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Tri : on and So ps n ng Ti lle mi AD A Co toC ynn Au om L fr aecinfocus Figure 3. After mapping, US COST’s Success Design Exchange pushes information to Success Estimator to generate an estimate with all quantities and costs. s ck power of both Success Estimator and Autodesk’s Revit Architecture to create highly accurate estimates. When a project model is ready to be transferred for estimating, Success Design Exchange gives users a list of all Revit Items contained in the model. Users then can link or map these generic items to any number of client-specific or commercial cost databases. These databases can contain individual cost items or assemblies complete with labor, equipment, and material costs. After an item has been mapped in Success Design Exchange, that map will remain in place for future projects using the same item; therefore, each additional project that users run through Design Exchange will require less mapping than their previous project. When the mapping is complete, Success Design Exchange pushes the information to Success Estimator, which generates an estimate, complete with all quantities and costs (figure 3). Users can then modify productivity factors, mark ups, tax rates, or any adjustments necessary to produce a highly accurate estimate. US COST offers its own 20,000-line-item database that covers all 16 CSI divisions free of charge, an RSMeans database (estimates can also be adjusted for specific regions by instantly applying the RSMeans city index factors), and Aspen Technologies Richardson database for heavy-process pipe and equipment. Inside Autodesk Inventor 2008 Cadalyst Contributing Editor Nancy Fulton Investigates NOW PLAYING: Bending Made Easy Use Inventor to easily work with folded metal Inventor Does the Math Use equations to define geometric relationships Do You See What They See? Use Autodesk Inventor to render animations that enable you to share your gift for Design and Visualization DWG True Connect No more exporting. No more converting. No more wasted time. Inventor 2008 creates drawing files! Vico Software www.vicosoftware.com Vico Software’s Constructor 2007 is a complete program to build 5D construction models and link them with such scheduling applications as Vico Software’s Control, Primavera P3, and Microsoft Project. Included in Constructor 2007 is a construction modeling system based on Graphisoft’s ArchiCAD, an estimator connector, a 4D sequencer, a schedule integration tool, and a publish-to-5D presenter (figure 4). Vico Software’s Estimator 2007 is an innovative estimating system that supports modelbased and traditional estimating. Vico Software’s Control 2007 is a schedule planning and production control system that allows users to compress project Figure 4. Vico Software’s Constructor 2007 builds 5D construction schedules. Control models and links them with scheduling applications such as Vico 2007 uses locationSoftware’s Control, Primavera P3, and Microsoft Project. Visit Cadalyst’s New Video Gallery @ http://video.cadalyst.com sponsored by www.cadalyst.com | cadalyst | September 2007 47 http://video.cadalyst.com http://www.vicosoftware.com http://video.cadalyst.com http://www.cadalyst.com

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Contents Editor's Window Techtrends: Resurrecting an Unforgettable Second Living Large UGS Solid Edge v20 Adobe Acrobat 3D v8 Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended CAD Manager: Managing 2D and 3D in the Same Office MCAD Modeling: Where is MCAD Going? AEC in Focus: Automated Estimating and Scheduling Using BIM CAD Cartoon Issue Indexes CADfidential

Cadalyst - September 2007

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