Arquimedes

To get more out of extracting quantities from the Revit BIM model, Customised properties are created. Custom properties are similar to Revit’s project parameters, but can be created and edited by Arquimedes users and are applied to all categories. These custom properties can be applied to types or elements. This new tool can be accessed from the options button  in the Assign items and quantity extraction window.

The definition of Customised properties can be shared between different linked Revit projects within the same Arquimedes project (but not their values).

Customised properties can be used:

• In combinations to obtain quantity details.
• In quantity filters.
• In subtype discriminators.

Customised properties can be displayed and their values edited in:

• The element list columns.
• The Type and Element properties window.

Another display state has been added to the list of elements in the Assign items and quantity extraction dialogue box. When clicking on the header of the quantity details table or on the header of the elements table, the displayed tables can be toggled.

• In the Arquimedes workflow (green zone states), three tables or display states are toggled if the item is assigned to an entity:
  
  1. Quantity details of the entity’s elements
     Any existing filters are taken into account.
  2. List of the entity’s elements
     Possible filters are not applied.
  3. List of elements of the entity selected in Revit’s entities
     New display state of the list of elements.
     
     
• If the item is not assigned to an entity it will display the equivalent of the "3" state.

• In the Revit workflow (blue zone states) two states are toggled if the item is assigned to an entity:
  
  1. Quantity details of the entity’s elements
     Any existing filters are taken into account.
  2. List of the entity’s elements
     Possible filters are not applied.
     
     
• If the entity is not assigned to an item, it will display the equivalent of the "2" state.

The status can be changed successively by clicking on the header.

To assist in locating the assignments between the Revit entities and the items of the bill of quantities linked to the Revit BIM model, a list of all the defined entity-job item assignments is displayed. In this list, the entity or item of the selected assignment can be located. The Entity-job item assignments option can be accessed from the options button   in the Assign items and quantity extraction window.