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BIM Management
Read articles on workflows, customer successes, event recaps, and more to learn how professionals responsible for managing the BIM data in their Revit models use Ideate Software products to save time and improve model quality.
SUPPORT - ARTICLE | Links are automatically saved and read from the Revit project, template or family file. Here are some ways to easily re-use links.
CLIENT TESTIMONIAL - ARTICLE | We are pleased to share this article on how Modmation benefits from using Ideate Automation.
TRAINING - ARTICLE | Controlling the output of files is performed with the set-up wizard in Ideate Automation. We improved the Revit DWG export settings, and you can control the naming of the DWGs better and add custom parameters where needed.
TRAINING - ARTICLE + VIDEO | Ready for a deep dive into how to use Ideate Annotate to support Revit design documentation and quality control activities??
TRAINING - ARTICLE - VIDEO | With our latest enhancements, users can batch add tags to Revit projects, decreasing the time it takes to manage tags and improving their accuracy.
TRAINING - ARTICLE + VIDEO | If you spend a lot of time waiting for Revit to export data into IFC files, you’ll want to watch the recording of this webinar.
SUPPORT - ARTICLE | Recently a customer asked if we provide a tool that can report on whether schedules and legends are placed/not placed on sheets. In case you’ve wondered that too, here’s our response.
CLIENT TESTIMONIAL - ARTICLE | We are pleased to share this article on how Modmation benefits from using Ideate Automation.
SUPPORT - ARTICLE | When a link definition has been created in another project and saved to disk as a .link file, it can be then loaded back into a new project.
SUPPORT - ARTICLE | Type swapping can be used to edit the kind of title block assigned to each sheet in the Revit project. This is easily accomplished with Ideate BIMLink.
SUPPORT - ARTICLE | In the Quality Control folder you'll find a variety of tasks, such as checking the fire rating of the wall against the fire rating of the door, or in checking the elevation height of all devices.
SUPPORT - ARTICLE | The Revit interface has limitations in terms of editing large amount of data. Ideate BIMLink allows you to edit model data by exporting it to Excel and pushing it back into Revit.
SUPPORT - ARTICLE | Link names are limited to 25 characters or less due to Excel worksheet name requirements.
SUPPORT - ARTICLE | The size of a Sticky in Revit is determined by the named regions defined within the associated Excel worksheet. Ideate Sticky will default to use the defined Print Area, if available.
