As of the 2018.l version of CYPE, the complements that have been developed for Revit (“Open BIM complement” and “Bill of quantities of Revit models”) are compatible with the 2019 version of Revit.
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To ease the creation process of an offer, new columns have been added: “Offer preparation 2” which can be used by pressing the right mouse button on the orange column headers of the “Decomposition tree” window. This new column presentation allows users to work with “Bill of quantities” and “Sales budget” price structures.
The option “Establish the nature of auxiliary prices depending on their decomposition” (Show > Configuration > Treatment of auxiliary prices) has been implemented, which allows for auxiliary prices that are composed exclusively of unit prices of the same nature (Labour, Machinery or Materials), take on that nature. Logically, these auxiliary prices can also include “Auxiliary measures”-type concepts (%-type concepts). This option establishes the nature condition of the auxiliary prices that comply with the condition, discriminating amongst the three nature types (Labour, Machinery or Materials).
Once this option has been activated, the affected auxiliary prices are recognised in the bill of quantities with the following icons:
for labour auxiliary prices
for machinery auxiliary prices
for materials auxiliary prices
For example, in the image, the auxiliary price “Cuadrilla A” (Work group A), which is only composed of “Labour”-type unit items, can be recognised as a “Labour”-type unit price even though it has a decomposition.
Additionally, the possibility to show auxiliary prices of those which have been assigned a “Labour”, “Machinery” or “Materials” nature has been added in the “Auxiliary prices” option in the List menu of the Concept list window.
A new report template has been implemented: “Budget deviation in job items (theoretical quantity)” (pl_cb007c.pla), located in the “Job control” category. In this template, the theoretical quantity can be compared to the executed quantity and the reference price to the average execution price in unit items. This way, the price deviation, between the reference price in the job control and the execution price can be seen.
If Key notes are defined in the Revit model, with job item codes (in order to assign a type of the Revit model to the job item), the program will ask for the copy origin of inexistent job items and chapters, the first time the Revit model is linked to an Arquimedes project. This way, once the Revit model has been imported, the Types that contain a Key note that can be located in the Arquimedes project (or in the referenced database or database associated to Arquimedes) will be assigned to the job item that is indicated in the Key note.
The button Job item assignment by key notes 
allows users to assign a Type of the Revit model that has been defined in a Key note to a job item, if linking process has already been carried out between the Revit model and the Arquimedes project.
If the Key note parameter has been used in a Revit model to reference several job items to the same Type, and the same job item is used in different chapters of the bill of quantities of Arquimedes, the following code must be introduced: chapter_code/job item_code to identify each repeated job item with its respective chapter.
The symbol used to separate the Chapter and Job item can be one of the following: “/”, “\” or “|”. For multiple job items, the symbol can be one of the following: “,” , “;” or “:”.
The option to unlink the “Formula” column from a quantities subtable has been implemented.
The option “Unlink this column from the reference” is added and appears upon pressing the right mouse button on the reference of the subtable corresponding to the Formula column. If the column is already unlinked, the option changes to “Re-link this column to the reference” upon pressing the right mouse button in the same position, which allows users to recreate the link that was previously eliminated.
The plug-ins for Revit of the 2017.l version of CYPE: “Open BIM complement for Revit” and “Bill of quantities of Revit models” are compatible with the 2018 version of Revit.
As of the 2017.j version, the Bill of quantities of Revit models module of Arquimedes allows users to extract the quantities of IFC files linked to a Revit project. This way, users can obtain the global quantities of an Open BIM project composed of a Revit model and different IFC files associated with each discipline, such as the structure, lighting, electricity, air conditioning, fire safety, etc.
In previous versions, using the “Bill of quantities of Revit models” module, Arquimedes could only extract the quantities of Revit entities and could not extract those of IFC files linked to a Revit project.
Thanks to this improvement, when the quantities of a Revit model are to be extracted using the “Bill of quantities of Revit models” complement, regardless of whether users have opted to use the “Link with Arquimedes job” or “Generate quantities extraction file” option, an MCSV file will be created with the information of the main model and another for each IFC file linked to the project.
Once in Arquimedes, having linked the Revit project to a bill of quantities, whether it be directly or using the option in the “File > Connection with Revit > Import Revit quantities extraction file” menu, filters can be applied to manage the views and quantities of the information contained in the BIM project. This option is located in the “Assign job item and quantity extractions” window and is represented using the 
button.
The Quantities filter dialogue box of this version allows users to mark the Categories which can be displayed in the “Assign job item and quantity extractions” dialogue box, using the selection boxes in the “Show” column. The “Measure” column allows users to mark the Categories, Phases and Levels which are to be measured upon pressing the “Quantity extraction” button. In the bottom part of the dialogue box, users can, similarly, activate or deactivate the view and quantities of the entities associated with each IFC file linked to the main model, and this way identify the information contained in each model and adjust their view and quantities.
This tool allows users to manage the quantities of all the entities and materials associated with a group of models associated to the group of models that make up a Revit Open BIM project from a single place.
A new type of report has been added to the 2017.d version of Arquimedes: “ZG Mexico”, which includes three reports:
- Expense adjustments (template pl_mx003.pla)
- Polynomial formula (template pl_00208.pla)
- Unit item amounts for price indices (template pl_mx002.pla)
These reports can be obtained when the unit prices are 100% classified. Users can obtain the classification of the unit prices of the bill of quantities in accordance with the producer price indices for Mexico using the “Unit concept classification table” option (Show > Concept classification).
Expense adjustments
This report requires the start date and updating date, and allows users to compare the base bill of quantities with the updated bill of quantities.
Polynomial formula
This report displays the value of the expense adjustment factor using a polynomial formula.
Unit item amounts for price indices
This report shows the unit prices classified in accordance with the producer price indices that have been used in accordance with the unit item classification table defined in the “Unit concept classification table” (Show > Concept classification).
Users can view simultaneously or separately, the decomposition, in unit items, of the Budget, Study and Sales price structures.
