Keßler Solutions

As a provider of facility management solutions, Keßler Solutions has depended on the integration of CAD drawings and databases for more than 20 years. CAD plans are linked to databases and processes in FAMOS, Keßler’s GEFMA-certified computer-aided facility management (CAFM) software, by ARES Commander. This allows for bidirectional data sharing, informative visuals, excellent data quality, and FM process integration.

Graebert and Keßler are collaborating to expand this technology with strong, market-oriented CAD solutions. The Web-CAD, an integrated CAD core for the FAMOS WebPortal from Keßler, was built on the basis of ARES Kudo in a relatively short development period. This means that a CAD viewer is now available for users working on mobile devices, enabling them to work as they normally do, without having to learn anything new. This makes it easier to integrate CAD data into the database — for example, by comparing different planning stages on the construction site. The Web-CAD is ideal for everyday usage, such as on building sites (construction progress/status documentation) or in facility management procedures (occupation, relocation, inventory, events).

CADflow for ARES® is an add-on that synchronizes data between drawings and the FAMOS database.

Web-CAD overview of floor areas (DIN 277).

ARES Kudo enables users to access, create, and modify DWG files stored in popular cloud storage services such as Google Drive®, Box®, Dropbox®, and OneDrive®.

Facility Management Solution Provider Keßler Builds Web-CAD Tool with ARES Kudo

The Web-CAD, an integrated CAD core for the FAMOS WebPortal from Keßler, was built on the basis of ARES Kudo in a relatively short development period.

ARES Kudo is the cloud's most agile CAD solution for DWG drawings. You just need an Internet browser to access, share, and modify your CAD files — anywhere, anytime, on any device.


ARES Kudo: Online CAD for DWG Viewing, Creation and Modification in Your Internet Browser

Online CAD in DWG: ARES Kudo User Working Remotely with Cloud

The ARES Trinity of CAD Software: Create and Modify DWG Files with Modern Collaboration Tools

Online CAD in DWG: Enable Free Viewing and Commenting with View-Only Links

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ARES Kudo

Cloud-Only Plan (includes ARES Kudo only)

Mobility Pack (includes ARES Kudo and ARES Touch)

ARES Trinity Plan (includes ARES Kudo, ARES Touch, and ARES Commander)

Because ARES Kudo runs in a browser, it can be accessed on any computer.

With ARES Commander, users can work both locally and with files stored in the cloud to improve collaboration. Sync files across users and devices. Create and modify DWG drawings in 2D and 3D, leveraging the drafting and design features that you’ve come to expect — all at a significant cost savings. ARES Commander can stand alone or coordinate with ARES Touch and ARES Kudo to form the Trinity of CAD, unlocking productivity-boosting collaboration features. 

Files created in ARES Commander can also be accessed in ARES Kudo or ARES Touch.

ARES Commander CAD Software for DWG: Modern 2D and 3D CAD for Windows, Mac and Linux

DWG for BIM Features in ARES Commander: Drawings Automation

Read and Export BIM Properties with ARES Commander

DWG Drawings from Revit and IFC BIM Projects with ARES Commander

BIM Drawings Automation: Materials Mapper, BIM Labels, BIM Dimensions

ARES Commander

ARES Commander Standalone [Perpetual License]

ARES Commander [Perpetual License] with Trinity

ARES Commander Flex / Network Seat [Perpetual License]

ARES Commander runs on Windows, MacOS, and Linux platforms.

WRNS Studio

An architecture and planning firm that provides sustainable design

WRNS Studio and Ideate Software

“We’ve been working with Ideate Software for years,” said Jason Halaby, Architect & BIM Manager, WRNS Studio. “Each one of their products tackles specific challenges we face with Revit software. They help us save time with a variety of model tasks, freeing up time for our designers to do what they do best, innovate and design. Ideate Software products also have a critical function in our model quality control process, giving us more control of our data in a way that Revit out-of-the-box cannot.”

