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Subtypes (collections of Elements) in Categories with and without Types

Categories without Types
Subtypes can now be defined in Categories without Types. Previously, all the elements could only be assigned to one item, but now, in addition, each one of the subtypes can be assigned to a different item.
Categories with Types
Previously, in the categories with types, items could only be assigned to the subtypes or to the type (all elements). Now, items can be assigned to a type and a subtype.

Options for creating subtypes can be activated from the options button in the Assign items and quantity extraction window, in the Global quantities filter option.

Improvement in the quantities by material filters

Now, in the quantities by material filters, the parameters of the elements using that material can be used. In previous versions, only the common system parameters (Revit) could be used.

Mobile panel layout in the "Assign items and quantity extraction" window

When users exit the Assign items and quantity extraction window, the layout status of their mobile panels is saved.

Element quantities filters

A new dialogue box has been added to manage all defined filters. In this dialogue box, users can now:

View entity-job item assignments using the selected filter.
Create and edit filters or even delete those not being used.
Enable, disable, and remove previously defined filters.

"Measure rooms without a defined area" filter

Occasionally, the rooms defined in the Revit BIM model do not have a defined area. To only measure rooms without a defined area, the "Measure rooms without a defined area" filter has been added. This filter can be accessed from the Global quantities filter option from the "General options" button in the Assign items and quantity extraction window.

"Quantity details" and "list of elements" display states

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.

Entity-job item assignments

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.

Preview of bills of quantities and cost databases

To make it easier to search for bills of quantities or cost databases, the Show contents option has been added, which allows the content of a bill of quantities or a cost database to be previewed.

The Show contents option can be accessed in two ways:

When no bill of quantities or cost database is open
In this case, a window appears where budgets, cost databases or examples included in the program can be selected.
If any of the following options are selected: "Budget", "Cost database" or "Examples", a list of databases appears. When right-clicking on any of the databases, a context menu with the option "Show contents" will appear.

When there is a bill of quantities or cost database open
The "Show..." option" ("File" menu > "Recent bills of quantities" or "File" menu > "Recent cost databases") launches a window in which the recently opened databases are displayed. When right-clicking on any of the databases that are not currently open, a context menu will appear with the "Show contents" option.

General improvements

Version 2021.g of CYPE’s programs is a closing version of the 2021 version.

As well as the new features and improvements expressly indicated in each version of CYPE software, process optimisation involving internal updates for all our programs is normally included. In each revision, all programs are systematically checked and changes are made to improve their performance, therefore, we recommend that our users (in this case those of v.2021) always update their version to the latest one, regardless of the country for which they are using CYPE software or the language in which it is installed.

Omit element quantities

It is possible to mark the elements that the user does not want to measure in a given item. This tool supplements other existing tools to filter and define what will be measured. The possibility to mark elements to avoid quantities is available once a Revit element has been linked to an item and the appropriate extraction combination has been selected or created. In the quantities detail table that is created, the user can mark the elements of each line that they do not want to measure by means of a selection box located at the beginning of each quantities detail line.

Compatibility of CYPE plug-in for Revit with "Revit 2022"

As of the 2021.f version, the CYPE plug-ins for Revit, "Open BIM add-in for Revit" and "Bill of quantities for BIM models", are compatible with the 2022 version of Revit.

View cases of links between a Revit element and an Arquimedes item

To help users identify and check quantity details, all the cases of the existing link between the Revit element and job item that have been selected for the quantity extraction, can be displayed. The cases can be viewed in the "Assign job items and quantity extraction" dialogue box by pressing anywhere along the bar on the header of the quantity details table. By pressing again on the same bar, the quantity details are displayed.

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