Ideate BIMLink and MS Access

Watch this five-minute video to learn how to use Revit data in a Microsoft Access environment: 1) Select the Revit categories, 2) Use Ideate BIMLink to specify the required parameters and export the data into Excel, 3) In the Microsoft environment, import the Excel spreadsheet into Access and enter or edit the data, and then export the data back into Excel, and 4) use Ideate BIMLink to import the data back into Revit.

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