Here are examples of how WRNS uses Ideate Software tools:

Ideate StyleManager

“Ideate StyleManager is our go-to tool for model cleanup at project milestones. Revit does not provide easy access and manipulation of certain classes of elements such as LineStyles, Object Styles, Filters, etc. With Ideate StyleManager, we can find unused or duplicate styles, and merge or delete them – this provides a level of model cleanup that was not previously possible.”

Ideate BIMLink

“Increasingly our model data is becoming a part of our deliverables. Ideate BIMLink gives us an easy way to manipulate model data efficiently in Excel and bring it back to Revit. Door schedules, Finish schedules, Sheet indexes, Type management schedules are commonly edited with Ideate BIMLink at WRNS.”

Ideate Explorer

“Without Ideate Explorer, Revit is not a fully functional BIM authoring platform. WRNS relies on Ideate Explorer’s detailed selection filtering, query tools, and warning manager for many of our model management tasks, which include finding In-Place families, auditing worksets, filtering selections by type, finding and resolving warnings, and generally providing a more transparent window into the model database.”

IdeateApps

“We use Ideate ReNumber extensively to number rooms, doors, parking stalls, and other elements. Ideate SmartDelete is critical to our workflow during documentation phase because it helps us determine where model changes will impact documentation views. Ideate X-Ray is great for troubleshooting those tricky visibility issues. And Ideate SheetManager is a great alternative to the Revit Project Browser for finding and manipulating views and sheets.”

Shaping the Future

In addition to using Ideate Software tools, Jason takes an active role in their development. “Ideate Software encourages its customers to provide a lot of feedback,” said Jason. “Through formal surveys and informal conversations, I tell them what’s working, explain new Revit challenges my team is facing, and discuss new functionalities we’d like to see. They are very responsive to my feature requests and beta feedback, often turning around improvements surprisingly quickly.”

Read the full story at: https://ideatesoftware.com/about/customer-success/spotlight-on-wrns-studio-2

Spotlight on the use of Ideate Software by WRNS Studio

Why choose Ideate BIMLink?

Linking Revit and Excel with Ideate BIMLink enables you to export data from Revit to Excel, streamlining data management tasks and dramatically reducing the time they take to perform. Importing data from Excel to Revit means that your models will be instantly updated with all changes, making them clean and correct. 
 

Boost the Power of Ideate BIMLink with Ideate Automation

Ideate AutomationAdd Ideate Automation to your subscription* to reduce the cost of repetitive BIM tasks by letting them run in the background while your staff does more meaningful work. This scripting solution, which can be run manually or scheduled to run at a more convenient time, provides just-in-time information about key Revit model metrics by automating many Revit workflows, such as:

Producing document issue records
Exporting PDFs
Exporting health check data
Preparing COBie data drops
Generating quantity takeoff data

Ideate BIMLink - Overview on Data Management

Ideate BIMLink

Why Ideate StyleManager for Revit?

Even in the best-case scenario, costs associated with time spent reprinting construction documents due to poor graphic quality or visibility issues can be substantial. Ideate StyleManager is a solution that delivers on the seemingly impossible (and very time-consuming) task of identifying the source of each non-standard style so that it can be carefully removed, renamed or merged into your BIM standards. This robust solution includes methods to manage: Object Styles, Line Styles, Line Patterns, Fill Patterns, and more.

Ideate StyleManager

Revit professionals keep their models clean and accurate with the Ideate Explorer Revit add-on software. When using this model browser, as opposed to a project browser, users decrease the time they spend on model management, increase the accuracy of their models, and reduce file space by:

Finding and deleting incorrect, obsolete, and hidden problem items, including DWGs
Finding, refining, and revising elements, even those excluded from the project browser
Getting a full view of any Revit model and understanding all elements in the model
Easily complying with standards
Auditing and removing Revit warnings
The following components included with the Autodesk Revit add-in, Ideate Explorer, provide additional ways to ensure model accuracy:

