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Can somebody please try and tell me if there is a way to have Revit do some take of quantities for me.
I work for a small to medium homebuilder and I would like to use a software package that has the ability to do take-offs. Is Revit right for me?
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Conceivably you could I suppose - my thoughts are that it would be a little 'too' accurate in estimating materials - and there is no concept of wastage either - would there be an advantage to using it after factoring in all that?
Any other thoughts there?
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I would recommend archicad - it has really good quantity functions such as surface areas, massung pretty much everything you would need.. all sort of stuff its parametric like revit as well
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Revit is a fully parametric building modeling database. As such you can pretty much derive the quanities of everything internal to a schedule inside of Revit (including a waste factor if you desire).
It is also possible to export the entire Revit databse to an ODBC compliant database and do your estimating in Excel, Access, Crystal Reports or Timberline.
In additon there are some 3rd party estimating applications being developed that include:
http://www.winest.com/default.asp
In the future Autodesk looks like it is going to provide some sort of estimating integration as well.
You can make up your own mind, but Revit since it is built on a database platform is where the future is when it comes to real estimating intregration with the construction world.
Tom
Post edited on 2005-12-21 11:31:54
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How do I estimate the surface area of stucco on exterior walls?
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