🌳 Mastering Planting in Revit W Nehama | BIM Pure Live 109

Why It Matters

By integrating robust planting data management with high‑quality rendering, BIM tools empower landscape architects to deliver faster, more accurate designs and stronger client presentations.

Key Takeaways

• D5 Render adds AI-driven tree selection for regional planting.
• Environment for Revit version 15 consolidates 70+ planting tools.
• Use species-based families to store botanical data and schedules.
• Adjust density, rotation, scaling, and random seed for realistic arrays.
• Integrate D5 for high-quality 3D grass and render visuals.

Summary

The BIM Pure Live episode focuses on planting workflows in Revit, featuring sponsor D5 Render and guest Nehama from Arch Intelligence. The discussion centers on the newly released Environment for Revit version 15, which bundles more than 70 planting‑related features into a unified workflow. Key insights include D5’s AI‑driven tree recommendation engine, scatter and brush tools for 3D grass, and granular controls for density, rotation, scaling, and random seed. Nehama explains how Environment for Revit organizes botanical information through species‑based families, leveraging built‑in and shared parameters to drive accurate schedules and surveys. Notable examples highlight the AI agent suggesting trees suitable for southern Spain, the library of over 5,000 vegetation assets, and the recommendation to store each species as a separate family rather than type‑based. Nehama also stresses that Revit trees are meant for volume representation, not photorealistic detail, which is left to rendering tools like D5. The implications are clear: landscape architects can now manage planting data more efficiently within Revit, produce realistic client‑facing visuals via D5, and transition away from AutoCAD‑centric workflows toward a fully BIM‑enabled design process.

Original Description

Nehama Shechter-Baraban is a landscape architect and a Revit expert. In this session, she showcases planting strategies in Revit.

- Introduction to planting in Revit

- How to use planting parameters

- Create your own planting families

- Create, place, and document planting areas

Thanks to D5 for sponsoring this episode of BIM Pure Live.

https://www.d5render.com/

Learn more about Environment for Revit:

https://archintelligence.com/

Add the next episode to your calendar: https://addcal.io/e/wvf5kaizjivb

Download the landscape Revit template (including trees):

https://archintelligence.com/get-landscape-template/

🎵 Music by: Ile Flottante

Timestamps:

0:00 - Pre-show music

0:35 - D5 Render

3:10 - Announcements

4:08 - Chatting with Nehama

10:50 - Planting workflow

21:21 - Planting library

23:18 - Q&A

26:19 - Planting family

33:54 - Raffle & contact - Environment for Revit

36:53 - Planting mix

42:22 : Raffle - winner

43:24 - Q&A

49:32 - Import planting mix

51:39 - Planting area

59:34 - Planting area schedule

1:05:20 - Area scatter

1:08:50 - BP courses with Environment for Revit

1:11:24 - Announcements & closure

1:12:14 - Post-show music