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Showing posts with label Construction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Construction. Show all posts

Monday, April 11, 2022

NavVis IVION

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

NavVis provides an all-in-one reality capture solution that captures and visualizes indoor environments during the construction and operational phases. With NavVis IVION add-in for Revit, NavVis users can now improve BIM workflows by connecting Revit models to 360° immersive imagery and point clouds that display the current state of the building. With this add-in, users can:

  • Create BIM models faster
  • Compare as-built with as-is
  • Spot differences visually
  • Verify measurements remotely
  • Collaborate with stakeholders online


Thursday, December 23, 2021

VRcollab LITE

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

This integration allows you to access all your Autodesk® BIM 360™ Docs files directly in VRcollab, improving your workflow and design reviews. Learn more about VRcollab on our Website.

VRcollab is a collaborative VDC software that aims to improve visualization and project actualization by speeding up decision-making processes. VRcollab converts BIM models for use in design reviews, building requirement approval and construction coordination. Multi-User functionality aids in the seamless communication between groups whether in one physical location or remotely via the internet. This is further enhanced by VDC-oriented features and automated document generation allowing increased effectiveness and efficiency. 

Collaborate & Coordinate From Anywhere

Collaborate with teams, clients and colleagues from anywhere around the world. Any issues created will automatically be synced in BIM 360 for everyone to access. VR is optional.

Make Better Decisions

VRcollab improves coordination meetings by empowering you with the right VDC tools to identify errors and make better decisions for your entire team before construction begins.  

Ease of Use

We believe in making BIM accessible to everyone regardless of their BIM skill level. No experience is required to start reviewing designs with VRcollab, making collaboration with external stakeholders so much simpler. 

Saturday, November 20, 2021

ReviCheck — Work from the Latest Revisions

From the vendor: 

Description

Say goodbye to working from out of date drawings resulting in expensive reworks.

Revicheck is a simple one step process that enables you to be efficient, working from the latest revisions and reducing costly reworks.

No fuss or wasted time, just a simple system that delivers confirmation you have the correct drawings to work from. Accessible for any size project, pay per QR code, as and when required.

WHY REVICHECK?:

ReviCheck enables contractors and site managers to install using the latest drawings and information. Using a simple, one step process, it reduces wastage, project delays, and budget overspends due to incorrect drawings. 52% of all rework globally is caused by poor data and miscommunication, ReviCheck ensures you will never work from out of date drawings again. Using our QR codes, get it right - first time.

TESTIMONIALS:

"Such a simple, yet effective concept, I look forward to using it to reduce time wasted on costly reworks" - Matt Phillips, Senior Technical Services Manager, Paragon

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Fordify — Improves 4D and 5D Workflows

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

Fordify was developed to improve existing 4D & 5D BIM workflows between Autodesk® Revit® & Autodesk® Navisworks®, acting as a Primer for rapid 4D & 5D workflows between Revit & Navisworks. A step towards “Model-driven construction planning & scheduling” approach to construction planning, a radical approach compared to the conventional way of drawing up Gantt charts from zero.

  • Simple controls to dictate precedence of elements during the simulation. 
    • Select your Groupings ordered by Categories, Levels, Zones and/ or Rooms.
    • Organize each Group's precedence in respective settings.
    • Customise desired task label output using Prefix, Suffix & Delimiters
  • Use Fordify for tag annotations as well !
    • Generate sequenced tag labels for documentation within seconds !

Check out our video demonstration to understand how Fordify works !

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

HRP Uploader — Upload Models to the Hybrid Reality Platform

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

HRP Uploader is an easy-to-use tool for uploading Autodesk® Revit® models to the construction collaboration hub, Hybrid Reality Platform (HRP).

Simply upload Revit files to HRP Uploader, then they will be automatically uploaded to HRP. Users can view the uploaded Revit models on HRP along with other formats of BIM models.

Login with HRP user account details

Thursday, August 12, 2021

Free Cobuilder Collaborate Plugin for Autodesk® Revit®

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

This Revit plugin allows users with a subscription to Cobuilder Collaborate - Cobuilder’s solution for clients and contractors, to work with their construction product data in Revit. With the help of this plugin product information collected in digital projects in Cobuilder Collaborate can be added and stored as part of your Revit model.

Users need a Revit model that corresponds to a project in their Cobuilder Collaborate account in order to link products to their corresponding objects.  

