Ideate BIMLink - Renumbering and Renaming a COBie Example

By putting Revit data into Excel via Ideate BIMLink, we open up a host of simple ways to implement strategies for tackling a variety of naming and numbering problems that confront architects and engineers. The example used in this video relates to unique naming rules that are required by COBie, and the strategies described can be applied to any kind of naming or numbering requirement.

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