Showing posts with label IdeateBIMLink. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IdeateBIMLink. Show all posts

March 27, 2013

Autodesk 2014 Portfolio – Expand Opportunity…


Win Business With Enhanced Solutions 


For 2014, Autodesk solutions for Building Information Modeling (BIM), Digital Prototyping, and Digital Entertainment Creation provide strong business value with powerful toolsets that facilitate your company’s growth. The 2014 Autodesk portfolio incorporates products, suites and cloud-based services to help you achieve greater time efficiencies, enhanced workflows, and improved multidisciplinary collaboration. 

Get The Info You Need From Ideate, Inc. 
  • Events: Workflow Enhancements
    with 2014 Autodesk Products 
  • Ideate Experts – Our Take on Key
    Features and Workflows 
  • Autodesk Subscription + 360 
  • Technical Support – Transitioning to 2014 
  • Ideate Software – Ideate BIMLink and
    Ideate Explorer for Revit 2014 
Start Exploring The Autodesk 2014 Portfolio 

ideateinc.com/2014

And Stay Informed 

Ideate will be bringing you the latest-breaking 2014 portfolio news and updates, so follow us and check in frequently.
 
twitter linkedin youtube

Get it. Know it. Use it.

March 26, 2012

Ideate, Inc. Named Autodesk Q4 Reseller of the Quarter

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 03/26/2012 – Ideate, Inc. (ideateinc.com), an Autodesk Authorized Developer and leading Autodesk solutions provider offering quality software, training, support and custom consulting services to the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, announced today that 3D design, engineering and entertainment software industry leader, Autodesk, Inc., has named Ideate, Inc. its North American fourth quarter Reseller of the Quarter for the 2012 Autodesk fiscal year.

Autodesk selected its Reseller of the Quarter from more than 200 partners throughout North America, based on conscientious customer support, use of best practices, industry knowledge and dedication, and exceptional sales growth. The honor underscores Ideate’s commitment to customer satisfaction and its attention to customer loyalty. The Reseller of the Quarter designation is in part an acknowledgement of Ideate experiencing a 150 percent increase in software license sales to customers in AEC and media & entertainment (M&E) in addition to significant new license and Autodesk Subscription sales.

“We continue to see solid performance and customer commitment from Ideate,” said Gary Smith, senior director, Americas Channel Sales, Autodesk. “Ideate repeatedly shows best practices while working to drive adoption of our software. We have a long-standing relationship, and we look forward to many more years working together to address the needs of our joint customers.”

Ideate Inc., an Autodesk solutions source for more than 25 years, helps the AEC professional community fully implement the expanded Autodesk solution set. Ideate provides technical training and consulting resources to meet industry specific customer needs and also hosts various in-person and virtual events to help educate its clients, providing them with updated information in the latest industry trends and technologies.

“To be recognized confirms that we are succeeding in our mission to help our customers reach their goals. Our customers’ achievement of success is our benchmark of our own success,” says Ideate President Bob Palioca. “And we are satisfied only when our customers are overwhelmingly delighted with the complete solutions we provide. We are pleased and truly honored to be Reseller of the Quarter North America.”

About Ideate, Inc.
Ideate, Inc. is a leading Autodesk solutions provider, offering quality software, training, support and custom consulting and 3D printing services to AEC professionals. Established in 1992 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Ideate is recognized as a Gold Partner for Architecture, Engineering and Construction, one of Autodesk’s highest levels of authorization. Ideate, Inc. operates five Autodesk Authorized Training Centers (ATC): San Francisco, Sacramento and San Jose, California; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington. Ideate facilities are Autodesk Authorized Certification Centers, providing globally recognized certification courses for professionals who sell, service and support Autodesk products and solutions. For more information visit www.ideateinc.com.

Ideate, Inc. is also an Autodesk Authorized Developer with 25+ year’s experience in software development and specific focus on Building Information Modeling (BIM). Ideate BIMLink lets users pull data from an Autodesk Revit file into user-friendly Microsoft Excel, and push Excel data into Revit with equal ease. www.ideatebimlink.com

The Ideate Explorer for Revit is a simple, powerful Revit add-on to help explore, quantify and manage the 10,000+ building elements in a Revit model. www.ideateexplorer.com

Autodesk and ATC are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., in the USA and/or other countries. All other brand names, product names, or trademarks belong to their respective holders.
# # #

August 26, 2011

Canada Partner BusCom Shares New Ideate BIMLink Video


Ideate BIMLink – en Francais!

Nous sommes fier de vous présenter notre premier video Ideate BIMLink en français; merci beaucoup à notre partner Le Groupe Buscom pour la traduction. Pour les clients francophones, veuillez vous reférer au Groupe BusCom en visitant le www.buscom.ca. Le Groupe BusCom possède plus de 27 ans d'expérience en conception et en fabrication assistée par ordinateur et peut répondre à vos besoins, en français.



