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Demonstration: Model
Based Quantification
Below are the steps for executing the
Model Based Quantification for
Construction workflow components as a
demonstration for potential Autodesk
Construction Solution customers.

This workflow has four components:

1. Managing Design Information


2. Item & Resource Management
3. Model Based Quantification
4. Change Analysis & Reporting

Demonstration Setup
You must first download and install the
following dataset to prepare for the
demonstration.


Setup note: Please ensure your
Navisworks Export settings in Revit are set
as shown below:

Managing Design
Information
1. Revit or Autodesk Revit Architecture,
open
Autodesk_Hospital_Architecture.rvt
from the Quantification dataset folder.
2. Activate the Demonstration Views >
3D views > 3D Architectural_3D
Floor view.
3. Scroll the view list, and expand the
Schedules collection.
4. Right Click on the Door Schedule
Level 2 view, and select Duplicate
View > Duplicate.
5. In the view that opens, rename the
schedule to be Door Schedule Level
3.

6. From the properties pallet, select the


Filter button to edit the schedules

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filter.
7. Change the level filter to Level 3.
8. From the properties pallet, select the
Filter button to edit the schedules
filter.
9. Tile the views so you have the #D
model next to the new door schedule.
10. Select a line in the schedule, not the
model elements highlighting in the
model view.
11. Activate the Export > 3D Views > 3D
Exterior Export view.
12. Activate the Schedules > Panel
Schedule view.
13. Tile the two new views as shown.


14. From the properties pallet, select the
Fields button to edit the schedules
Fields.
15. Add the Area field to the list, then
move it to the second from the bottom
of the list.
16. Switch to the Format tab, and select
the Are Field.
17. Check on the Calculate Total option
and close the dialog.
18. Note the area calculations now in the
Schedule.
19. Select a line to highlight the Model
elements in the model view.

Item & Resource


Management
1. Open Autodesk Navisworks Manage
or Simulate 2014 and load the
Autodesk Hospital_Quantification.nwf
file.
2. Open the Item Catalog and pin it
open.
3.
Browse the item collections showing
the items in the list, the folder

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structure, and the WBS (work


breakdown structure) numbering.
4. Select an Item in the catalog, and
explain the use of formulas to
generate quantities from the model
elements.

5. Select the Resource Catalog button to


switch to the Resource view.
6. Browse the resource collections
showing the resources in the list, the
folder structure, and the RBS
(resource breakdown structure)
numbering.
7. Select an Resource in the catalog,
and explain the use of formulas to
generate additional information from
the model elements, such as
materials like paint and drywall.
8. Close the Item and Resource catalogs
or unpin them so they roll up.

Model Based
Quantification
1. Activate the Viewpoint Structure.
2. Orbit the view so the pile foundations are
in view.
3. Open the Sets pallet and pin it open.
4. Select the Quantification button from the
Home Ribbon to open the Quantification
Workbook, if it isnt open already.
5.

Pin it open.

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6. Browse the Item collections:


Substructure > Foundations > Wall
Foundations > and select the item
Continuous Footing.

7. Select the Set Continuous Footings from


the Sets pallet, and Drag and Drop it to
the Continuous Footing collection in the
items section of the Quantification
Workbook.
8. Note the quantification that has been
done in the workbook.

9. Browse the Item collections:


Substructure > Foundations > Standard
Foundations > and select the item Pile
Caps.

10. In the model, select one of the Pile


Caps, and from the Home Ribbon, use
the Select Same button to select all the
Same Type.

11.
Right click on one of the Highlighted pile
caps, and select Quantification > Takeoff

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to: Pile Caps.


12. Note the quantification that has been
done in the workbook.

13. In the Quantification Workbook, under


the detailed list of quantities for Pile
Caps, select one of the Object
hyperlinks for a Pile Cap to highlight it in
the model.

14. Select the Hide Takeoff button on the


toolbar in the Quantification Workbook to
toggle off the display of the model
elements that have been taken off.

15. Select the Show Takeoff button on the


toolbar in the Quantification Workbook to
toggle the display of just the model
elements that have been taken off.

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16. Activate the saved Viewpoint Missing


Doors.

17. Browse the Item collections: Interiors >


Interior Construction > Interior Doors >
Standard Interior Doors > and select the
Wood Door - Single item.
18. Select the VirSelect the Virtual Takeoff
Drop down button and select Create In
Selected Catalog Item.

19. Activate the Review Ribbon, and select


Draw > Ellipse.
20. Draw an Ellipse on the office wall to the
left side of the view to denote where a
door should be.
21. Select the Text button, and pick a point
inside the Ellipse to write Missing Door.

22. Walk or Zoom down the corridor and


repeat for at least two more offices.
23. In the Quantification Workbook, under
the detailed list of quantities for Wood
Door - Single, select one of the Virtual
Takeoffs you just created, and select the
Viewport Camera icon to jump back to
its view.

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Change Analysis &


Reporting
1. In Autodesk Revit or Autodesk Revit
Architecture, open
Autodesk_Hospital_Architecture.rvt from the
Quantification dataset folder.
2. Activate the Demonstration Views > 3D views
> 3D Architectural_3D Floor view.
3. Select one of the interiors wood doors, right-
click and choose Select all instances > Visible
in view. From the properties pallet, change the
type from the existing 3-0 X 68 door to the
3-0 x 7-0 door.
4. Zoom to an area of the model where the is a
partition that can be easily deleted, and delete
it.
5. Export the current view to NWC; make sure to
overwrite the existing
Autodesk_Hospital_Architectural_Level_3.nwc
file in the Quantification dataset folder.
6. Switch back to Autodesk Navisworks or
Simulate.
7. Activate the saved viewpoint Level 3.

8. Browse the Item collections: Interiors >


Interior Construction > Interior Doors >
Standard Interior Doors > and select the
Wood Door - Single item to show the existing
quantifications.
9. Refresh the models loaded in Navisworks.

10. When the refresh is complete, select the


Change Analysis drop down button in the
Quantification Workbook, and choose
Analyze Changes.

11.

When the analysis is complete, demonstrate


the different icons that appear for the items
that have changed.

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12. Show the Model Height parameter in the


takeoff detail item list and display the tooltip
with the changes and differences.

13. From the Item list window in the Quantification


workbook, right-click on the Wood Door
Single collection and choose Select all
Takeoff Items.
14. Select the Update drop down window, select
Update Selected From Model.


15. Display the new values that have changed for
the takeoff items.

16. Select the Export drop down button from the


Quantification Workbook toolbar.
17. Choose Export Quantities To Excel.
18. Choose a save name and location and select
Save when prompted.
19. When prompted to open the file, select Yes.
20.

Browse the various tabs of the Excel file to


show Items, Resources and the raw data.

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