Updating an Existing EC3 Building Project

If the selected Revit project was already exported to EC3, the Manage scope dialog will look a bit different.

• EC3 Project Name - displays the name of the EC3 building project linked to the current Revit project and the date of the last update. In this case, the name couldn’t be changed from the plugin. To edit it you’ll need to open the project in EC3.

• EC3 Folder - show the EC3 folder the project was previously exported into.

• Export Detail - displays the level of detail which was used to export the current Revit project for the first time. On update this setting cannot be changed.

• Detect material type during input - this checkbox specifies whether the EC3 should try to detect Revit materials and map them to the EC3 collections automatically. For additional details, see the New EC3 Export section.

• Categories Exported - displays the list of exported categories and allows you to change it by clicking the Manage Categories button. For additional details, see the New EC3 Export section. If new supported categories were selected during an update, their elements will be added to the existing EC3 building project. If during an update you uncheck some of the categories added to the EC3 building project during the initial export, they will be removed from the EC3 building project together with all building elements.

• Cannot Be Exported - if any selected categories are not currently supported by tallyCAT for export to EC3, then they are listed here. These categories will not be sent to EC3, but will remain visible in the tallyCAT view.

• Project Location - displays the location of the EC3 building project linked to the current Revit project. After the initial export EC3 used the latitude and longitude to obtain a human-readable address through the Google services. During the update this value cannot be changed from the Manage Scope dialog. To edit it you’ll need to open the project in EC3.

• Clicking the Synchronize button will start the synchronization process with chosen settings.