San Francisco, CA, November 3, 2022 – Ideate Software, an Autodesk® AEC Industry Partner and Autodesk® Authorized Developer, presents its latest customer spotlight. This story highlights how Evolve Consultancy, one of the UK’s premier BIM and design consultancies, uses Ideate BIMLink to populate Revit models with COBie (Construction to Operations Building information exchange) data to satisfy ISO 19650-2 requirements. ISO 19650 is an international standard for managing information over a built asset’s lifecycle using building information modeling, and part 2 concentrates on the delivery phase of assets. COBie is one of the open data formats accepted in the UK by the National Annex to ISO 19650-2.

“Although required, taking the time to understand and accurately deliver the COBie data consistently across all delivery phases can take a backseat to producing ongoing design and construction information,” said Glynnis Patterson, Director of Software Development, Ideate Software. “In this success story, Evolve Consultancy details how they use Ideate BIMLink to streamline the process of creating quality COBie deliverables.”

• Nigel Davies, Director, Evolve Consultancy, said, “What could amount to months of work has been simplified into a remapping exercise thanks to the power of Ideate BIMLink.”
   
• Daniel Heselwood, Director, Evolve Consultancy, continued, “One of the big advantages Ideate BIMLink gives is that we can work on the active model while the architects also work on it. If part of the model was locked for editing, Ideate BIMLink doesn’t just give up but continues with the rest of the import and reports back the items it couldn’t update, avoiding downtime and delays.”

Read Spotlight on Evolve Consultancy for details and to see screenshots. 

Visit www.ideatesoftware.com to learn how Ideate Software add-ins for Revit help users save time, increase model accuracy, improve deliverables, and elevate design. Download trial versions or purchase the bundle for access to Ideate BIMLink, Ideate Explorer, Ideate Sticky, IdeateApps, and Ideate StyleManager for six months.

About Ideate Software - Ideate Software, an Autodesk® AEC Industry Partner and Autodesk® Authorized Developer, empowers Revit users to gain unprecedented control over their data. They developed Ideate BIMLink, Ideate Explorer, Ideate Sticky, IdeateApps, and Ideate StyleManager to solve persistent problems in architecture, engineering, and construction, and owner-operator (AECO) workflows. They developed Ideate Automation to boost the power of their Revit plugins by running time-intensive activities in the background. 

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San Francisco, CA, September 13, 2022 – Ideate Software, an Autodesk® AEC Industry Partner and Autodesk® Authorized Developer, is pleased to announce that Nivin Nabeel joined the team as a customer success manager for the Americas region. Nivin will work with architecture, engineering, construction, and owner-operator (AECO) companies throughout North and South America to help them get a strong return on their investments in both Ideate Software tools and Autodesk Revit® software. 

Nivin has extensive experience in managing and manipulating BIM data, developing and implementing BIM standards and workflows, and applying BIM workflows to ancillary project components for improved efficiency. She also has knowledge of Revit software, Ideate Software products, and the AECO industry. 

“Over the years, Nivin has worked at several architecture and design firms where she learned about our software, used it, advocated for it, implemented it, and trained coworkers and consultants on how to use it,” said Glynnis Patterson, Director of Software Development, Ideate Software. “Our customers will benefit from her knowledge, talent, and enthusiasm as she helps them gain the efficiencies possible with all our Revit add-ins.”  

“I am thrilled to be with Ideate Software,” said Nivin. “I have used all their products to streamline processes like developing quantity takeoffs, managing parameters and deliverables, and extracting data from Revit models, including ones not exposed to users through the Revit environment. I also used them to standardize internal workflows that the whole team used to maintain Revit model health. As a customer success manager, I’ll get to help so many companies realize the same efficiencies, which in turn will help them deliver a better customer experience while advancing the AECO community as a whole.”

Nivin has a Bachelor of Architectural Science degree from Toronto Metropolitan University. She is based out of Toronto, Canada. 

People attending Autodesk University 2022 in New Orleans September 27-29 are invited to stop by booth AE433 to meet Nivin and other Ideate Software team members while enjoying beignets and discussions on BIM, Revit, and Ideate Software add-ins. 

About Ideate Software - Ideate Software, an Autodesk® AEC Industry Partner and Autodesk® Authorized Developer, empowers Revit users to gain unprecedented control over their data. We developed Ideate BIMLink, Ideate Explorer, Ideate Sticky, IdeateApps, and Ideate StyleManager to solve persistent problems in architecture, engineering, and construction, and owner-operator (AECO) workflows. We developed Ideate Automation to boost the power of our Revit plugins by running time-intensive activities in the background. Ideate Software solutions enable Revit users to save time, increase accuracy, improve project deliverables, and elevate design.

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San Francisco, CA, August 23, 2022 – Ideate Software, an Autodesk® AEC Industry Partner and Autodesk®  Authorized Developer, is pleased to announce that it will once again sponsor and participate in Autodesk University.

“We are looking forward to connecting with Revit users in person again,” said Glynnis Patterson, Director of  Software Development, Ideate Software. “In addition to demonstrating how our software streamlines workflows and improves Revit model health, we will ask about features Revit users are looking for, so we  can take them into consideration when enhancing existing products and developing new ones.”