The advantage of using the application is that it ensures consistency between your Revit models and the product data in Cobuilder Collaborate allowing you to gain the maximum value out of managing your asset information in a single place. 


VisualLive Plugin for Augmented Reality

From the Autodesk App Store:

Description

The VisualLive Plugin (VL Plugin) is a subscription-based computer plugin for Autodesk® Navisworks® and Autodesk® Revit®. Users can push BIM, CAD, and other 3D models with a few clicks to VisualLive applications on both Hololens and mobile tablets and view them at 1:1 scale onsite. Built for the construction industry, project managers can keep up to date in installation progress, review clashes with VDCs and showcase demos in office or in the field to clients or superintendents.

Designed for the future of technology in the construction industry, the VisualLive applications utilize augmented reality (AR) to overlay models onto the real world similar to holograms in a science fiction film.


Thursday, December 19, 2019

OpenSpace for BIM 360

From the Autodesk App Store:

OpenSpace's proprietary Vision Engine captures 360 video and photos passively, without any extra labor. Just tap record on your smartphone when you start your normal site walks and that's it. The system’s always learning - the more you walk your site, the faster OpenSpace works, providing actionable documentation in minutes, not hours or days.

OpenSpace’s turnaround speed goes beyond photo documentation to unlock workflow improvements. OpenSpace seamlessly integrates with industry tools including Autodesk® BIM 360™, making communication, reporting, QA/QC, RFIs and pay apps more efficient. Use our “Link to BIM 360” button to bring data directly from the field into daily construction workflows, and use our fully featured BIM Viewer to do side-by-side as-built comparisons in just a few clicks.

Generate Issues or RFIs. Create new or link to existing Issues.

Monday, November 4, 2019

ManufactOn BIM360 Connector

From the Autodesk App Store:

ManufactOn is a SaaS (mobile/web) platform that helps construction firms plan, track and manage both prefabrication and regular material handling. The platform helps optimize the prefabrication process from detailing, fabrication and QA in the shop, through storage and delivery to the jobsite. It provides complete visibility and better control for all stakeholders in the process including: coordinators, detailers, procurement, shop foremen, field superintendents and project leaders.

ManufactOn's Autodesk® Revit® plugin allows users to connect model elements to the ManufactOn construction supply chain management platform. Users can publish prefab packages, associate model elements to the package and track the progress through planning, coordination, detailing, manufacturing, QA through delivery.  Downstream integration with Autodesk® BIM 360® online model viewing will allow project teams to instantly visualize their material stream, status, and key dates all in a rich, 3D model environment.


Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Synapcus:360 Activities and Chat App for BIM 360

From the Autodesk App Store:

With Synapcus:360 general planning companies, architects and engineers can digitalize and easily manage all their organization's internal and external processes (projects, opportunities, campaigns, change requests) and workflows - including the communication with the customers, subcontractors and other stack holders. Various graphical tools (like a detailed interactive Gantt, load-matrix, histogram, Forge-Viewer, drag&drop calendar) allow the users a highly intuitive data experience.

The tight integration between all its modules (Project, Sales, Documents, Human Resources, Finance) is accomplished mainly through the Synapcus activity driven architecture. Some of these activities (to dos, tickets) can also be created and managed directly in the 3D Forge-Viewer using Autodesk® BIM 360® data. All the alerts and notifications will be signalized in the users cockpit and in its home area as well as through HTML system emails.

The main entities of BIM 360 like projects, files/models, issues and comments can be directly synchronized with the corresponding Synapcus entities. Synapcus will expand the data attributes with work and construction costs and time management (issue based). The detailed Synapcus project structure includes position/position groups (work packages).

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

HoloBuilder v1.8 for BIM 360

From the Autodesk App Store:

HoloBuilder provides the fastest and most reliable site documentation workflow for construction teams around the world to capture and share 360° pictures of construction sites or buildings.

Project teams can manage, share and collaborate with 360° pictures in the cloud which results in time savings and improved communication among project stakeholders. HoloBuilder integrates with Autodesk® BIM 360® Docs and Field Management Next Gen for document and issue management. The team play of BIM 360 Docs and Field Management Next Gen with HoloBuilder combines the 360° reality capture workflow with the powerful document and issue management.

