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BEAM

Enhance your BIM modeling.

Bring BIM to Rhino with BEAM. Enrich Rhino geometry with BIM data, then import and export to and from Revit and IFC.

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In production at
SybariteSnøhettaFarrellsAdjaye AssociatesOMAHerzog & de MeuronBDPHeatherwick StudioHenning LarsenKPFAteliers Jean NouvelPopulousSMAQFoster + PartnersDiamond SchmittCOXBIGArteliaAL_ABates SmartDorte MandrupUNS3XNRPBWHKS
BEAM

Bring time back to design.

Rhino, Revit and IFC are connected in one practical workflow, so teams can focus on design instead of rebuilding models. BEAM keeps the geometry you already trust and adds BIM structure on top of it.

No complex scripts. No steep learning curves.
Just BIM made simple.

Rhino viewport showing a tower façade with a selected cladding-module block.
The BEAM panel: family category Walls, object properties, family parameters, identity data, IFC data and the IFC, BLOCS, RAY and BEAM actions.
Projects
A Heatherwick Studio tower with stacked planted terraces, modelled in Rhino and coordinated with BEAM.
Twin curved residential towers with stacked elliptical terraces rising from a sculpted podium, modelled in Rhino.
Cutaway structural section showing curtain-wall mullions, slab edges and a branching column meeting at a façade junction.
An aerial render of BIG's O-Tower: a freeform, O-shaped looping glass tower with a central void, set in a landscaped city park.
A photorealistic render of a curved, multi-deck marina clubhouse on the waterfront with moored yachts and palm trees.
A clean white 3D model elevation of the marina clubhouse showing its stacked, sweeping deck surfaces.
The completed Tumbalong Green Stage: an elliptical timber-and-steel gridshell canopy over an outdoor stage in Darling Harbour, Sydney.
A BIMcollab ZOOM model of the gridshell with the ENCODE property panel open, showing fabrication metadata for a selected steel member.
A close-up of the gridshell's diagrid showing bolted steel node connections and gusset plates between curved members.
An illuminated diamond-patterned GRG back wall, its complex geometry brought into Revit families using BEAM.
A design-intent elevation showing a diamond-patterned surface across multiple retail levels.
A geometry workflow using BEAM: a 2D detail and Rhino geometry combine into a Revit family for delivery.
Heatherwick × BEAM

Complex geometry, delivered as BIM.

Complex Rhino geometry prepared for BIM delivery.

Project example courtesy of Heatherwick.
BEAM

Rhino BIM

BEAM lets teams assign BIM information to Rhino geometry, manage that information in a dedicated panel and connect the model to Revit and IFC workflows.

Select geometry, then assign category, family, type, parameters and materials.

The BEAM panel in Rhino: a freeform titanium gridshell with one framing element selected, and the BEAM panel showing its family category, family, material, family parameters and IFC data.
Rhino BIM

Make Rhino BIM-aware.

Create BIM-aware objects and manage their data from the BEAM panel, then generate schedules and export to Revit or IFC. The data stays attached to the geometry it describes.

BEAM Schedules in Rhino: a Wall Schedule with colour-coded fire-rating rules, the Schedules manager and Format rule dialogs.
Rhino / Revit workflow

Rhino and Revit, connected.

BEAM links Rhino and Revit through four focused tools: geometry import, block-based family placement, adaptive components and Revit data return.

The same column-and-canopy geometry open side by side in Rhino with the BEAM panel and in Autodesk Revit, sharing family category, family, material and parameters.
BEAM→ Revit

Rhino geometry becomes Revit families, with materials, categories and parameters.

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BLOCS→ Revit

Rhino blocks place Revit family instances, keeping repeated elements controlled from Rhino.

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URSA→ Revit

Rhino points, curves and polylines drive adaptive Revit components.

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RAY→ Rhino

Revit geometry, layers, materials and parameters return to Rhino.

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IFC exchange

Speak fluent IFC.

Import, export and visualize IFC files directly in Rhino. BEAM reads and writes IFC 2x3 and IFC 4, so your Rhino model joins any open BIM workflow: coordination, review or delivery.

IFC (Industry Foundation Classes), the buildingSMART open BIM standard Open BIM exchange
IFC 2x3 and IFC 4
Import and export using both schema versions.
Selective IFC import
Bring in only the IFC classes you need.
Properties preserved
Property sets, quantities and materials stay intact.
Whole-model exchange
Full-model import or read-only worksessions.
Class-driven layers
Layers mirror the IFC class hierarchy.
The IFC Duplex sample model open in Rhino through BEAM: architecture, mechanical, electrical and plumbing worksessions organised into class-driven layers, with the selected door's property sets shown in the BEAM panel.
In production

Your ally during the toughest deadlines.

BEAM is flexible, simple yet powerful, capable of handling complex geometry and large projects. Here is where teams lean on it most.

A BIM model assembled from Rhino blocks placed as Revit family instances, with floors colour-coded by data.
Complex geometry

Handle the hardest models.

Flexible, simple yet powerful, capable of handling complex geometry and large projects without slowing down.

An IFC duplex building model opened in Rhino through BEAM, with architecture, structure and MEP layers.
Open BIM

Coordinate through IFC.

Import and export Rhino objects with their data in IFC 2x3 and IFC 4, so your model joins broader BIM workflows.

A complex facade modelled in Rhino and brought into Revit through BEAM, with element data.
Computational

Grasshopper and Dynamo.

Use Grasshopper to generate geometry and assign BEAM data, then drive complex Revit and Dynamo workflows.

Worldwide

The number one Rhino Revit IFC interoperability tool on the market.

Studios around the world rely on BEAM to move geometry and data between Rhino, Revit and IFC.

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Bring BIM to your Rhino models.

Download BEAM and start adding BIM structure to Rhino geometry, or get in touch about a production Rhino-to-Revit or Rhino-to-IFC workflow.

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