WRNS Studio Keeps Revit Models Clean with Ideate Software

PRESS RELEASE

Contact: marketing@ideateinc.com

San Francisco, CA, 09/17/2015 – Ideate, a multi-decade veteran Autodesk Developer Network member and Autodesk Platinum Value Added Reseller, announced today the publication of its latest “Spotlight on” customer success profile featuring WRNS Studio and its use of Ideate Explorer for Revit modeling.

Ideate Software is a set of in-depth Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) data management tools that helps keep Revit models clean. With it, staff can delete problem items, analyze files quickly, and enhance BIM data flow with increased speed and accuracy. The software can facilitate better collaboration, minimize workflow interruptions, improve project deliverables, and elevate design.

Jason Halaby, Designer and BIM Manager, WRNS Studio, San Francisco, regularly uses Ideate Explorer to turn tedious Revit model projects into quick exercises. “You can hardly compare time savings now with how we did things before because there are things you simply cannot do without Ideate Explorer” says Halaby.

WRNS Studio cares deeply about the quality of their models, and Ideate Explorer helps the teams to keep their Revit models clean. Halaby uses Ideate Explorer to find and change elements, purge line styles that are not up to office standards, even add detail views from different projects into the WRNS file library. “Ideate Explorer is also outstanding at finding linked AutoCAD files that are otherwise hidden inside of a particular view,” he says.

Bob Palioca, President, Ideate Inc., says, “We know how critically important it is to keep Revit models clean and lean, especially as AEC projects become so massively complex. We are proud to able to contribute so significantly to our clients’ time savings and quality control by creating Ideate Explorer.”

Ideate has published “Ideate Software Presents: Spotlight on WRNS Studio” success story online. Download the WRNS Studio success study to learn more.

Ideate BIMLink and Ideate Explorer carry a five star rating, for managing Revit models, on the Autodesk Exchange Apps Store, and are available with a non-commercial free trial.

For more information, call 888.662.7238, or contact sales@ideatesoftware.com.

About Ideate, Inc.
Ideate, Inc. is a leading Autodesk Authorized Developer with 25+ years’ experience in Revit software development and specific focus on Building Information Modeling (BIM). As an Autodesk solutions provider, Ideate has offered quality software, training, support and custom consulting services to the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industries since 1992. Headquartered in San Francisco, California and operating Autodesk Authorized Training Centers (ATCs) in California, Oregon and Washington, Ideate is recognized as an Autodesk Platinum Partner for Architecture, Engineering and Construction, Autodesk’s highest level of authorization.

About Ideate Software
Ideate Software allows Revit users to have unprecedented control over their data. Ideate BIMLink, Ideate Explorer for Revit, and Ideate Sticky were all developed to solve persistent problems in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) workflows. Ideate Software solutions enable Revit users to save time, increase accuracy, improve project deliverables, and elevate design.

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AIA San Francisco Design Awards

The AIA San Francisco Design Awards program celebrates the best in architecture and urban design in the Bay Area of California. Recognizing achievement in a broad range of architectural work by members and nonmembers, the program informs the public of the breadth and value of architectural practice.

Ideate, Inc. is proud to congratulate our clients who were recognized for their outstanding work at the 2010 AIA San Francisco Design Awards Gala:

Excellence in Architecture Award
Honor: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson for Apple Store in Manhattan
Merit: Perkins + Will for the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for Poly International Plaza
Citation: EHDD Architecture for the Science and Engineering Building at UC Merced and for Pritzker Family Children's Zoo, Swatt/Miers Architects for Tea Houses, WRNS Studio for Mission Bay Block 27

Energy + Sustainability
Honor: Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects for ClimateWorks Foundation, WRNS Studio for the Watsonville Area Water Operations Center
Merit: Anderson Anderson Architecture for Harvard Yard Child Care Center, Sasaki Associates' for the Graduate School of Management/Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. Hall at UC Davis

Historic Preservation and Innovation in Rehabilitation
Merit: Tom Eliot Fisch for Piers 1-1/2, 3 and 5; Page & Turnbull for the Walt Disney Family Museum

Integrated Project Delivery
Honor: SmithGroup for the UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine
Citation: KMD Architects in collaboration with Webcor Builders for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Building

Unbuilt Design Award
Merit: Perkins + Will for Calexico Port of Entry
Citation: KMD Architects for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Building

Urban Design
Merit: Perkins + Will for Mission Rock, Seawall Lot 337
Citation: Perkins + Will award for Panama Pacifico

Special Achievement
California College of the Arts and Santa Clara University students for the design of Refract House and their commitment to sustainable living.
(Did you know that Ideate provided Revit training for the Refract House team?)

Click here for the complete list of winners.

As a sustaining sponsor of the AIA San Francisco, Ideate continues our tradition of supporting our professional community.

Ideate Clients in Top Ten Green Projects for 2010

Recently the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (AIA-COTE) announced its Top Ten Green Projects for 2010 and we were pleased to see three Ideate clients on the list!

Homer Science & Student Life Center: Part of the Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton, California, the Center is designed to foster scientific inquiry and exhibit the correlation between the building’s functions and its site. The project makes use previously developed land and local and salvaged materials, and was design by Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects.

Twelve West: This mixed-use building in Portland, Oregon, was designed by ZGF Architects to emphasize energy reduction strategies. The design features wind-generated electricity, natural ventilation, and accommodates car-free living. (At Ideate Portland, we're particularly fond of this project - we can see the wind turbines from our office!)

Watsonville Water Resource Center: Watsonville, California’s new Water Resource Center was designed by WRNS Studio and boasts plenty of water conservation strategies. Among these are planted swales, landscaping with mulch and drought-tolerant vegetation, and collecting rainwater for irrigation.

Full profiles of these, and other projects, are available at www.aiatopten.org and at www.BuildingGreen.com.

Contact sales@ideateinc.com to learn how Autodesk Sustainable Solutions can bring your green designs to life!