icheck for Building – Accessibility [CBC]

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

icheck for Building® – Accessibility [CBC] is an intelligent solution to check Autodesk® Revit® BIM model for accessibility code compliance according to the 2019 California Building Code (CBC). The solution checks the BIM model according to Chapter 11B : Accessibility to Public Buildings, Public Accommodations, Commercial Buildings and Public Housing.

This plug-in, installed on Revit, performs the automatic verification of the conformity of the project under design. Enabling users to easily anticipate non-conformities in their mock-ups, the plug-in helps to avoid additional costs and time delays due to design non-conformities.

More than a tool, it is about integrating the business expertise and BIM know-how of Bureau Veritas to serve the collaborative working method necessary for the success of a BIM project.

Automatic check

To check the accessibility requirement involves understanding the building design, measuring geometrical parameters, and understanding its relationship with other design components. The plug-in has an innovative way to understand the BIM model and check the code requirements in an autonomous way. “Prepare BIM model > Detect spaces and objects > Select rules > Check compliance” are four easy steps to check your BIM design.

Xinaps Suite (Updated)

From the Autodesk App Store:

Xinaps is setting the standard for data qualityvalidation within Revit. By automating the process of analysis, tools are allowing to ensure compliance with local building regulations in early stage of project development. From the inception of a building design, five aspects need to be taken into consideration. Xinaps Suite dedicates a tool to support each of these equally important themes, helping an architect to streamline building regulation process.

• Ensure compliance with local building regulations
• Customizable to all building types and supporting different local standards
• Visualize data as 2D or 3D overview
• Full synchronization with latest design iterations
• Instantaneous feedback
• Report the results to relevant institutions or building owner
• Enhance internal collaboration and external communication

Accessibility Evaluator Commercial Release, Version 0.9.0 (Updated)

Updated on January 18, 2017 to add info from the Autodesk App Store.

From the Xinaps website:

Automate accessibility analysis within your BIM model.

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Every building project has accessibility requirements demanded by the client, requested by the tenants or regulated by building codes. These typically include wheelchair or other disabled access, extra corridor, ramp, door widths, multi-floor or level access via larger lift and elevator dimensions, wider doors for room access, disabled toilet, and shower facilities, etc. Confirming compliance with these requirements is often a lengthy and separate checklist checking activity outside the design system.

Xinaps Accessibility Evaluator™, working as a plugin within Autodesk Revit®, automates this task and enables it to be done quickly. As different design options are investigated it provides decision-making support via immediate status checks against all the accessibility requirements. As a result, optimal design decisions can be made faster and more accessible buildings, floor levels, zones and rooms created. It is especially relevant to architectural designers and building engineers but also useful to all the design team.

Xinaps Accessibility Evaluator – Sneak Peek at RTC 2016 EUR

Xinaps is known for creating smart building checking tools to simplify and optimize the building design process. Their current stable of products include Xinaps Spatial Requirements Assistant, Xinaps Financial Simulator, and Xinaps Daylight Ratio Evaluator.

We're told that they plan to offer a sneak peek of two new patent-pending products during RTC Europe next week, Xinaps Accessibility Evaluator and Xinaps Fire Safety Assessor. So, what to expect in these new add-ins? Here we discuss Xinaps Accesibility Evaluator. For Xinaps Fire Safety Assessor, see this post.

From the Xinaps website...

Every building project has accessibility requirements demanded by the client, requested by the tenants or regulated by building codes. These typically include wheelchair or other disabled access, extra corridor, ramp, door widths, multi floor or level access via larger lift and elevator dimensions, wider doors for room access, disabled toilet and shower facilities, etc. Confirming compliance with these requirements is often a lengthy and separate checklist checking activity outside the design system. An optimal functional design includes a well thought floor plan layout with the right sizing, the right adjacencies, and optimal ways of getting there. Do you know buildings where people cannot access parts of the building, although expected? Do you recognize your building model is modeled different than design debrief, with the effect that people cannot access parts of the building other than expected?  Then this plugin may be a good addition to your current design process.