GeoBridge Free

Official geospatial data into Autodesk® Revit® in minutes: orthophoto, terrain, city model and vector geometry — georeferenced, no CAD converter, no external GIS software needed.

Free

Geospatial data straight into Autodesk® Revit®, no converter detour. GeoBridge closes the gap between site-plan research and the start of design work. Four add-ins read terrain, orthophoto, city model and vector data in a single step — properly georeferenced, polygon-clipped, no external GIS software.

Before. Convert city models through KITModelViewer to IFC, import into Revit, paint materials by hand — once exported, the colouring is frozen. Run the terrain through Dynamo, 64 GB of RAM mandatory, breaks between tiles. Synchronise the Survey Point by hand between plugins, half a metre of risk every time. Three to five hours of setup per project.

With GeoBridge. Pick a file, pick a polygon, done. CityGML in three minutes, DGM in four, DOP in two. Materials remain editable after import by class. Existing Revit projects with their own georeferencing are adopted without a reset.

Four add-ins:

DOPProjectBridge — orthophoto GeoTIFF as a georeferenced image instance
DGMProjectBridge — DEM or XYZ as a Toposolid
CityGMLtoRevit — CityGML LoD1/LoD2 as DirectShapes per Building × Semantics
GeoShapeProjectBridge — GeoJSON or Shapefile as 2D or 3D geometry

Three anchor variants — SW corner of the source, reference point for DWG handover, or an existing coordinate frame. Project-North rotation is supported from the very first import. Drift between imports and cross-zone sources are caught before the import; UTM zone prefix is confirmed once and silently inherited afterwards.

Geospatial data stays local. No cloud processing of your data, no telemetry. The Free edition contains no network code and transmits nothing; it runs offline (version updates are provided by the Autodesk App Manager). F1 help and privacy policy integrated.

Upgrade to Pro. Pro features (multi-file import, polygon-driven environment models, cross-tile edge merge, manual SP setting, ALKIS parcel labelling, HK addresses with address label, material mapping per function and per storey) are available as a separate GeoBridge Pro listing. Founders License €99/year until 31 December 2026, then €149/year.

From the developer. GeoBridge grew out of my own work — what sits in the ribbon today used to be a stack of KITModelViewer roundtrips, Dynamo scripts and hand-mapped Survey Points. I use it daily on my own projects and keep developing it because I keep needing it.

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Details

Operating system

Release date

Jul 23, 2026

Last updated

Jul 23, 2026

Version

1.2.4

Language

English

Compatible with

RVT

2025, 2026, 2027

Certifications

Digitally signed

Capabilities

BIM

Materials

Architectural design

Regional specific functionality

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

What else should I know about this product?

Platform. Revit 2025, 2026 and 2027 — separate builds, identical feature scope.

Data formats. DOP: GeoTIFF with GeoKey tags or world file. DGM: GeoTIFF (Float32/Int16) or ASCII .xyz. CityGML 1.0/2.0/3.0 LoD1/LoD2 (LoD3/LoD4 on request). GeoShape: import from GeoJSON RFC 7946, ESRI Shapefile, KML/KMZ, CSV, GeoPackage; export to GeoJSON, KML, Shapefile, GeoPackage (CSV import only).

Coordinate systems. ETRS89/UTM (EPSG:25832, 25833) with prefix detection; other projected CRSs via EPSG. Vector data reprojects automatically via closed-form Krüger (WGS84↔UTM, UTM↔UTM); raster and city-model data require matching CRS for source and project.

Free edition:

Single-file import for all four plugins
Georeferencing with three anchor variants + UTM convention
Drift detection, cross-zone protection
Polygon clipping (CityGML / DGM / GeoShape)
Material mapping per class (CityGML), basic style mapping (GeoShape)
WGS84→UTM reprojection for GeoJSON (GeoShape)
Import Event Manager (tabular browser)
Nine languages, F1 help offline, diagnostic logs, support-ZIP export

Pro edition adds:

Multi-file import
DGM multi-tile with edge merge + multi-DOP composite as material
UTM↔UTM reprojection (GeoShape)
Material mapping per function + per storey (CityGML); style mapping with multi-ring polygons (GeoShape)
Terrain preparation with independent axes Smoothing + Resolution
HK addresses as 3D family instances + ALKIS parcels with numerator/denominator label (GeoShape)
Export (GeoJSON / KML / Shapefile / GeoPackage) + GeoPackage import (GeoShape)
Set Survey Point manually first; existing external anchors (DWG/IFC) adopted in place
Event Manager: after-the-fact UTM convention declaration + non-destructive with-/without-prefix toggle

Roadmap. Datum transformations (DHDN, MGI, CH1903+) and additional federal-state conventions on request.

Are there any known issues with this product?

LoD3 / LoD4 not in the standard scope — import covers LoD1 and LoD2. Higher levels of detail on request.
Reprojection limited to vector data (GeoShape). WGS84↔UTM and UTM↔UTM zone changes are transformed automatically; datum transformations (DHDN, MGI, CH1903+) in preparation. DOP, DGM and CityGML require matching CRS.
AdV file-naming convention covers 14 of 16 German federal states reliably; deviating schemas (Saxony, Austria, Switzerland) may limit automatic tile detection.
Very large CityGML files (> 500 MB) extend the import — polygon clipping recommended.
Test coverage primarily Germany. Data from other regions may deviate — please report to support@lichtbus.de.

Is there additional support information provided?

Fast support for GeoBridge.

Ticket system: https://lichtbus.de/support
Email: support@lichtbus.de

Typical response time within two business days.

Helpful in a request: plugin name + version (Revit Add-Ins tab), Revit year (2025 / 2026 / 2027), data origin (federal-state Geoportal, format, EPSG), step-by-step description, screenshot of the error. For crashes: attach the support ZIP from the About dialog — plain text, no personal data.

Sample tiles free on request (Thuringia, DOP/DGM/CityGML, AdV standard).

Feedback explicitly welcome. Every reported case helps to extend the suite to further federal states and data variants.

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