It’s here! Our spring 2017 versions of Ideate Explorer for Revit, which include the new 2018 version and enhancements to the features of Ideate Explorer 2017 and 2016. These solutions are designed to work with Autodesk Revit 2015, 2016, and 2017, and the timing of the updates aligns with the Autodesk launch of Revit 2018.

Ideate Explorer is a powerful Revit model management tool. With it, Revit users automatically search for, filter, quantify, index, and select any and all elements—even ‘missing’ and hard to find ones—in a current view or an entire Revit file.

Watch this video to learn about the new time-saving features of Ideate Explorer, including:

• New Workflows
  • Family Editing changes make it easy for users to determine whether a Reference is strong or insignificant
  • Nested Element and Model Group data changes let users easily exclude nested elements or groups from a selection set, so they can review and edit other properties
• New Save and Load selection sets buttons give users easy access to Revit software’s saved selection tools, enhancing auditing and quality control processes
• Improved Revit multi-stair object (2018 only)
• The ability to use Ideate Explorer with Perspective View (2018 only)

Ready to install the new version? If you are on subscription or maintenance, simply go to the Help menu and click the “Check for Updates” option. If you’re not on subscription or maintenance, contact your Ideate Software partner or sales representative.

Don’t have Ideate Explorer yet? Download a free trial today.

For more information on our Revit software add-ins that help customers get the most out of their Revit software, visit the homepage of our website or contact your authorized Ideate Software partner.

San Francisco, CA, 05/01/2017 – Ideate Software, a veteran Autodesk Developer Network member, announced today that it launched its 2017 spring releases of Ideate BIMLink for Revit, which include the new 2018 version and enhancements to the features of Ideate BIMLink 2017 and 2016. These solutions are designed to work with Autodesk^® Revit^® 2015, 2016, and 2017, and the timing of the updates aligns with the Autodesk launch of Revit 2018.

Ideate BIMLink is a Revit add-on solution developed by Ideate Software to dramatically reduce the time spent on BIM data management tasks. With it, users pull information from Revit files into Microsoft Excel for easy editing and then push it back into Revit with speed, ease and accuracy.

“Throughout the year, we listened as our customers explained building information modeling challenges,” said Glynnis Patterson, director of software development, Ideate Software. “In direct response to that feedback, our software developers created enhancements to Ideate BIMLink.”

Enhancements in these latest versions that save time, increase accuracy, improve project deliverables, and elevate design include: 

• The ability to:
  • Create new Revit Revision Data (Sequences) from an Excel spreadsheet and edit much of that data within Excel
  • Create Model Groups Link definitions within Revit
  • Review and edit line pattern information from a Line Style link
  • Read Room and Space data across linked files
• Additional information reporting for Material images 
• A lower room calculation point
• A new Search box in the New Link Category dialog 
• An advanced visual feature to the Import Dialog

“The improvements included with our spring 2017 release demonstrate our ongoing commitment to our clients; we continuously develop extensive, high-quality information solutions that increase the productivity of BIM managers, Revit users, and Revit project teams, and that increase the return on the company’s software investment,” said Bob Palioca, president, Ideate Software.

Ideate BIMLink for Revit carries a five-star rating on the Autodesk App Store and is available with a non-commercial free trial. Download Ideate BIMLink trial today. For more information on Ideate BIMLink for Revit 2018, call 888.662.7238 or contact [email protected]. For support, contact [email protected].

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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San Francisco, CA, 04/18/2017– Ideate Software, a veteran Autodesk Developer Network member, announced today the publication of its latest “Spotlight on” customer success profile. This profile features Steinberg Architects and its use of two Autodesk^® Revit^® add-in tools developed by Ideate Software: Ideate Explorer and Ideate BIMLink.

“The Ideate Software products serve as a perfect data map and platform that provide checks and balances needed in a world full of parameters and geometries,” said Gautam Shenoy, BIM Leader, Steinberg.

For 60+ years, Steinberg Architects has been shaping environments and creating inspiring places through research, technology, and innovative design. Its 150 professionals bring a wide range of expertise to clients in the higher education, housing, urban mixed-use, civic, and commercial sectors. Through weekly design charrette sessions, its employees pin up their designs for others to review, leading to best practices
across sectors, an increase in creative thinking, and design excellence.

To enable its teams to focus on exceeding customers’ expectations, Steinberg uses Revit Software and Ideate Software Revit add-in solutions.

“We use software tools to take building information modeling beyond understanding and massaging design concepts,” said Mr. Shenoy. “We use them to easily collaborate with clients, and because we ask our consultants to use the same products, we achieve a fully collaborative design environment, and all changes are coordinated quickly and accurately.”