Warnings Manager - Easily review and manage Revit warnings 
Navigate - Navigate through view-based elements within Revit—legends, schedules, sheets, and views—and quickly customize the browsing experience
Query - Search on parameters, such as elements assigned a certain size or modeled as in-place families, sheets based on Issuance numbers, and dimensions that have been overridden
 
Boost the Power of Ideate Explorer with Ideate Automation

Ideate AutomationFree your staff to do more meaningful work by adding Ideate Automation to your subscription*. This scripting solution runs time-intensive tasks in the background, so staff can continue using the computers to perform higher value tasks. Not only does task automation free staff for higher level engineering and design work, but automation also has the benefit of ensuring that your task outcomes are highly predictable and standardized. The scripts can be run manually or scheduled to run at specific times, including at night.

Example: Exporting Model Health Data With Ideate Automation, staff no longer needs to stop what they are doing so their computer can export critical information about the Revit project. Instead, the script will run in the background and deliver actionable data that can be used to increase project health.

*Ideate Automation is included in the cost of an Ideate Software Enterprise subscription. Others can purchase it as a separate subscription. View subscription options or contact your account manager for more information.

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“Switching from an office with [Ideate] Explorer to without is a jarring experience. This app puts the filter tool in Revit to absolute shame - it is simply THE tool for finding elements in Revit models.”

~Gavin Crump, BIM Guru

Precisely Manage Revit Models | Introduction to Ideate Explorer 

Ideate Query and its Value to All Revit Users

Ideate Explorer

Ideate Explorer and IdeateApps: Safely Moving Revit Content to Another Level 

IdeateApps is a set of Revit plugins designed to give users easy access to the data in their models, so they can reduce the time they spend verifying and manipulating that data. Developed with specific tasks in mind, these Revit Architecture, MEP and Structure plugins address the challenges identified by people who use Revit software every day. IdeateApps will decrease the time spent on common tasks and increase the accuracy of BIM data in a Revit model, helping to keep projects of all sizes and complexities on time and on budget. 

Tools include:

ViewCreator
SpellCheck
Align
Clone
SheetManager
ReNumber
XRay
SmartDelete
QuickSelect
Annotate
Boost the Power of IdeateApps with Ideate Automation

Ideate AutomationDecrease the time your staff spends on repetitive tasks even more by adding Ideate Automation to your subscription*. This scripting tool, released in June 2022, performs time-consuming tasks in the background, so people can spend their time on more interesting design tasks. 

Here are examples of ways to use Ideate Automation with two tools included in IdeateApps:

Annotate: Ensure high-quality documentation deliverables by offloading long running, complex annotation clash process
SpellCheck: Save time and gain greater control of project quality by silently checking spelling while working on other activities  
*Ideate Automation is included in the cost of an Ideate Software Enterprise subscription. Others can purchase it as a separate subscription. View subscription options or contact your account manager for more information.

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Read our blog posts for specific examples of how you can use IdeateApps to streamline your daily activities.

“Ideate Software brings you so many [Revit] tools and their interface is incredibly sleek and intuitive."

~Dana De Filippi, SmithGroup

IdeateApps - Reduce Your Liability with the IdeateApps SmartDelete Tool

IdeateApps - Expedite Renumbering of Doors in Revit with the IdeateApps ReNumber Tool

IdeateApps

Aurecon Group Pty. Ltd. is an engineering, management, design, planning, project management, consulting and advisory company based in Australia, with operations in the Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.

AUCKLAND CITY RAIL LINK Easing congestion in New Zealand's largest transport network

aurecon

The first large-scale project in Singapore to use prefabricated MEP modular techniques

A design, engineering and advisory company

The Challenge: Increased Data Required for Design of More Resilient Structures

An increasing number of Aurecon’s clients are following lessons learned from the Canterbury Earthquakes. They are requesting resilient structures in order to facilitate post-earthquake operations of their businesses.

In response, Aurecon designs buildings that employ the most effective known seismic mitigation technologies such as sliding hinge joints for low damage connections and Ringfeder friction springs that cushion seismic vibrations. These technologies allow a building to move during a seismic event with a minimum amount of damage to the building’s structural and architectural elements.