Throughout the conference, attendees can stop by booth number AE433 for beignets and to see demonstrations on how to use Ideate Software’s Revit plugin tools to: 

• Control Revit data with precision and speed – Ideate BIMLink
   
• Audit Revit models with certainty – Ideate Explorer
   
• Integrate and format non-BIM data into Revit projects – Ideate Sticky
   
• Simplify everyday Revit tasks with efficiency and elegance – IdeateApps
   
• Analyze, delete, or merge non-standard Revit styles – Ideate StyleManager

In addition, the Ideate Software team will demonstrate its newest desktop solution, Ideate Automation. Ideate Software developed this solution to silently run time-intensive Revit tasks in the background, such as printing PDFs or compiling health check data. “With Ideate Automation, staff can do other things while their computers churn through opening large Revit files or processing large volumes of data, and because the automation is scripted, the resulting data is standardized and free from end-user errors,” said Glynnis.

To learn more about how Ideate Software products help Revit users save time, increase model accuracy, improve deliverables, and elevate design, visit the website. You can also download 30-day trial versions or take advantage of their current promotions: 

1. US$500 single-user bundle to use the Ideate Software plugin solutions for Revit (Ideate BIMLink, Ideate Explorer, Ideate Sticky, IdeateApps, and Ideate StyleManager) for six months
    
2. US$995 multi-user cloud network bundle to give several people on your Revit team access to use the plugin solutions for Revit (Ideate BIMLink, Ideate Explorer, Ideate Sticky, IdeateApps, and Ideate StyleManager) for six months.
    
3. US$1995 multi-user cloud network bundle + Ideate Automation to give several people on your Revit team access to use the plugin solutions for Revit (Ideate BIMLink, Ideate Explorer, Ideate Sticky, IdeateApps, and Ideate StyleManager) plus Ideate Automation for six months.

About Ideate Software - Ideate Software, an Autodesk® AEC Industry Partner and Autodesk® Authorized Developer, empowers Revit users to gain unprecedented control over their data. We developed Ideate BIMLink, Ideate Explorer, Ideate Sticky, IdeateApps, and Ideate StyleManager to solve persistent problems in architecture, engineering, and construction, and owner-operator (AECO) workflows. We developed Ideate Automation to boost the power of our Revit plugins by running time-intensive activities in the background. Ideate Software solutions enable Revit users to save time, increase accuracy, improve project deliverables, and elevate design.

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San Francisco, CA, August 11, 2022 – Ideate Software, an Autodesk® AEC Industry Partner and Autodesk® Authorized Developer, is pleased to announce that its team is growing.

Jesika DiGregorio (front left) with some of the Ideate Software team at a recent gathering in Portland, Oregon

“Increased demand for our Revit plug-in solutions and the success of the newly launched Ideate Automation have prompted the need for us to expand the Ideate Software team,” said Glynnis Patterson, Director of Software Development, Ideate Software. “We created a new role, Software Development Manager, and are delighted to announce that Jesika DiGregorio, who has been with Ideate since 2010, accepted the position. Her skills in customer support and programming, coupled with her architectural education and passion for finding elegant solutions, contribute to making her the perfect candidate for this job.” 

Jesika joined Ideate, Inc. in 2010 in the role of Support Dispatch and transitioned to working with the Development Team in 2012 to help with quality assurance. In 2013, she became a full-time programmer for Ideate Software and most recently was the lead programmer on Ideate BIMLink, Ideate StyleManager, and Ideate Automation.

In her new role, Jesika will be responsible for all aspects of the Ideate Software solution development lifecycle, including analysis, design, coding, and testing. She will lead and motivate the development team and will work closely with Glynnis to help ensure that Ideate Software provides timely, technically appropriate, and quality solutions that meet the needs of customers. 

Jesika received her Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Oregon in Eugene, where she also spent time studying advanced math.  

Ideate Software is also seeking to add both an additional software developer and test engineer to its team in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. 

• Test Engineer Job Description
• C# Software Developer

Qualified parties should review the descriptions above and reach out by email or LinkedIn.

About Ideate Software - Ideate Software, an Autodesk® AEC Industry Partner and Autodesk® Authorized Developer, empowers Revit users to gain unprecedented control over their data. We developed Ideate BIMLink, Ideate Explorer, Ideate Sticky, IdeateApps, and Ideate StyleManager to solve persistent problems in architecture, engineering, and construction, and owner-operator (AECO) workflows. We developed Ideate Automation to boost the power of our Revit plugins by running time-intensive activities in the background. Ideate Software solutions enable Revit users to save time, increase accuracy, improve project deliverables, and elevate design.

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We are hiring!

Ideate Software is seeking a software developer with .NET framework and C# expertise to join our growing software development team.

The person in this role will report to the Development Manager (based in Portland, OR) and will closely collaborate, both in-person and online with the other development team and technical sales team members. The ideal candidate will be based in the Portland, OR metro area, but candidates otherwise located in the Pacific time zone are also encouraged to apply. This position is full-time with flexible work hours. Remote work is supported.

Interested parties can read the full Software Developer job description

We are also seeking a Test Engineer.