The Ideate Software products Steinberg uses most often are Ideate Explorer and Ideate BIMLink:

• “Without Ideate Explorer, teams hunt through Revit models for specific elements and manually select those for editing,” said Mr. Shenoy. “With Ideate Explorer, we quickly search for 100,000+ elements, make selections based on filters or data sets, and easily edit them to align with design updates.”
• “[Ideate BIMLink], a powerful and progressive tool, enables us to leverage the parametric database within our Revit models by moving the data into Microsoft Excel for easy review/editing, and then pushing the edited data back into the Revit model with speed and accuracy,” said Mr. Shenoy.

“I’m delighted that Steinberg, which focuses on understanding design principles and encourages grand ideas, uses Ideate Software tools. By streamlining Revit workflows and enhancing collaboration between both Revit and non-Revit users, they help Steinberg design incredibly beautiful buildings, including Thompson Hotel in Hollywood, California and Parkside Hall in San Jose, California” said Bob Palioca,
president, Ideate Software.

Read Ideate Software Presents: Spotlight on Steinberg Architects.

Ideate Explorer and Ideate BIMLink carry five-star rating on the Autodesk Exchange Apps Store. Download free trials of Ideate Software Revit Add-in tools. For more information, call 888.662.7238, or contact [email protected].

About Ideate Software

Ideate Software allows Revit users to have unprecedented control over their data. Ideate BIMLink, Ideate Explorer for Revit, Ideate Sticky, and IdeateApps 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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San Francisco, CA, 03/30/2017– Ideate Software, a veteran Autodesk Developer Network member, announced today the publication of its latest “Spotlight on” customer success profile. This profile features Hennebery Eddy Architects and its use of Ideate Explorer, an Autodesk^® Revit^® add-in tools developed by Ideate Software to enable users to easily search for, filter, quantify, index, and select all elements in a Revit file, even ‘missing’ and hard-to-find ones.

“Ideate Explorer has improved our ability to collaborate in Revit as a large team, helping us achieve a cleaner model, saving us time searching for elements, and improving our syncing times,” said Scott Moreland, AIA, Associate at Hennebery Eddy Architects.

Established in 1992, Hennebery Eddy Architects is a Portland-based architecture, planning, and interior design studio with specialty focus in historic preservation and sustainable design. The company attracts architects whose passion for architecture and entrepreneurial spirit contribute to an impressive portfolio of projects in multiple market sectors, including academic, commercial, and community.

Throughout its design process, Hennebery Eddy Architects relies on tools including Autodesk Revit building information modeling software and Ideate Explorer. It uses Ideate Explorer to streamline many activities, including troubleshooting issues in Revit models, cleaning up redundant elements such as line types and fonts that commonly occur when multiple people work on documentation simultaneously, and purging items such as DWG files that have been imported but not linked into a specific view. “It’s a great tool to have,” said Mr. Moreland.

“We are delighted that Henneberry Eddy Architects, an award-winning design studio, uses Ideate Explorer to keep its Revit files organized,” said Bob Palioca, president, Ideate Software. “Our goal is to help our customers succeed. One way we do that is by helping them easily maintain complex Revit files, so they can focus on their areas of expertise.”

Read Ideate Software Presents: Spotlight on Hennebery Eddy Architects for more details.

Ideate Explorer carries a five-star rating on the Autodesk Exchange Apps Store. Free trials of all Ideate Software products are available. For more information, call 888.662.7238, or contact us by email at [email protected].

About Ideate Software

Ideate Software allows Revit users to have unprecedented control over their data. Ideate BIMLink, Ideate Explorer for Revit, Ideate Sticky, and IdeateApps 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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Ideate Software is pleased to announce the launch of its latest Revit add-in tool, IdeateApps. IdeateApps is a collection of the following four tools that simplify the tasks that daily Revit users perform most often:

1.    Ideate ReNumber speeds the once time-consuming process of renumbering elements by selection, path, or auto-update. Enabling users to create and save customized renumbering rules.
2.    Ideate XRay reduces frustration by quickly discovering why some elements aren’t visible in certain views.
3.    Ideate SmartDelete decreases accidental deletions by discovering all of the elements that will be deleted along with a selected element.
4.    Ideate QuickSelect enables users to easily select elements and zoom to elements within the Revit project, template, or family file.

Download a free IdeateApps trial and start saving time on everyday Revit tasks. 

“The development of IdeateApps expands our focus from managing the massive amounts of BIM data within a Revit model to addressing the needs of the everyday user,” said Glynnis Patterson, director of Software Development, Ideate Software. “By noting the questions that came into our support lines most often and by engaging in open discussions with our customers, we identified the areas in which Revit users spend a lot of time, and we created easily accessible tools to reduce that time.”  

“The development of these new tools demonstrates our commitment to providing the building design, engineering, construction, and facilities management community with unprecedented access to and control over their Revit data,” said Bob Palioca, president, Ideate Software.

IdeateApps is available with a non-commercial free trial. Download the free IdeateApps trial today. For more information about IdeateApps, call 888.662.7238, or contact Ideate Software.