Le Group BusCom
p: 866.761.1911
Canada: Montréal, QC; Sherbrooke, QC

Non-YouTube users check out this screencast.

March 3, 2011

Ideate BIMLink and Door Renumbering

Let’s face it, door renumbering is a pain, particularly if you are trying to correlate the doors numbering scheme to the room numbering scheme. You could renumber your doors one at a time either manually or with the help of a plug-in OR you could do them all at once with Ideate BIMLink. Ideate BIMLink lets you export all the door numbers, and their related TO and FROM ROOM values from Revit into Excel. Once the data is in Excel here are just a few ways the numbers could be modified (all at once):

Automatically update the Door Mark to match the Room number

Use this simple formula, and drag it down the Excel file for all values. Cut and paste the results into your Mark column and you’re ready to go.

=IF(C2="",D2,C2)

Time to execute with Ideate BIMLink: 1 minute

Time saved versus touching each door to modify: # of doors x 5 seconds and then extra time to move from sheet to sheet



NOTE: Revit 2011 and earlier records the “To Room” data based on the initial insertion of the door.

Highlight and Modify Duplicates Easily

Use Excel’s features, like the Highlight Cells Rule to easily spot any duplicate Door Mark values!




Automatically Renumber Doors (and Rooms) for New Levels

Use this simple formula, and drag it down the Excel file for all values. Cut and paste the results into your Mark column and you’re ready to go.

=REPLACE(B2,1,1,"2")

Time to execute with Ideate BIMLink: 1 minute

Time saved versus touching each door to modify: # of doors x 5 seconds and then extra time to move from sheet to sheet




Renumbering is just one of many ways that Ideate BIMLink can save time and reduce painful data management. Learn more at ideatebimlink.com.


Glynnis Patterson,
N.C.A.R.B. – Director of Services

Glynnis is a Registered Architect and has worked within the BIM industry since 1998. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, she has worked as an architect, educator and construction site manager. Glynnis is currently the Director of Development Services at Ideate, Inc. and continues to work with AEC clients across the nation, developing, and implementing best practices solutions. In her spare time Glynnis is a member of the Morristown Environmental Commission and builds Lego projects.

Get it. Know it. Use it.

February 7, 2011

Seattle Revit User Group - Make Your Revit Project Excel


Wednesday, February 16, 2011
11:30am - 1:30pm
Seattle Public Library – Central Branch
Microsoft Auditorium – Level 1
1000 4th Ave (corner of 4th & Madison)


Feature Presentation
Make Your Revit Project Excel - Presented by, Derek Wielkopolski, Support Manager, and Glynnis Patterson, Director of Services for Ideate, Inc.

Your Revit model contains much more than the graphical representation of your ideas. It contains powerful data that will be used by estimators, contractors, subcontractors, manufacturers, building owners and facility managers. What’s the best way to control this data and ensure that the quality of your 2D graphics is matched by the integrity of your Revit data? How can we head-off file instability issues before they happen?

Derek and Glynnis will share their strategies for managing Revit projects to improve performance, stability and data quality. We’ll take a look at real world examples, review how to solve pesky problems, and streamline your workflow using Revit Model Check, the Review Warnings tool, Ideate BIMLink and Ideate Explorer for Revit.

Attendee Note: This presentation is suitable for CAD, BIM, and Project Managers for all disciplines.

About the Presenters:
Glynnis Patterson, N.C.A.R.B.
Glynnis is a Registered Architect and has worked within the BIM industry since 1998. A graduate of Carnegie Mellon University, she has worked as an architect, educator and construction site manager. Glynnis is currently the Director of Development Services at Ideate, Inc. and continues to work with AEC clients across the nation, developing, and implementing best practices solutions. In her spare time Glynnis is a member of the Morristown Environmental Commission and builds Lego projects.

Derek Wielkopolski
Derek holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Roger Williams University, Rhode Island. He is experienced working within the AEC industry from concept design through construction administration for both small and large scale projects. As Ideate’s Support Manager he ensures a timely and quality response to support requests and questions.

Register Now!


Get it. Know it. Use it.

January 25, 2011

Revit Users Gain Time & Accuracy with @IdeateBIMLink

If you're using Autodesk Revit software, you don't want to miss this video from David Haynes, which shows how Ideate BIMLink can help you save time, money and improve accuracy.

Ideate BIMLink lets you pull data from Revit to Excel and push data from Excel to Revit with equal ease.


Learn more at www.ideatebimlink.com

Push. Pull. Power.