It is good to have debate on any topic, and the identified blog post is currently being debated on the “COBie” group forum on LinkedIn, which I believe is a suitable place for such a debate. This is your source for information on the direction of software development, insider tips and tricks, and industry trends that can help you get most from the software and work better with cloud-connected BIM. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure, or Navisworks on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. US Autodesk Revit is a software for BIM (Building Information Modeling). With just one account, you can sign into all your Autodesk entitlements and get access to new ones. Autodesk® Revit® products are wholly owned by Autodesk. Following forums regularly can take a lot of time the day you don’t look is the day that you miss a great tip. In some cases the two step process is still desirable, as the tool may contain auditing and checking functionality (e.g. Your account is what you use for everything you do with Autodesk products and services, such as Fusion, A360, Sketchbook, 123d App, Store and much more. The Revit forums are a great resource for getting quick help on a tough problem or learning new techniques and ways you can use Revit software tools to accomplish your everyday work. It’s the difference between a two-step and a one-step process. As mentioned above, there are multiple translators currently available. To use COBie, there is no requirement to use the new Autodesk COBie 2013 challenge toolkit. What is not practical (as mentioned in the above text) is the double entry and detached document structure designers currently use. It takes something very complicated and simplifies it into an open format defined structure. Some existing COBie examples have used that method, but it is not in line with the COBie Guide, and would not be my preferred approach.ĬOBie is a very practical solution. Revit COBie toolkits to date have a function to integrate the Family and Type name, and populate the component name “if desired”. There are many routes the data may take from the BIM Authoring application, to a field data entry system, and into the FM tool.ĬOBie has no interest in the Revit Family or Type naming conventions. It is unlikely, but not unheard of, for the “COBie Workbook” to directly populate the FM software database. COBie data can also be accessed via xml, IFC, a BIM or database. It’s not difficult, but it is very specific.ĬOBie is not a spread sheet it just happens the everyday Human way to easily interact with the data is via a structured spread sheet (i.e. COBie users need to “study” the Youtube videos in detail in order to fully understand COBie. There is links within the text to the relevant COBie College sources.

The purpose of the above article is in regard to how Revit can output to the COBie workbook, and is not an education session on COBie.

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