Users have the option to sign into HoloBuilder with their Autodesk BIM 360 credentials. Users can connect floor plans and pictures managed in BIM 360 Docs and integrate them directly into HoloBuilder projects without having to download them first. All floor plans can be accessed directly within the HoloBuilder project at any time. Once 360º images are captured within HoloBuilder, the user can create BIM 360 Field Management Next Gen issues directly within these scenes in the Web Editor. The created issues can be accessed both, inside HoloBuilder as well as BIM 360 Field Management. All issues can be managed in BIM 360 Field Management with each BIM 360 Field Management issue containing a link to the HoloBuilder 360º image for visualization.

0b. Disconnect your BIM 360 project from your HoloBuider project.

Monday, July 1, 2019

APE Mobile Connector for BIM 360

From the Autodesk App Store:

For companies that want to supercharge their Field Management, APE Mobile brings advanced site form capability designed specifically for construction and engineering contractors.

With APE Mobile you can:
  1. Use more sophisticated checklists, issues, and daily logs as well as handle all other site paperwork including Take 5's, Pre-starts, Permits, ITPs, complex engineering forms and more.
  2. Retain your existing forms and workflows. You don’t need to change your current workflows to use APE Mobile.
  3. Produce PDFs that look like your existing paper forms, or which can be customized to your exact requirements.
  4. Use a browser-based app or mobile apps that work both online and offline (on iOS, Android, and/or Windows).
  5. Use the APE Mobile Site Assistant to get answers to questions like “Show me all inspections for phase 2.1” or “How much concrete did we pour today?”

Benefits include increased productivity, better data quality, more time on site and less in the office, savings on scanning and transcription, and more timely and up-to-date data. APE Mobile users can invoice faster, reduce rework, and instantly understand what is happening on site.

The APE Mobile Connector enables you to link selected Autodesk® BIM 360® users and projects to APE Mobile. Once this is done, the PDFs for APE Mobile forms will appear in an APE Mobile subfolder within the appropriate Project Files folder.

Saturday, June 1, 2019

Free PCL PartsLab® v4.1.1.5 – Features New Divide Parts Tools

From the Autodesk App Store:

Revolutionize your Construction Model Workflow! If you manage Revit® construction models, this addin will significantly improve how you directly leverage design model geometry. PCL PartsLab® is a free Autodesk® Revit® model browser that automates the creation, visualization, and change management of Revit Parts. Drastically reduce time and clicks by instantly creating thousands of Parts from targeted categories/families/types. Context sensitive tools assist in quick hiding & isolation. Isolation tools show overlapping Parts to reveal design issues. The managed history view helps you keep track of what was created during each design update, and what changed.

Feature Highlights:
  • Browse linked model categories/families/types from the aggregated construction model
  • Filter linked model categories/families/types content by Level
  • Create thousands of native Revit® Parts from targeted categories/families/types
  • Automatically associates the level of Parts from linked-model objects
  • Find / highlight / review all overlapping Parts in your model in a managed view
  • NEW in 4.1 – Division tools that quickly divide Parts by levels or style
  • Creates and manages a 3D history view of all Parts created
  • Context ribbon tools that Hide/Isolate Parts by original categories/families/types
  • Use as investigative tool for Linked model content, shows object counts
  • Copy selected family/type definitions from linked models into your current model

Thursday, May 23, 2019

ICT Tracker for BIM 360

From the Autodesk App Store:

ICT Tracker is an easy-to-use mobile construction productivity tracking software solution that adds improved data collection to Autodesk® BIM 360® customers.

Utilizing Augmented Reality or Virtual 3D Free-Flight mode, the app uses your design or construction models for selection input and enables construction teams to benchmark field installations and deliver comprehensive installation status reporting and productivity tracking data that can be imported back into BIM 360 or your ERP software.

Contractors will be able to accurately track construction projects, control costs and make better decisions based on detailed, up-to-date information from the job site.

Utilize Existing Project NWD Files

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

BIMcollab® BCF Manager for Autodesk® Revit® and Autodesk® Navisworks® v5.2

From the Autodesk App Store:

The BCF Managers by KUBUS add BIMcollab® connectivity as well as BCF file support to Autodesk® Revit®. It provides the ability to create and modify issues and communicate these through BIMcollab or via BCF files (supports version 1.0 and 2.x) directly from within Revit.

Complete Issue Management Ecosystem 

The BCF Managers are available for other popular BIM tools such as Navisworks, ARCHICAD, Solibri Model Checker, Tekla Structures and simplebim. Together with our web application, these form the BIMcollab® issue management ecosystem which provides an effective way to communicate BIM issues and thereby providing a more efficient workflow.

