e-Learning - Upcoming Revit, Revit MEP, and Ideate Software Classes

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6.28::Revit 201:
Coordinating Revit Architectural Mode for Consultants

6.29::Revit 201:
Scheduling 201

6.30::Ideate Software:
Ideate BIMLink for Revit MEP Projects

7.5::Revit 201:
Project Setup for Revit MEP

7.6::Revit 201:
Rapid Detailing

7.7::Ideate Software:
Introduction to Ideate Sticky

7.12::Revit 201:
Shared Parameters and Schedules in Revit MEP

7.14::Ideate Software:
Simplify Revit Model Management with Ideate BIMLink

7.28::Ideate Software:
Audit Your Revit Projects with Ideate Explorer

Each class is designed to give you specific, improved results in a particular topic. You can interact with the instructor right from your own office, while eliminating travel time. Because the class schedule rotates, you can easily select your topics of interest and choose the day which best meets your schedule.

Click here for class descriptions, times and registration link. Questions? Contact education@ideateinc.com.

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eLearning - Upcoming Revit, Infrastructure, and Ideate Software Classes

Join the Ideate Tech Experts for eLearning – live online classes that provide your entire organization with easy access to premium education.

9.22::Revit 201:
Making Titleblocks and Drawing Lists

9.24::Revit 201:
Residential Construction in Revit Architecture

9.25::Revit 201:
View Properties - Controlling Visibility

9.30::Revit 201:
Phasing A-Z

10.1::Ideate Software:
Revit Model Management with Ideate BIMLink 

10.8::Ideate Software:
Auditing Your Revit Project with Ideate Explorer

10.9::Infrastructure 201:
Intersection Design Tool

10.13::Ideate Software:
Ideate BIMLink for Revit MEP Projects

10.21::Ideate Software: 
Introduction to Ideate Sticky

Each class is designed to give you specific, improved results in a particular topic. You can interact with the instructor right from your own office, while eliminating travel time. Because the class schedule rotates, you can easily select your topics of interest and choose the day which best meets your schedule.

Click here for class descriptions, times and registration link. Questions? Contact education@ideateinc.com

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What's in a Multi-Category Schedule?

Ever wondered what’s in a Autodesk Revit Multi-Category schedule? Here’s the skinny…while a regular Revit Schedule reports on a single category of data such as Doors, Plumbing Fixtures, or Structural Foundations, a Multi-category schedule can report on many of the Revit model categories at once, which can be useful for quantity takeoffs. Sounds straightforward, but the catch is that some of the model categories are being excluded. What’s missing are the system families such as Walls, Floors, etc.

The good news is that Ideate BIMLink not only includes all the model category data that you need to do a comprehensive takeoff, but it also lets you select, on a per category basis, which elements you want to include. Furthermore, you can include not just the Length and the Volume, but also the Area, which is slightly important.

Here are the steps required to use Ideate BIMLink to quickly extract your quantity data from a Revit Building Information Model:

1.    Within Ideate BIMLink create a New Link that is based on <Multi-Category> 

2.    On the Multi-Category tab review the items to decide which you need for your takeoff. 

3.    Export to Excel. 

4.    Ideate BIMLink will create a row of data for each instance within your Revit project. If you want a summary, to include counts and totals, you can use Excel’s Pivot table – see video

That’s it. You now have a comprehensive list of the model elements and proceed with your estimating with confidence.

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Glynnis Patterson is a registered architect and the Director of Software Development at Ideate, Inc.