Host File Requirements & Types

This article covers the Host File Requirements & Types for Revit and Navisworks Manage/Simulate in regards to working with Verity.

As of version 2.0.2, Verity has initial Unstructured data support (for unified clouds or data from mobile/SLAM scanners). Let us know what you think at Support@clearedge3d.com.

Revit

The following sections will cover the Host File Requirements & Types for when Revit is the Host-application.

Geometry Files

Most geometry is supported within Verity. If a type of geometry or element isn’t supported a dialog box will warn you when attempting to Add to Verity. Such examples include Linked Models (they must be bound and ungrouped) and elements that aren’t properly geometry in the field (levels, scope boxes, views, scanner location markers, etc).

Scan Files

Verity can analyze both Structured and Unstructured (unified/mobile) data in .RCP/.RCS format.

Structured/Terrestrial scans offer the strongest results within Verity paired with the Tripod (Individual Scans) data type choice in Analyze Parameters.

Unstructured/Unified data is supported in the remainder of the Scan data type options in Analyze Parameters, but should be subject to a close Review process.

In current versions of Revit and Verity for Revit, all scan data from the selected point cloud is added to Verity for analysis. This means there is no method of selecting individual scan file locations from a structured cloud during the Add to Verity step.

However, there are two good options for reducing the amount of scan data you analyze in Verity:

Once the full point cloud is loaded into Verity, use the Remove button to eliminate any scan locations that do not cover the items in your Analysis.

Another option, prior to adding to Verity, is to use your registration software, such as ReCap, to create smaller, unified sections of your full cloud. Then you can Insert any of those sections in your Revit project and import them with Add to Verity.

This is the recommended workflow when dealing with larger projects. Separating your point cloud by level, wing, area, room, etc. will expedite the Add to Verity and Analysis functions within Verity. For more information on how to optimize your pointclouds and project for Verity, view the Analyze section of the Knowledge Base. Managing these broken up point clouds is also made easier with our free Revit plugin ClearEdge3D Tools for Revit.

The following sections will cover the Host File Requirements & Types for when Navisworks is the Host-application.

Geometry Files

Any geometry files that can be loaded into Navisworks can then be loaded into Verity for analysis. We will load geometry based on user selection from the Navisworks NWF, including any applied transforms. Navisworks treats all geometry as a grouping of triangles (like a mesh); however, depending on what file type the geometry came from, there may be triangles missing or otherwise damaged in various ways. Verity cannot fix missing triangles, and if this occurs, we suggest trying an alternate route to import that geometry into Navisworks (e.g., export from main application to a different format Navisworks will accept).

Scan Files

Verity can analyze both Structured and Unstructured (unified/mobile) data in .RCP/.RCS format.

Structured/Terrestrial scans offer the strongest results within Verity paired with the Tripod (Individual Scans) data type choice in Analyze Parameters.

Unstructured/Unified data is supported in the remainder of the Scan data type options in Analyze Parameters, but should be subject to a close Review process.

ReCap scan data must be loaded in as Voxels, which can be set in the file reader options for ReCap files. Verity will load scans based on user selection from the Navisworks NWF, including any applied transforms.