along with an associated graphical plan view, making it easy to navigate and edit planting designs.

Dynamic Tagging and Graphics Visibility

CS ArtisanRV offers dynamic switching between standard, compact, and type mark tags, allowing users to customize the tagging of planting elements to suit their design needs. Additionally, users can switch between different visual representations of planting, including Symbology, Primitives, Voxels, and Realistic Photo-real Content (RPC), providing a range of options for visualizing planting designs.

Concept Planting in CS ArtisanRV allows users to create single plants, linear elements, or areas, providing quantifiable early phase content for planting design. Existing Trees can be created manually or directly from imported survey data, with the ability to model tree roots at species' maturity to inform Tree Pit design and specify Root Barriers to prevent root ingress into underground services.

Efficient Terrain Tools and Shadow Coverage Analysis

CS ArtisanRV offers efficient Terrain tools for manipulating topography in Revit, allowing users to define the width and gradient of paths with adjoining embankments cut or filled to a specified slope. The Topo to Floor feature converts Toposurfaces and Split Topos to Revit Floors, enabling material take-off of profile build-up and efficient design workflows.

Parametric Fencing and Railing in CS ArtisanRV are projected onto the underlying topography, floor, or wall, with real-world length used to accurately construct the run using correct post placement dimensions. Shadow Coverage analysis in CS ArtisanRV allows users to analyze the percentage shadow coverage of targeted elements, ensuring that external spaces are designed to meet specific requirements for shadow coverage.

Conclusion

CS ArtisanRV Landscape for Autodesk® Revit® is a game-changer for landscape professionals looking to integrate detailed planting design within BIM workflows. With its comprehensive features, user-friendly interface, and seamless collaboration capabilities, CS ArtisanRV empowers users to create immersive and realistic landscape designs within Revit.

Whether you are a landscape architect, designer, or planner, CS ArtisanRV offers a range of tools and functionalities to streamline your planting design process and enhance your overall workflow. Try CS ArtisanRV today and experience the future of landscape design in Revit!