Data Grows in Volume and Complexity

Aurecon Sliding Hinge JointClinton Maulder, Associate – Buildings, Aurecon has needed a way to get data from an engineering spreadsheet into the Revit model without having to transfer it over manually. In one project, just one of many elements, sliding hinge joints – nine or 10 different ones – had to be tabulated. Standard detail tables had to be compiled. Engineering loads needed to be input into piling schedules; plate, bolt, and pre-stressing configurations for Ringfeder connections needed to be tabulated.

Conclusion

In addition to using Ideate BIMLink for this seismic work, it has also recently been implemented to coordinate sheet and drafting information across (65) emergency response service departments, with the work being done by Aurecon’s engineers at three different New Zealand locations. In the words of Clinton Maulder, “It worked a treat, with 65 emergency response facilities ready for people to populate and we didn’t have to worry about naming consistency, because Ideate BIMLink had taken care of it.”

According to Clinton, “Being able to effectively deal with source data and eliminate ‘double handling’ saved time and reduced the chance of errors. Ideate BIMLink is structured to leave a lot to the individual’s imagination. It is hard to come up with a finite list of things it can do.”

Read the full case study at: https://ideatesoftware.com/about/customer-success/spotlight-on-aurecon

Streamlining Seismic Mitigation Work with Ideate BIMLink

Studio MA

Studio Ma used ClimateStudio to iteratively test design options. The software provided rapid feedback on building energy use, daylight availability, and visual comfort for each design. These results helped the Studio Ma team quickly converge on a solution. By introducing a sawtooth shape to the East façade, they shielded the interior from unwanted solar gains, while still providing diffuse daylight through glazed, North-tilting facets.

Read more at:
https://www.solemma.com/blog/studioma-asudesign
Read this great interview with "Studio Ma" at: https://www.aecbytes.com/profile/2020/FirmProfile-StudioMa.html

Arts Innovation hub and residence hall for Arizona State University

ClimateStudio is the fastest and most accurate environmental performance analysis software for the Architecture,  Engineering and Construction (AEC) sector. Its simulation workflows help designers and consultants optimize buildings for energy efficiency, daylight access, electric lighting performance, visual and thermal comfort, and other measures of occupant health. ClimateStudio is a plugin for Rhinoceros 3D and requires the latest service release of version 6 or 7.

Radiance Render and AI Denoiser in ClimateStudio Version 1.8

ClimateStudio

Rhinoceros 3D is a 3D computer graphics and computer-aided design application software developed by the American company Robert McNeel & Associates. Utilizing NURBS mathematical modeling to produce precise representations of free-form, curving surfaces, Rhino is used in industries such as architecture, industrial design, automotive design, product design, and multimedia and graphic design.

Rhino 3D

BIM 360 is an Autodesk cloud-based solution that allows project teams to effectively work in a collaborative environment. In the AEC industry, it connects all project stakeholders to execute projects from conceptual design through construction and ultimately project turnover.

BIM 360

What is Navisworks?

Use Navisworks® review and coordination software to improve BIM (Building Information Modeling) project delivery.

-- Visualize and unify design and construction data within a single federated model.

-- Identify and resolve clash and interference problems before construction begins, saving time onsite and in rework.

-- Keep project teams collaborating and connected with Navisworks issues integration in the Autodesk Construction Cloud.

NavisWorks

Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel

Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel used Revit for Design Authoring, Navisworks for collaboration and STR Vision for bill of quantities. The renovation of Enel’s headquarters, located on Viale Regina Margherita in Rome, has been designed to increase personal wellbeing through the provision of modern, comfortable workspaces conceived around the concept of more agile organization. The lighting and air conditioning system will ensure the utmost comfort while the distribution of the rooms will alternate working environments with green indoor and outdoor spaces and areas devoted to mental and physical wellbeing. The building will also feature additional employee wellness facilities, with the existing crèche, canteen and auditorium, all complemented by a new gym. The building’s sustainability and comfort will be assessed by external international bodies, with the aim of achieving the LEED and WELL certifications at Gold level. Read more at: https://www.citterio-viel.com/type/offices/enel-headquarters/

Read more about the firm: https://www.aecbytes.com/profile/2020/FirmProfile-ACPV.html



Enel Headquarters, Rome 

Autodesk Revit is a building information modeling (BIM) software used by architects, landscape architects, structural engineers, NEP engineers, designers, and contractors. 