BCF files support is also included for working with BIM applications which support BCF natively such as Tekla BIMsight, DDS, MagiCAD and many more.

Issues will contain title, description, status, who's responsible, recommendations or suggestions, and whether a resolution has been implemented. Using BIMcollab® will additionally allow you to add area information, milestones, deadlines as well as implement a formal approval process.

All issues can contain viewpoints with camera position and relevant objects. This allows you to zoom-to the issue-location, highlighting the problematic components in whatever BIM-tool you are.


Wednesday, May 15, 2019

BIM Track™ v1.35 for Revit, Navisworks Manage, and Navisworks Simulate – Includes Enhancements to 'View in Model'

From the Autodesk App Store:

BIM Track™ is a web-based collaboration platform that empowers your team with better coordination workflows. BIM Track™ provides a central hub for all coordination information from design to construction. With information at your fingertips, you can get access to your data anytime, anywhere, either from a desktop or mobile device. Charts and graphics help understand data and your management performance through precise metrics. We promote Open BIM workflow solutions by supporting IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) and BCF (BIM Collaboration Format).

Revit® & Naviswork® Add-in

Monday, May 6, 2019

InstaSys – 4D Scheduling Inside Revit

From the Autodesk App Store:

InstaSys helps the user to review their building construction project with respect to the 4D analysis in a native Autodesk® Revit® environment. It animates the building construction procedure according to its schedule. The building schedule data is attached to the model in the form of phases. The use of InstaSys is possible in building projects where the phasing data is already attached to the 3D model.

Features -
  1. The animation is possible in two modes (a) Automatic & (b) Manual
  2. Phase grouping is possible, which is beneficial for large projects.
  3. The user can set the timing for each phase.
  4. The manual mode of animation allows the display of text labels consisting of important information like quantities, cost or contractors firm name.
  5. The user can select the font, font size & color for the text.
  6. The animation also displays the time schedule.

Saturday, February 16, 2019

RedTeam for BIM 360

From the Autodesk App Store:

This application provides integration between Autodesk® BIM 360® Docs and RedTeam. By connecting RedTeam to your BIM 360 Docs you are now able to:
  • Publish your active project's information directly into BIM 360 Docs when you push drawings.
  • Push drawings into BIM 360 for the field to access and use directly from their mobile devices. 

Real-time field access to drawings gives you the ability to invite your project partners to collaborate in one place. With BIM 360 Docs you will now be able to review your drawings on your desktop or smart device as well as locate and pin issues on the published drawings.

You now have your project management platform connected to one of the most robust field tools in the marketplace today.

About RedTeam
Finally, project management software that scales at a price every contractor can afford.

Sunday, February 3, 2019

BIMcollab® BCF Manager for Autodesk® Navisworks® v5 r3

From the Autodesk App Store:

About This Version

Version 5 r3, 1/31/2019 – The new Navisworks plug-in now available within the new BIMcollab 5 ecosystem with enhanced project management features and GDPR compliance.

New features and improvements
  • support for favorites
  • filter issues which you have to approve
  • add viewpoints of all clashes grouped into issues
  • adapted licensing system for easy roll-out on Citrix-systems
  • accelerated uploading, 20 to 40% faster
  • various small bugfixes and user interface improvements
  • improved performance and reliability

Description

The BCF Managers by KUBUS add BIMcollab® connectivity as well as BCF file support to Autodesk® Navisworks®. It provides the ability to create and modify issues and communicate these through BIMcollab or via BCF files (supports version 1.0 and 2.x) directly from within Navisworks.

BIMcollab® BCF Manager for Autodesk® Revit® v5 r3

From the Autodesk App Store:

About This Version

Version 5 r3, 1/29/2019 – The new Revit plug-in now available within the new BIMcollab 5 ecosystem with enhanced project management features and GDPR compliance.

New features and improvements
  • support for favorites
  • Revit ID’s in viewpoint info
  • fast switching between perspective and orthogonal viewpoint (Revit 2019)
  • filter issues which you have to approve
  • improved support of floorplans, structural plans
  • adapted licensing system for easy roll-out on Citrix-systems
  • accelerated uploading, 20 to 40% faster
  • various small bugfixes and user interface improvements
  • improved performance and reliability

Description

The BCF Managers by KUBUS add BIMcollab® connectivity as well as BCF file support to Autodesk® Revit®. It provides the ability to create and modify issues and communicate these through BIMcollab or via BCF files (supports version 1.0 and 2.x) directly from within Revit.