Revit

STR Vision CPM (Construction Project Management) is a powerful and flexible software designed and developed by AEC Specialists. STR Vision CPM allows professionals and companies to manage bidding, planning and execution with specific functionalities such as cost estimation, quantity takeoff, project planning and cost control; Find out how to manage efficently price lists, materials, trucks, equipment & people on site with the advanced BIM features for 4D and 5D (scheduling and control).

STR Vision

HDR, Inc. is an employee-owned design firm, specializing in engineering, architecture, environmental, and construction services

Wayfinding/Signage presents unique challenges, especially those that are based on seen and unseen data in a BIM model. Planners collaboratively identify logical traffic patterns, solve problems in architectural and urban spaces, and ultimately help people navigate unfamiliar environments. By using Ideate BIMLink, the HDR Wayfinding/Signage studio is enhancing workflows, making the best use of Revit- and non-Revit users’ time, and shaving from half to two-thirds the time required to create message schedules.

Wayfinding/Signage based on seen and unseen data in a BIM model

BEING IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 60 YEARS, BERICH MASONRY IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO WORK SMARTER AND MORE PROFITABLY.
The Berich team added a few of CR’s MULE lift-assist solutions in 2020. They are now optimizing their processes and their teams to fully leverage the benefits of using MULEs in projects such as stair towers and elevator shafts.



North Field Medical Office Building

Products

Mule135: MULE (Material Unit Lift Enhancer) is a lift assist device designed for handling and placing material weighing up to 135 lbs on a construction site.
SAM100: SAM, short for Semi-Automated Mason, is a brick laying robot designed and engineered by Construction Robotics. SAM100 is the first commercially available bricklaying robot for onsite masonry construction.


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Construction Robotics provides ADVANCED, LABOR SAVING SOLUTIONS proven to reduce on site injuries and increase productivity so builders can improve safety, enhance the effectiveness of every team member and finish projects on time and on budget.

CHECK OUT CASE STUDIES AT: https://www.construction-robotics.com/case-studies-sam/

Testimonial - Miron Construction Co., Inc. (The new Neenah High School)

Construction Robotics

This innovative center at Loyola’s Lakeshore campus stays true to its sustainable mission as it integrates diverse program, strategies and structures – including a striking central greenhouse. The 250,000-square-foot complex of new and renovated structures combines nearly all program types of a college - including classrooms, labs, offices, residences and community space – into a cohesive whole. WSP USA provided structural engineering on the project.

Institute for Environmental Sustainability at Loyola University

Schäfer Gerüstbau - KEWAZO Liftbot: Pilot project November 2020

KEWAZO Liftbot

In more than 30 projects and tests, LIFTBOT has saved over 3000 working hours for our customers and increased the profit of the projects.

The robotic digital worker for scaffolding from KEWAZO

KEWAZO

Smart robotic elevators for industrial and construction sites

12 x apartments in 2 buildings – 7 x 1 Br and 5 x studios for 30% AMI residents. Financed by the State of WA, completed on single GMAX contract using VIM business model. All electric, Zero Energy Ready, sound attenuated, permanent housing.

Multi-Family, Single Story Attached

We are builders, engineers, product leaders, fabricators, architects, real estate developers, attorneys, finance professionals, and entrepreneurs who have joined together to create housing and prosperity.

Blokable

We are reinventing housing creation as the world’s first Vertically Integrated Modular developer

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Keßler Solutions

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WRNS Studio

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aurecon

Arts Innovation hub and residence hall for Arizona State University

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Enel Headquarters, Rome

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North Field Medical Office Building

Institute for Environmental Sustainability at Loyola University

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